Thesaurus

A thesaurus is a reference work that contains synonyms and often antonyms of words. It is a popular tag because of their usefulness and free availability online.

Unlike dictionaries, a thesaurus does not contain definitions or pronunciations. Instead, if a person has a word in mind but it isn't quite right, they can look up the word in a thesaurus to find related or similar words.  Conversely, it can be used to find something that is the opposite of a particular word. 

The term is also used to describe a list of subject headings or descriptors assigned in a database, index, or catalog that can be used to search it. With either usage, there are both general and specialized versions.

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• Apple A Day: Dictionary.com

  
  Macgasm — Authority: 442
  Dictionary.com is a free dictionary and thesaurus application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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• Franklin MWD-1490 Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus with Comprehensive Reference Set

  
  ANGGA dot WEB dot ID — Authority: 145
  300,000 word dictionary with complete definitions, 500,000 synonyms and antonyms Merriam-Webster vocbulary builder, punctuation guide, geographical and biographical dictionaries Eight reference titles with 4-language translator Includes batteries Product Description Write, edit or proo-read like a pro with ...
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• Where Can I Get Visual Thesaurus Coupons? How Can I Use Visual Thesaurus Coupon Codes?

  
  Wael Isa — Authority: 145
  About Visual Thesaurus Thinkmap, Inc. was founded in 1997 as Plumb Design, Inc. In 2004, we changed our name to Thinkmap to better capitalize on growing demand for our visualization solutions based on the Thinkmap platform. To learn more about this change, see the press release. Thinkmap, the technology that underlies ...
  4 days ago

• Historical Thesaurus: On Kinship

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 565
  Continuing on from our Historical Thesaurus week , I’m delighted to be able to bring you another wonderful original post from Professor Christian Kay , who headed up the project. Today she tells us about one of her favourite sections of the HTOED : kinship. You can read her previous OUPblog post here . One ...
  6 days ago

• Enter Single Text In Different Directories In Different Types – Synonymizer !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 439
  Now it is easy to spin text contents into various forms for using it in different purposes like submitting in web directories, article directories, Web 2.0 sites, blogs etc. At the same time, it is so simple to use, as it has only one function and everything adapted in a function. If you are going to use it, you have ...
  6 days ago

• WORDWEB FREE VERSION

  
  World Internet Summit Speakers — Authority: 134
  This is a great little tool, WordWeb. Wordweb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows. You can use it to look up words in almost any program. It can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia. The following is features that the free version provides: -Definitions and ...
  1 week ago

• Franklin Merriam Webster Advanced Dictionary and Thesaurus With Spell Correction

  
  ANGGA dot WEB dot ID — Authority: 145
  400,000 Definitions Thesaurus with 500,000 Synonyms and Antonyms Phonetic spell correction 5 Language Translator Biographical and Geographical Dictionaries Product Description This handheld learning tool from Franklin is ideal for Junior High School and University students who want to write more effectively. ...
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• Handmark launches six new Android apps

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 499
  Handmark is obviously serious when it comes to committing its resources towards the Android platform. In that sense, the mobile software maker has launched 6 new applications: New Oxford American Dictionary…
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• Historical Thesaurus

  
  Sue Guiney: Writing Life — Authority: 113
  Heres a confession.  I am an absolutely addicted devotee of Rogets Thesaurus .  I have been one since my fourth grade teacher had us write a piece called "A Surrendipitous Journey" using as many adjectives as possible.  To this day, I never write a sentence, be it in prose or poetry, without my trusty, well-used ...
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• Portformat “The Repeat Factor”

  
  MOOVMNT.com — Authority: 131
  Shooting to Sirius and beyond, the intense and intergalactic slowmotion grooves of Portformat finally hit space! NASA-compatible Hip Hop Funkadelica is what to expect on Portformat’s debut album released into orbit, musically combining space themes of the 70’s with the golden moments of 90’s R’nB. Shooting ...
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• How to Call Someone “Stupid” in Old English Historical Thesaurus Week

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 565
  Lauren, Publicity Assistant It’s sad, but true. Historical Thesaurus week has come to an end. We feel like we’ve read it cover to cover (to cover to cover) and it’s hard to let go. And so, I’d like to leave you with a valuable lesson I learned: how to use the HTOED to call someone “stupid” in Old ...
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• Ammon Shea Digs Into the Historical Thesaurus Historical Thesaurus Week

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 565
  Lauren, Publicity Assistant Ammon Shea is a vocabularian, lexicographer, and the author of Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages . In the videos below, he discusses the evolution of terms like “Love Affair” and names of diseases, as traced in the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English ...
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• Rewriting The Gettysburg Address: Historical Thesaurus Week

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 565
  Welcome to Historical Thesaurus Week on the OUPblog! Every day this week we will be looking at the first historical thesaurus to be written for any of the world’s languages, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary . Conceived and complied by the English Language Department of the University ...
  2 weeks ago

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  Ask Nicola — Authority: 604
  Ive seen a handful of things in the last week that are worth blogging about. But Im in Hild mode, so instead of pondering these things at length, let me simply link to them. Over at Lee Winds blog (Im Here. Im Queer. What the Hell do I read?), theres another infuriating tale of censorship, this time from ...
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• Chocolate is my ... weakness?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  A friend and I are looking for a certain word... it would be related to loving something so much it makes you go weak. Both of us believe theres a word for this but we cant quite put our finger on it.It could possibly be used in this context: "Chocolate is my _____." The closest word we can come up with is: weakness. ...
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• The Historical Thesarus of the Oxford English Dictionary: Some fun facts and figuresHistorial Thesaurus Week

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 565
  By Kirsty McHugh, OUP UK Today sees the long-awaited publication of The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary . Conceived and compiled by the English Language Department of the University of Glasgow , and based on the Oxford English Dictionary , it is the result of 44 years of scholarly labour. The ...
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• Self-publishing Advice: Word Usage

  
  Self Publishing Advice — Authority: 112
  Editorial Q&A from an established Self-publishing consulting source: Q: I would like to know of a book or Web site that shows complete sentences in which a specified word is used. I have a good vocabulary and know how to use a thesaurus, but I’m fearful when it comes to promoting a word from my cognitive ...
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• Introducing The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English DictionaryHistorical Thesaurus Week

  
  OUPblog — Authority: 565
  Welcome to Historical Thesaurus Week on the OUPblog! Every day this week we will be looking at the first historical thesaurus to be written for any of the world’s languages, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary . Conceived and complied by the English Language Department of the University ...
  2 weeks ago

• So you think you can spell?

  
  LibeRaCe's Library Blog — Authority: 108
  Spelling Bee is a highly addictive, but very useful, spelling game hosted on the Visual Thesaurus website. The thesaurus itself is a subscription service, but the spelling game is free to use. You’ll need headphones, then click on the Start button to hear the first word then type in your best guess. You’ll ...
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• CHEAP SPOOKS!

  
  Words & Eggs — Authority: 129
  As of today, my Halloween Paper Pack is now 25% off! Cheap, spooky fun for you and your little one! (or just YOU and your scrapbooking/collage fetish!) Included in the 15-piece pack: ~Orange and black patterned papers ~Black and orange construction paper ~Peanuts- and Winnie the Pooh-themed activity and ...
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