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Nounthesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)
SynonymsDerived termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A thesaurus is a book that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. The largest thesaurus in the world is the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, which contains more than 920,000 words. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is the biggest, best, most comprehensive thesaurus in existence? Q. You know. Who publishes it? LMAO. Er, no. The best advice my writing teacher ever gave me is to use a thesaurus - because it builds your vocabulary immensely. There is a proper way to use the thesaurus, like only using words you've heard of but just hadn't thought of rather than pulling ridiculous words out of nowhere that you've never seen in your life or that are from the 17th century. Asked by Franzia Kafka - Sat Sep 15 22:55:26 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. I don't know about the biggest and most comprehensive thesaurus, but I like Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus by Charlton Laird and Michael E. Agnes. It has more than 300,000 synonyms and 928 pages (in the paperback version). Another good one - that includes some unusual words like wannabe, laid-back, kvetch - is Random House Webster's College Thesaurus that is 800 pages (hard cover) and has more than 400,000 synonyms and antonyms. If you don't like these, there are any number of free ones online. These sites each have a thesaurus (Bartleby has other references, too): Answered by ck1 - Sat Sep 15 23:45:52 2007 why do some writers go over a thesaurus to replace small words with bigger words? Q. I dont feel it is right. Asked by Brigitte - Sun Apr 13 22:49:16 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. Can you give an example of the kinds of situation where you feel this isn't right? Most writers use a thesaurus to find better and more expressive words for what they want to say. Other times, writers use a thesaurus to give their writing some variety, instead of using the same words over and over. The whole point of writing is expressing thoughts. A thesaurus is a good, helpful tool for doing that, when used with sense, and using one is generally not wrong under any circumstance. Answered by Palmerpath - Sun Apr 13 23:06:52 2008 what is the main different between Dictionary and Thesaurus?
Q. if i want to look up the meaning of word which one i have to use ? Asked by saud a - Mon Jul 20 13:38:02 2009 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. Dictionary gives you the meaning of a word. Thesaurus gives you other words that mean the same thing. Use a dictionary. Answered by windsonged - Mon Jul 20 13:44:20 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "thesaurus"  news.google.com Altsounds.com NINE 11 thesaurus are Kevin Matos aka God'Sun; Kaymel Matos aka Hollywood; Bryan Small aka Breezy; Barrington Bottswana Black aka Riddic.c; Fredric Aldeco ... news.google.com The Labour Spokesman In the New English Dictionary and Thesaurus , a dictionary of over 7000 clear and accurate definitions and a thesaurus of over 1000 synonyms, ... news.google.com Cubed3 And at this point I need to head to the thesaurus to find alternatives for the word 'fun'. Rambunctiously entertaining, perhaps? It just ticks all the boxes ... From Google News Search: "thesaurus"  codeproject.com 352px x 465px | 41.00kB [source page] I found MySpell I started hacking on extending the CEdit control to make good use of it Here s what the result looks like Usage To use the CSpellEdit control  innergeek.us 408px x 508px | 42.70kB [source page] I really think that I need to get one of these t shirts But first I want to know why the dinosaur is wearing braces That s just ridiculous From Yahoo Image Search: "thesaurus"  visualthesaurus.com unknown ue, 03 Aug 2010 07:00:00 GM Thinkmap Visual . Thesaurus. : Candlepower - In business lingo, words can diverge wildly from their common meanings. From Google Blog Search: "thesaurus" |
