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   A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where you can find different words with same meanings to other words), sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as ...

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     Roget's Thesaurus is a widely used English-language...

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     A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one...

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     The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and...

2. en.wiktionary.org › wikiWiktionary, the free dictionary

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   2 days ago · Wiktionary has grown beyond a standard dictionary and now includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics and extensive appendices. We aim to include not only the definition of a word, but also enough information to really understand it.

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   Apr 20, 2024 · The purpose of Wiktionary Thesaurus is to serve the role of an electronic thesaurus—a dictionary of synonyms, near-synonyms, antonyms, and near-antonyms, and also of other semantically related terms such as hyponyms, hypernyms, meronyms, and holonyms.

4. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurusThesaurus by Merriam-Webster: Find Synonyms, Similar Words ...

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   Search the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus for millions of synonyms, similar words, and antonyms. Our unique ranking system helps you find the right word fast and expand your English vocabulary.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurusCambridge Thesaurus | Synonyms, antonyms and examples

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   Get clear explanations and examples of the differences between thousands of synonyms and antonyms, in both British and American English. Search for a word in the search bar, try one of the most popular articles, or browse the thesaurus A-Z.

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   What is a 'thesaurus'?

   • The purpose of such a thesaurus in general is mainly to help anyone who writes for living or fun—writers, managers, contributors to wikis, bloggers, and writers of love letters—to find words they don't recall or even know when they recall words that are semantically related to the sought word.

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   What is a 'thesauri' Dictionary?

   • While some works called "thesauri", such as Roget's Thesaurus, group words in a hierarchical hypernymic taxonomy of concepts, others are organised alphabetically or in some other way. Most thesauri do not include definitions, but many dictionaries include listings of synonyms.

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   When did a thesaurus become a dictionary?

   • Until the 19th century, a thesaurus was any dictionary or encyclopedia, as in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae ( Dictionary of the Latin Language, 1532), and the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae ( Dictionary of the Greek Language, 1572). It was Roget who introduced the meaning "collection of words arranged according to sense", in 1852.

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   Where does the word 'thesaurus' come from?

   • The word "thesaurus" comes from Latin thēsaurus, which in turn comes from Greek θησαυρός ( thēsauros) 'treasure, treasury, storehouse'. The word thēsauros is of uncertain etymology.

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