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    thesaurus
    /θɪˈsɔːrəs/

    noun

    • 1. a book or electronic resource that lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts: "I'm going to need a thesaurus to come up with synonyms for ‘stupid’"

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  2. Jul 2, 2011 · : a book of words or of information about a particular field or set of concepts. especially : a book of words and their synonyms. b. : a list of subject headings or descriptors usually with a cross-reference system for use in the organization of a collection of documents for reference and retrieval. 2. : treasury, storehouse. thesaural. thi-ˈsȯr-əl

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ThesaurusThesaurus - Wikipedia

    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 one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes ...

  4. a book or electronic text that helps you find words with similar meanings esp. by listing them together. (Definition of thesaurus from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of thesaurus. thesaurus. A freely available automatically generated thesaurus of related words.

  5. Thesaurus.com is the world’s largest and most trusted online thesaurus for 25+ years. Join millions of people and grow your mastery of the English language.

  6. A thesaurus is a reference book in which words with similar meanings are grouped together.

  7. thesaurus. noun [ C ] us / θɪˈsɔːr.əs / uk / θɪˈsɔː.rəs / plural thesauruses or formal thesauri us / -ˈsɔːr.aɪ / uk / θɪˈsɔː.raɪ /. Add to word list. a type of dictionary in which words with similar meanings are arranged in groups. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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  9. A thesaurus is a reference book (or a really cool website, like the Visual Thesaurus) with an organized list of words and their synonyms.

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