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thesaurus
(θɪsɔːrəs)
Word forms: plural thesauruses
countable noun
A thesaurus is a reference book in which words with similar meanings are grouped together.
Synonyms: wordbook, wordfinder, treasury, storehouse More Synonyms of thesaurus
thesaurus in British English
(θɪˈsɔːrəs)
nounWord forms: plural -ruses or -ri (-raɪ)
1.
a book containing systematized lists of synonyms and related words
2.
a dictionary of selected words or topics
3. rare
a treasury
Word origin
C18: from Latin, Greek: treasurethesaurus in American English
(θɪˈsɔrəs)
nounWord forms: plural theˈsauˌri (θɪˈsɔrˌraɪ) or theˈsauruses
1.
a treasury or storehouse
2.
a book containing a store of words; specif., a book of synonyms and antonyms
3.
a categorized index of terms for use in information retrieval, as from a computer
Word origin
L < Gr thēsauros, a treasureImage ofthesaurus
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Examples of 'thesaurus' in a sentencethesaurus
In other languagesthesaurus
British English: thesaurus NOUN
A thesaurus is a reference book in which words with similar meanings are grouped together.
- American English: thesaurus
- Brazilian Portuguese: dicionário de sinônimos
- Chinese: 同义词汇编手册
- European Spanish: diccionario de sinónimos
- French: dictionnaire synonymiqueN
- German: Synonymwörterbuch
- Italian: dizionario dei sinonimi
- Japanese: 類語辞典
- Korean: 유의어 사전
- European Portuguese: Thesaurus
- Latin American Spanish: diccionario de sinónimos
(noun)
Definition
a book containing lists of synonyms and related words
I refer to my thesaurus a lot when I'm writing songs.
Synonyms
wordbook
wordfinder
treasury
These records are a treasury of information.
storehouse
repository
The church became a repository for police files.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of repository
Definition
a place or container in which things can be stored for safety
The church became a repository for police files.
Synonyms
store,
archive,
storehouse,
depository,
magazine,
treasury,
warehouse,
vault,
depot,
emporium (old-fashioned),
receptaclein the sense of treasury
These records are a treasury of information.
Synonyms
rich source,
fund,
mine,
storehouse,
repository,
treasure house or trove
Nearby words ofthesaurus
- thereabouts
- thereafter
- therefore
- thesaurus
- thesis
- thick
- thick-skinned
Synonyms of 'thesaurus'
thesaurus
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