thesaurus

CEFRB1

/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A book or tool that lists words with similar meanings.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A dictionary or encyclopedia.

Examples

  • Keep in mind that every field of knowledge has its own technical dictionary and thesaurus.

  • What's another word for 'thesaurus'?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /θɪˈsoːɹəs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

  2. A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

More examples

In context

  • "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.

  • As reference books go, the thesaurus has had a somewhat checkered history, in fact, and has probably occasioned as much bad writing as good.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

To find synonyms for the word 'happy', she looked in the blank on her desk.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

16th century, borrowed from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure.