as in lexicon
a reference book that groups words with the same or similar meanings together
Struggling to find just the right word, she took to the thesaurus for ideas.
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Differentiation—uniqueness, novelty, more thesaurus terms for that word—arguably is the most important facet of Dropout content.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
Your mental dictionary is also like a thesaurus.
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Nichol Castro,
The Conversation,
7 Nov. 2023
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
Your mental dictionary is also like a thesaurus.
—
Nichol Castro,
The Conversation,
7 Nov. 2023
See All Example Sentences for thesaurus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thesaurus
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By treading lightly with finishes, opening up the loft area to more light, and getting clever with storage, Marie channeled the unit’s coastal locale, conjuring up an aesthetic lexicon that suggests the interior of a boat with its clean, functional lines.
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Louden points out that sometimes an English word strengthens and diversifies the Pennsylvania Dutch lexicon rather than diminishes it.
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Benoit delights in language as much as her heroine, weaving Regency-era slang throughout and appending a chapter-by-chapter glossary of vulgarities.
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Cerebras’ prospectus mentioned tokens 23 times, and there are 62 references in SpaceX’s filing, including in the glossary.
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“Thesaurus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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