book

1 a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it Synonyms of book tome, volume Words Related to book hardback, hardcover, paper, paperback, paperbound, pocket book, pocket edition, softback, softcover, trade book, trade edition; folio, quarto; guidebook, handbook, how-to, manual; catalog (or catalogue), cyclopedia (also cyclopaedia), dictionary, encyclopedia; monograph, primer, text, textbook, tract, treatise; novel, novelette, pulp; album, almanac, anthology, casebook, chapbook, nonbook, omnibus, picture book

2 cap a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God offered to swear on the Book that everything had happened just as he said Synonyms of book Book, Good Book, Holy Writ, ScriptureWords Related to book Polyglot

3 a publication that appears at regular intervals older people in these parts still tend to call a magazine a book Synonyms of book journal, bulletin, diurnal, gazette, mag, magazine, newspaper, organ, paper, periodical, rag, review, serial, zineWords Related to book annual, bimonthly, biweekly, daily, monthly, quarterly, semimonthly, semiweekly, triweekly, weekly, yearbook; digest, little magazine; fanzine; pictorial, slick; broadside, edition, extra, sheet, supplement, tab, tabloid; newsletter, newsmagazine, newsweekly

4 information not generally available to the public what's the book on the new company president? Synonyms of book dope, 411 [slang], inside, lowdown, poop [slang], scoop, skinny [slang], tipWords Related to book dirt, dish, gossip, rumor, story; hint, pointer; information, intelligence, news, tidings, wordNear Antonyms of book ancient history, open secret

1 to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use we booked a conference room for the meeting next week Synonyms of book bespeak, reserveWords Related to book earmark; contract, engage, hire, retain

2 slang  to leave a place often for another I'm running late, so I've got to book Synonyms of book bail, bail out, begone, go [slang], bugger off [British slang], bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, run along, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk outWords Related to book set out, start, strike out; abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [chiefly British], run away, scat, scram, skip; go out, light out, step out; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate; emigrate; adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdrawNear Antonyms of book abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry; approach, close, near; hit, land, reachAntonyms of book arrive, come, show up, turn up