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Synonyms of encyclopedia
a reference work that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject
- The school library's encyclopedia occupied much of the bookshelf.
- an encyclopedia of literature
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for encyclopedia
- catalog
- (or catalogue),
- cyclopedia
- (also cyclopaedia),
- dictionary
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