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encyclopedia

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 and Near Synonyms of encyclopedia

catalog (or catalogue), cyclopedia (also cyclopaedia), dictionary

book, tome, volume

hardback, hardcover, paper, paperback, paperbound, pocket book, pocket edition, softback, softcover, trade book, trade edition

guidebook, handbook, how-to, manual

monograph, primer, text, textbook, tract, treatise

novel, novelette, pulp

album, almanac, anthology, casebook, chapbook, nonbook, omnibus, picture book

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