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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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Appropriate uses of generative AI include spell and grammar check or as a thesaurus.
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Make sure to fold the letter correctly and use the Jane Austen thesaurus to keep your language historical.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 12 July 2024
At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source.
—Charles Seife, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
But the band’s coolness has been constantly called into question by male rock critics high on their own thesaurus finds, and lazy SNL skits about lesbian culture.
—Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2023
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Sep. 2024
Make sure to fold the letter correctly and use the Jane Austen thesaurus to keep your language historical.
—Annalise Frank, Axios, 12 July 2024
At their simplest, these programs mask plagiarism through liberal use of a thesaurus; replace enough words with synonyms and hopefully nobody will ever find the original source.
—Charles Seife, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
But the band’s coolness has been constantly called into question by male rock critics high on their own thesaurus finds, and lazy SNL skits about lesbian culture.
—Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2023
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The word was even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in the years since.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Thesaurus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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