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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
The Sacramento Kings coach might need a thesaurus with the type of season his high-scoring guard is having.
—Joe Reedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 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
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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
The Sacramento Kings coach might need a thesaurus with the type of season his high-scoring guard is having.
—Joe Reedy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 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
See All Example Sentences for thesaurus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thesaurus
Noun
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Music videos began in the 1960s and have been a cornerstone of the pop culture lexicon for decades.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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First, your confusion is kind of the point ‒ today's slang is part of an ever-changing lexicon that separates the young from the young-at-heart.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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DeepL offers features like creating a custom glossary and this year introduced a tool that asks follow up questions to clear-up ambiguities, which could help in niche domains.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Each report went out with links to cleanup guidance, recommendations on protective gear, and a glossary.—
Nina Dietz,
Wired News,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Thesaurus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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