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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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Recent Examples of thesaurus
Make sure to fold the letter correctly and use the Jane Austen thesaurus to keep your language historical.
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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
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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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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thesaurus
Noun
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Reading widely outside your field is a great way to expand your language, as are keeping a personal lexicon of new terms and challenging yourself to articulate complex ideas with precision.—
Yasir Hashmi,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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However, every few years, a movie enters the cultural lexicon that comes across as lived-in and accessible.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There was even a glossary of diagnosis codes that are used for billing.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The warning forecasts sustained surface winds, or frequent gusts, in the range of 34 knots (39 mph) to 47 knots (54 mph), either predicted or occurring, and not directly associated with a tropical cyclone, the NWS glossary explains.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Thesaurus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesaurus. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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