thesauri

variants or thesauruses
plural of thesaurus
as in vocabularies
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.

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thesauri
vocabularies
Noun
  • Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For decades, BCIs were limited to toy demos and small vocabularies.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Thesauri.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thesauri. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on thesauri

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!