Thesaurus results for TOME

tome

noun

ˈtōm

Definition of tome

as in book

a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store

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Recent Examples of tome And the book bearing his name is no ancient tome but a slim, spare novel set in an unsettlingly familiar landscape. — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 The character’s remorse and disgrace become a pivotal part of the movie’s third act, which ends almost entirely differently than Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old tome. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026 After getting wind of an unusual novel, from 1912, Ignacio tries to find it, while Ena makes the elusive tome the basis of her own docu-fictional novel. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Thomson is best known for a giant tome that was first published in 1975 under the title A Biographical Dictionary of the Cinema, and that was updated and reissued five times since, most recently in 2014, as The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tome

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book

Noun

Inside, antique art hangs on walls, tamgroute (local pottery) lines small alcoves, board games are stacked inside cupboards, and coffee table books have plenty to dive into.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2026
What books or recent reading projects have been particularly meaningful experiences to you?

— Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 22 Aug. 2026