Synonyms of tomes

tomes

noun

plural of tome

as in books

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• books
• paperbacks
• treatises
• volumes
• hardcovers
• novels
• monographs
• manuals
• hardbacks
• textbooks
• dictionaries
• anthologies
• handbooks
• folios
• encyclopedias
• texts
• guidebooks
• catalogs
• papers
• albums
• quartos
• softcovers
• trade books
• pocket books
• trade editions
• primers
• casebooks
• tracts
• almanacs
• pulps
• pocket editions
• novelettes
• how-tos
• chapbooks
• cyclopedias
• omnibuses
• softbacks
• paperbounds
• picture books

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tomes

Find wall-to-wall tomes at Downtown Books; stop for a glass of wine at NouVines or a cup of coffee at Charis Coffee Company; and shop for unique souvenirs at Sisters Boutiques and Gifts or Nest. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

The decision to leave the EU and rewrite several tomes’ worth of trade and industrial policy has taken a comprehensive toll on the British economy, according to a working paper published last week by the National Bureau of Economic Research. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 June 2026

At the Obama public library, I was greeted by gleaming wood shelves and stacks of colorful tomes, and shimmering light streaming through its floor-to-ceiling windows. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026

Along with the Betty Crocker’s Cookbook, these tomes were Mom’s culinary guides for many classic recipes, including roast chicken, pie crust, and dinner rolls. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026

The whole property is basically a lending library with new, vintage, and unusual tomes scattered throughout for borrowing while onsite, from Toni Morrison’s Beloved to classic National Geographic photography books. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026

Brun and Werner deliver more actionable advice than many longer tomes. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

Whitney, a formidable collector of vintage tomes and 19th- and 20th-century European painting, inherited many of the items in his rare book collection from his mother, the poet Helen Hay Whitney. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Apr. 2026

This January, many such tomes on my shelves suddenly seemed to have offered all along nothing more than obfuscation, the opposite of illumination. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026