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

On my way out, the Kushners stopped by a side table, stacked with documents and tomes. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Fall is in full swing and that means book publishers are offering new tomes for fans of the printed page. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

The breakfast room is a lovely spot to spend time browsing one of the many tomes on fashion and style. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026

Generating scholarly tomes at a rate of more than one a year involves obsessive amounts of research. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

On the editorial side, this includes the licenses for reproductions in books like exhibition catalogs, scholarly tomes, and even the covers of novels, as well as publications, for news coverage and criticism for exhibitions as well as general use. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

The fan art features moody Ivy League backdrops with bunny ears, heavy tomes, blood-red candles and saccharine doll-like fashion. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

To start, there must be thousands of books around the property—coffee-table tomes about nature, volumes of Dickens, some mystery novels for good measure—filling shelves in every guest room, up to the balcony reading nook in the main lodge. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026

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