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Thesaurus
has 2 synonyms ↓
The saurus
thesauri
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a book that contains synonyms and sometimes antonyms, in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations

The first example of this genre, Roget's Thesaurus, was compiled in 1805 by Peter Roget, and published in 1852

Entries in Roget's Thesaurus are listed conceptually rather than alphabetically

Although including synonyms, entries in a thesaurus should not be taken as a complete list of all the synonyms for a particular word

The entries are also designed for drawing distinctions between similar words and assisting in choosing exactly the right word

Yahoo!Education: Thesaurus

TemaTres: open source thesaurus management

Synonyms and Definitions at Synonyms.Me

The word "thesaurus" is derived from 16th-century New Latin, in turn from Latin thesaurus, from ancient Greek thesauros, meaning "storehouse" or "treasury" (and thus the medieval rank of thesaurer was a synonym for treasurer)

Public Domain Db's Free Online Thesaurus

Aiksaurus: open source and online thesaurus

This meaning has been largely supplanted by Roget's usage of the term

A formal definition of a thesaurus designed for indexing and information retrieval is

The ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Standard of 2005 defines guidelines and conventions for the format, construction, testing, maintenance, and management of monolingual controlled vocabularies including lists, synonym rings, taxonomies, and thesauruses

For multilingual vocabularies, the ISO 5964 Guidelines for the establishment and development of multilingual thesauruses can be applied

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Thesaurushas 2 synonyms ↓The saurusthesauriSuggest another synonym or correct a wrong one

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a book that contains synonyms and sometimes antonyms, in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations

The first example of this genre, Roget's Thesaurus, was compiled in 1805 by Peter Roget, and published in 1852

Entries in Roget's Thesaurus are listed conceptually rather than alphabetically

Although including synonyms, entries in a thesaurus should not be taken as a complete list of all the synonyms for a particular word

The entries are also designed for drawing distinctions between similar words and assisting in choosing exactly the right word

Yahoo!Education: Thesaurus

TemaTres: open source thesaurus management

Synonyms and Definitions at Synonyms.Me

The word "thesaurus" is derived from 16th-century New Latin, in turn from Latin thesaurus, from ancient Greek thesauros, meaning "storehouse" or "treasury" (and thus the medieval rank of thesaurer was a synonym for treasurer)

Public Domain Db's Free Online Thesaurus

Aiksaurus: open source and online thesaurus

This meaning has been largely supplanted by Roget's usage of the term

A formal definition of a thesaurus designed for indexing and information retrieval is

The ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Standard of 2005 defines guidelines and conventions for the format, construction, testing, maintenance, and management of monolingual controlled vocabularies including lists, synonym rings, taxonomies, and thesauruses

For multilingual vocabularies, the ISO 5964 Guidelines for the establishment and development of multilingual thesauruses can be applied

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Austrian Television by alex

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Beverage Lexicon by nader

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Thesaurus
has 2 synonyms ↓
The saurus
thesauri
Suggest another synonym or correct a wrong one