Meaning & use

thesaurus

noun·Academic

A reference book or resource that lists words along with their synonyms and related terms.

See it in a sentence

She checked a thesaurus to find a stronger word than 'good' for her essay.

The online thesaurus suggested several synonyms for the overused word 'nice'.

A note on using this word

The correct spelling is 'thesaurus'; 'thesaures' is a misspelling, and the plural is 'thesauruses' or 'thesauri'.

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