Meaning & use
thesaurus
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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