thesaurus
Syllables: the·saur·us/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
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British/θɪˈsoːɹəs/
thesaurus noun: a publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
Noun
thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)
- A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
- "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
- As reference books go, the thesaurus has had a somewhat checkered history, in fact, and has probably occasioned as much bad writing as good.2008 April 18, Charles Mcgrath, “The Keeper (See: Steward, Caretaker) of Synonyms”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- synonymicon, wordhoard
- A dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
thesaurus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thesaurus in Hindi
- book of synonyms
- पर्यायकोश paryāykoś, समांतर कोश samāntar koś
thesaurus in Tamil
- நிகண்டு, சொற்பொருட்களஞ்சியம்
thesaurus in Marathi
- thesaurus
- शब्दकोश śabdakoś
thesaurus in Urdu
- a thesaurus
- مخزن maxzan
- thesaurus
- شبدکوش śabdakoś
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- thesaurus in Bengali
- জ্ঞানভাণ্ডার, ভাব অভিধান
- thesaurus in Kannada
- ಸಮೀಪಾರ್ಥ ಶಬ್ದಕೋಶ, ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥ ಪದಕೋಶ, ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ ಪದಗಳ ನಿಘಂಟು, ಪದಸೇರುವೆ
- thesaurus in Sinhala
- සමාන පද නාමාවලිය samāna pada nāmāwaliya
- thesaurus in Tagalog
- talasimpanan
- thesaurus in Arabic
- مَكْنَز maknaz
- thesaurus in Malay
- tesaurus
- thesaurus in Indonesian
- tesaurus
- thesaurus in Thai
- อรรถาภิธาน àt-tǎa-pí-taan
- Dzongkha
- མངོན་བརྗོད mngon brjod
Examples of thesaurus in a sentence
- That other thesaurus labels the hyponymic or hypernymic relation more clearly than this one does.
- The urge to scream, “Get a thesaurus and find some real words” was overwhelming.
- Wiktionary is a multilingual dictionary (also thesaurus and phrase-book) and has distinctive content policies.
Synonyms of thesaurus
Forms of thesaurus
| plural | thesauri |
|---|---|
| plural | thesauruses |
Origin of thesaurus
16th century, borrowed from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure.
Words formed from thesaurus
Words that rhyme with thesaurus
- chorus
- torus
- chlorous
- dawn chorus
- decorous
- hypertorus
- porous
- Taurus
- -saurus
- Eye of Horus
- Horus
- keratotorus
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Questions about thesaurus
- What does thesaurus mean?
- Thesaurus means a publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
- What is thesaurus in Hindi?
- Thesaurus in Hindi is पर्यायकोश (paryāykoś), समांतर कोश (samāntar koś). See Thesaurus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thesaurus?
- Thesaurus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thesaurus?
- Thesaurus is pronounced /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/.
- What is the plural of thesaurus?
- The plural of thesaurus is thesauri.
Words near thesaurus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thesaurus (page history and authors); thesaurus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शब्दकोश (Marathi) (page history and authors); شبدکوش (Urdu) (page history and authors); thesaurus (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thesaurus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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