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the·sau·rus  (th-sôrs)

n. pl. the·sau·ri (-sôr) or the·sau·rus·es

1. A book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms.

2. A book of selected words or concepts, such as a specialized vocabulary of a particular field, as of medicine or music.

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[Latin thsaurus, treasury, from Greek thsauros.]

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thesaurus [θɪˈsɔːrəs]

n pl -ruses, -ri [-raɪ]

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a book containing systematized lists of synonyms and related words

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a dictionary of selected words or topics

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Rare a treasury

[from Latin, Greek: treasure]

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Thesaurus a treasury or storehouse, 1491; a repository, as of words, hence, Roget’s Thesaurus, 1852.

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thesaurus - Comes from Greek thesauros, meaning "storehouse, treasury," and its original sense was "dictionary or encyclopedia," but this was narrowed to the current meaning with the appearance of Roget's in 1852.

See also related terms for storehouse.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

thesaurus - a book containing a classified list of synonyms synonym finder wordbook - a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings) word finder, wordfinder - a thesaurus organized to help you find the word you want but cannot think of

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thesaurus

noun wordbook, wordfinder I refer to my thesaurus a lot when I'm writing songs.

Translations

thesaurus [θɪˈsɔːrəs] N (thesauruses, thesauri (pl)) [θɪˈsɔːraɪ] → tesauro m

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thesaurus [θɪˈsɔːrəs] n → dictionnaire m des synonymes, dictionnaire m analogique

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thesaurus

n → Thesaurus m

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thesaurus [θɪˈsɔːrəs] n → dizionario dei sinonimi

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thesaurus

n thesaurus [θiˌsoːrəs]

a book which gives information (eg a dictionary or encyclopedia) especially one which lists words according to their meanings. tesourus قاموس قوائِم المعاني енциклопедия slovník synonymordbog der Thesaurus θησαυρός λέξεων tesauro; diccionario ideológico tesaurus, mõisteline sõnaraamat فرهنگ معنایی synonyymisanakirja dictionnaire אֶגרוֹן, תֶזאוֹרוּס शब्दकोश rječnik, leksikon tezaurusz; fogalomköri szótár kamus samheitasafn vocabolario; enciclopedia 類語・反対語辞典 백과 사전 tezauras tezaurs; enciklopēdija tesaurus thesaurus begrepsordbok; leksikon słownik wyrazów bliskoznacznych léxicon dicţionar de sinonime тезаурус slovník, lexikón, encyklopédia besednjak rečnik sinonima uppslagsbok พจนานุกรมที่รวมคำศัพท์ที่มีความหมายใกล้เคียงกัน eş/zıt anlamlı sözcükler sözlüğü (同義詞等的)詞典 словник; енциклопедія قاموس từ điển đồng nghĩa và phản nghĩa （同义词等的）词典