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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a book containing a classified list of synonyms [syn: thesaurus, synonym finder]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural thesauri or thesauruses) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, treasure, collection, from Greek th?sauros Date: circa 1823 1. treasury, storehouse 2. a. a book of words or of information about a particular field or set of concepts; especially a book of words and their synonyms b. a list of subject headings or descriptors usually with a cross-reference system for use in the organization of a collection of documents for reference and retrieval • thesaural adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. thesauri or thesauruses) 1 a a collection of concepts or words arranged according to sense. b US a book of synonyms and antonyms. 2 a dictionary or encyclopaedia. Etymology: L f. Gk thesauros treasure

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thesaurus The*sau"rus, n.; pl. Thesauri. [L. See Treasure.] A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(thesauruses) A thesaurus is a reference book in which words with similar meanings are grouped together. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [L.] 1. Treasury, storehouse. 2. Repository (especially of knowledge).

Moby Thesaurus

armory, arsenal, biographical dictionary, cache, chemical dictionary, desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary, dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary, etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary, gazetteer, general dictionary, geological dictionary, gloss, glossary, gradus, lexicon, lexis, nomenclator, onomasticon, phrase book, phraseology, polyglot dictionary, promptorium, repository, rhyming dictionary, science dictionary, slang dictionary, specialized dictionary, stock of words, storehouse, synonym dictionary, synonymy, terminology, treasure trove, treasury, treasury of words, unabridged dictionary, verbiage, vocabulary, word list, wordage, wordbook, wordhoard, words