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thesaurus

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Pronunciation
/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
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/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/ · /θɪˈsoːɹəs/

Definition of thesaurus

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”
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noun

  1. 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.”
  2. (archaic)A dictionary or encyclopedia.
  3. A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

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Etymology

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.

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