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A thesaurus is a book that contains synonyms and sometimes antonyms, in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. The first example of this genre, Roget's Thesaurus, was compiled in 1805 by Peter Roget, and published in 1852. Entries in Roget's Thesaurus are listed conceptually rather than alphabetically. Although including synonyms, a thesaurus should not be taken as... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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synonyms, antonyms, Wiktionary, lists, standards, names, Wörterbuch and words.

thesaurus includes synonyms

Thesaurus Although including synonyms, a thesaurus should not be taken as a complete list of all the synonyms for a particular word.

Scholastic Reference The Scholastic Pocket Thesaurus includes many synonyms and antonyms.

thesaurus includes antonyms

Scholastic Reference The Scholastic Pocket Thesaurus includes many synonyms and antonyms.

thesaurus includes Wiktionary

Wiktionary Additionally, the English Wiktionary includes Wikisaurus, a category that serves as a thesaurus, including lists of slang words, and the Simple English Wiktionary, compiled using the Basic English subset of the English language.

thesaurus includes lists

Wiktionary Additionally, the English Wiktionary includes Wikisaurus, a category that serves as a thesaurus, including lists of slang words, and the Simple English Wiktionary, compiled using the Basic English subset of the English language.

thesaurus includes standards

Teacher Training Resource Bank The TTRB website consists of peer moderated reviews and summaries of a wide range of materials that have been classified using the British Education Thesaurus of over 8,400 words and other schemas including Qualified Teacher Status standards to aid accessibility.

thesaurus includes names

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names The Thesaurus includes names and other information about places such as cities, countries, nations and their associated physical features like mountains, coasts and rivers.

thesaurus includes Wörterbuch

Egyptian language Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, an online service available from October 2004 which is associated with various German Egyptological projects, including the monumental Altägyptisches Wörterbuch of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany).

thesaurus includes words

Wiktionary Additionally, the English Wiktionary includes Wikisaurus, a category that serves as a thesaurus, including lists of slang words, and the Simple English Wiktionary, compiled using the Basic English subset of the English language.

contains :
synonyms, information, variations and names.

thesaurus contains synonyms

Thesaurus A thesaurus is a book that contains synonyms and sometimes antonyms, in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations.

Webster's Home Reference Library The dictionary contains 40,000 definitions, the thesaurus contains 150,000 synonyms, and the spelling and grammar guide contains 40,000 common mistakes.

thesaurus contains information

Geographic information system Another fairly developed resource for naming GIS objects is the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (GTGN), which is a structured vocabulary containing around 1,000,000 names and other information about places.

thesaurus contains variations

Art & Architecture Thesaurus While the thesaurus contains many variations on a term, such as singular and plural forms, spelling variants, various forms of speech, and synonyms, one is always flagged as the preferred term.

thesaurus contains names

Geographic information system Another fairly developed resource for naming GIS objects is the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (GTGN), which is a structured vocabulary containing around 1,000,000 names and other information about places.

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thesaurus influences musicians

Nicolas Slonimsky One of his best-known books is the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns (ISBN 0-8256-1449-X), which has influenced many jazz musicians and composers (including Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, composer John Adams and guitarist Buckethead).

thesaurus influences composers

Nicolas Slonimsky One of his best-known books is the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns (ISBN 0-8256-1449-X), which has influenced many jazz musicians and composers (including Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, composer John Adams and guitarist Buckethead).

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    Thesaurus

    A thesaurus is a book that contains synonyms and sometimes antonyms, in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. The first example of this genre, Roget's Thesaurus, was compiled in 1805 by Peter Roget, and published in 1852.
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    Roget's Thesaurus

    The Chaser's War on Everything wrote a segment about Roget's Thesaurus on the week marking the 150th anniversary of the book.
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    RCA Thesaurus

    RCA Thesaurus is the title of a series of phonographic albums on the RCA Victor label featuring outstanding transcriptions of classical music and popular compositions from the 1950s.
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    Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

    The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (abbreviated Getty TGN or GTGN) is a product of the J. Paul Getty Trust included in the Getty Vocabulary Program.
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    Art & Architecture Thesaurus

    The AAT is a thesaurus in compliance with ISO and NISO standards including ISO 2788 and ISO 5964.
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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae

    The Thesaurus linguae Latinae is the most comprehensive dictionary of the Latin language; it covers every author and work from the first items of Latin up to 600 AD.
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    Reference.com

    Reference.com is an online information source that provides encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and other content.
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    Historical Thesaurus of English

    - HTE homepage, including a limited test website and the complete searchable Thesaurus of Old English (Roberts and Kay 1995, 2000)
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    Moby Project

    Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain in 1996.
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    Thesaurus Logarithmorum Completus

    Thesaurus Logarithmorum Completus, a large logarithm table handbook, was the main work of Slovenian mathematician Jurij Vega. It was first published in 1794 in Leipzig.

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