Definitions of thesaurus [ˈsɔr aɪ]

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Definition of 'thesaurus'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) thesaurus
a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.

2. thesaurus
any dictionary, encyclopedia, or other comprehensive reference book.

3. thesaurus
a storehouse, repository, or treasury.

Etymology: (1730–40; < L thēsaurus < Gk thēsaurós treasure, treasury)

Definition of 'thesaurus'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) thesaurus, synonym finder
a book containing a classified list of synonyms

Definition of 'thesaurus'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) thesaurus
a book containing lists of related words and synonyms

Definition of 'thesaurus'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) thesaurus
a treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia

Translation of 'thesaurus'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a book which gives information (eg a dictionary or encyclopedia) especially one which lists words according to their meanings.
Afrikaans: tesourus	Arabic: قاموس قوائِم المعاني	Bulgarian: енциклопедия
Brazilian: léxico	Czech: slovník	German: der Thesaurus
Danish: synonymordbog	Greek: θησαυρός λέξεων	Spanish: tesauro; diccionario ideo
Estonian: tesaurus, mõisteline sõna	Farsi: فرهنگ معنایی	Finnish: synonyymisanakirja
French: dictionnaire	Hebrew: אֶגרוֹן, תֶזאוֹרוּס	Hindi: शब्दकोश
Croatian: rječnik, leksikon	Hungarian: tezaurusz; fogalomköri sz	Indonesian: kamus
Icelandic: samheitasafn	Italian: vocabolario; enciclopedia	Japanese: 類語・反対語辞典
Korean: 백과 사전	Lithuanian: tezauras	Latvian: tezaurs; enciklopēdija
Malay: tesaurus	Dutch: thesaurus	Norwegian: begrepsordbok; leksikon
Polish: słownik wyrazów bliskozna	Portuguese: léxicon	Romanian: dicţionar de sinonime
Russian: тезаурус	Slovak: slovník, lexikón, encyklo	Slovenian: besednjak
Serbian: rečnik sinonima	Swedish: uppslagsbok	Thai: พจนานุกรมที่รวมคำศัพท์ที่
Turkish: eş/zıt anlamlı sözcükler	Taiwanese: (同義詞等的)詞典	Ukrainian: словник; енциклопедія
Urdu: قاموس	Vietnamese: từ điển đồng nghĩa và phả	Chinese: （同义词等的）词典
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