Thesaurus

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What does Thesaurs mean in greek?

A treasure house of words

A thesaurus is a-

Book of synonyms

A synonym is

a word that means the same thing of another word

A cross reference word is

a word that tell you to go to another word in the thesaurus

A word that means the opposite of a word is a(an)

antonym

The words you are looking up that are in bold are

entry words

Guide Words are

indicators for the words you are looking for in the top right and left corner

colloquial means

informal use of a word

Dialectal means

regional use of the word

non- standard use of the word is

slang

Etymology means

where the word comes from


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