Definition of Thesaurus

Thesaurus

A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.

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Applied, Comprehensive, Cyclopedia, Dictionary, Especially, Hence, Knowledge, Like, Of, Often, Or, Repository, Storehouse, To, Treasury, Work

Thesaurus Quotations

What's another word for Thesaurus?
Steven Wright

I wrote it three times - with a Thesaurus.
Gypsy Rose Lee

No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.
Dorothy Fields

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Thesaurus Translations

thesaurus in German is Wortvorrat (bei Datenbanken), Wortschatz
thesaurus in Swedish is synonymordbok, ordbok, uppslagsbok

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