*historical thesaurus of ‘oxford english dictionary’*
(2-volume set)
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-as of [19 OCTOBER 2026]-
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-[ONLINE] THESAURUS-
(LINK)
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*plural* –>
“thesauri”
“thesauruses”
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*AKA* –>
“synonym dictionary”
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-a ‘reference work’ for finding ‘synonyms’ (+ sometimes ‘antonyms’) of ‘words’–
(they are often used by ‘writers’ to help find the best word to an express an ‘idea’)
“…to find the word, or words, by which [an] idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed…”
‘peter mark roget’
(1852)
(‘synonym dictionaries’ have a long history)
[the word ‘thesaurus’ was used in 1852 by ‘peter mark roget’ for his roget’s thesaurus, which groups words in a ‘hierarchical taxonomy’ of ‘concepts’, but others are organized ‘alphabetically’ (or in some other way)]
(most ‘thesauruses’ do not include ‘definitions’)
(…but many ‘dictionaries’ include listings of ‘synonyms’)
(some ‘thesauruses’ + ‘dictionary synonym notes’ characterize the distinctions between similar words, with notes on their ‘connotations’ + varying ‘shades of meaning’)
(some ‘synonym dictionaries’ are primarily concerned with differentiating synonyms by ‘meaning’ + ‘usage’)
(‘usage manuals’ such as fowler often prescribe appropriate usage of ‘synonyms’)
(‘thesauri’ are sometimes used to avoid repetition of words, leading to ‘infelicitous elegant variation’)
“writers sometimes use them not just to vary their vocabularies but to dress them up too much”
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