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thesaurus
- /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
- /θɪˈsoːɹəs/ British, Southern, Standard
Rhymes with -ɔːɹəs
Where it comes from
16th century, borrowed from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure.
noun thesauri · thesauruses
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A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
"Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
Similar: synonymicon, wordhoard
- A dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
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noun book of synonyms
| Español | diccionario de sinónimos, tesoro |
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| 한국어 | 유의어 사전 yuuieo sajeon |
| 日本語 | シソーラス shisōrasu, 類語辞典 ruigo jiten |
| 中文 | 同義詞詞典 /同义词词典 tóngyìcí cídiǎn |
| हिन्दी | पर्यायकोश paryāykoś, समांतर कोश samāntar koś |
| Português | dicionário de sinónimos, dicionário de sinônimos, tesauro, thesaurus |
| Français | dictionnaire des synonymes, thésaurus, dictionnaire de notions, dictionnaire par ordre de matières |
| Deutsch | Thesaurus, Begriffswörterbuch, Sachgruppenwörterbuch, Synonymwörterbuch |
| Italiano | dizionario dei sinonimi, tesoro, tesauro |
| Ελληνικά | θησαυρός thisavrós |
| Română | dicționar de sinonime |
| Русский | теза́урус tɛzáurus, слова́рь сино́нимов slovárʹ sinónimov |
| العربية | مَكْنَز maknaz |
| עברית | אֶגְרוֹן egrón |
noun information science: hierarchy of titles
| Русский | предме́тный указа́тель predmétnyj ukazátelʹ |
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Talk about this word "thesaurus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thesaurus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thesaurus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thesaurus "thesaurus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thesaurus.Cite this
@misc{thesaurus_2026,
title = {thesaurus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thesaurus},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
