 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thesaurus
noun: a book containing a classified list of synonyms [syn: {synonym
finder}]
[also: {thesauri} (pl)]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thesaurus \The*sau"rus\, noun; pl. {Thesauri}. [L. See
{Treasure}.]
A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of
knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a
dictionary or cyclopedia.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "thesaurus":
armory, arsenal, biographical dictionary, cache,
chemical dictionary, desk dictionary, dialect dictionary,
dictionary, dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary,
etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary, gazetteer,
general dictionary, geological dictionary, gloss, glossary, gradus,
lexicon, lexis, nomenclator, onomasticon, phrase book, phraseology,
polyglot dictionary, promptorium, repository, rhyming dictionary,
science dictionary, slang dictionary, specialized dictionary,
stock of words, storehouse, synonym dictionary, synonymy,
terminology, treasure trove, treasury, treasury of words,
unabridged dictionary, verbiage, vocabulary, word list, wordage,
wordbook, wordhoard, words
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