Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thesauric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: the-sauric
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a thesaurus or to synonyms.

Example Sentences

"Groupings in languages (Chinese, Sanskrit, Sumerian) where alphabetical dictionaries are ruled out by the nature of the script have been found to have thesauric properties[…]"

Etymology

From thesaurus + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: thesaurus

Inflected Forms

more thesauric (comparative) most thesauric (superlative)

Questions

What does thesauric mean?: Of or relating to a thesaurus or to synonyms.
Where does thesauric come from?: From thesaurus + -ic.

How to pronounce thesauric

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