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thesaurize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
the-saur-ize
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hoard (typically treasure)

verb

To change out words in a sentence for more academic sounding ones without concern for their connotations or denotations

Inflected Forms

thesaurizes (present, singular) thesaurizing (participle, present) thesaurized (participle, past) thesaurized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

thesaurization

Questions

What does thesaurize mean?
To hoard (typically treasure)

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