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thesaurus

/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
the-saur-us
IPA
/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

noun

A dictionary or encyclopedia.

Archaic

noun

A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: θησαυρός

Usage

Inflected Forms

thesauri (plural) thesauruses (plural)

Derived Forms

metathesaurus minithesaurus thesaural thesauric thesauruslike

Phrases

Wiktionary's thesaurus

Frequently Paired Words

ontology Wiktionary's thesaurus catalogue controlled vocabulary index

Synonyms

synonymicon wordhoard synonym finder

Rhymes With

morris chorus doris horace porous taurus horus tyrannosaurus mcmorris brontosaurus stegosaurus dilophosaurus

Questions

How do you pronounce thesaurus?
The recorded pronunciation is /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/.
What does thesaurus mean?
A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
Where does thesaurus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce thesaurus

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