thesaurus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /θɪˈsoːɹəs/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
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.
Meanings
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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.
As reference books go, the thesaurus has had a somewhat checkered history, in fact, and has probably occasioned as much bad writing as good.
2008 April 18, Charles Mcgrath, “The Keeper (See: Steward, Caretaker) of Synonyms”, in New York Times:
- (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
- A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thesauruses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| thesauri | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
controlled vocabulary · index · catalogue
Deriveds
thesauruslike · metathesaurus · thesaural · thesauric · minithesaurus
Relateds
ontology · Wiktionary's thesaurus
Synonyms
Translations (99)
pt dicionário de sinónimos (book of synonyms) · io tezauro (book of synonyms) · fi tesaurus (information science: hierarchy of titles) · hi पर्यायकोश (book of synonyms) · mi puna kupu taurite (book of synonyms) · nb tesaurus (book of synonyms) · ru слова́рь сино́нимов (book of synonyms) · pt tesauro (book of synonyms) · ka სინონიმების ლექსიკონი (book of synonyms) · tl talasimpanan (book of synonyms) · uk тезаурус (book of synonyms) · nb omgrepsklasseordbok (book of synonyms) · da saggruppeordbog (book of synonyms) · ca diccionari de sinònims (book of synonyms) · ru теза́урус (book of synonyms) · th อรรถาภิธาน (book of synonyms) · ru предме́тный указа́тель (information science: hierarchy of titles) · fr dictionnaire des synonymes (book of synonyms) · lv tēzaurs (book of synonyms) · de Synonymwörterbuch (book of synonyms) · mk тезаурус (book of synonyms) · fr dictionnaire par ordre de matières (book of synonyms) · it tesoro (book of synonyms) · sh теза̀урус (book of synonyms) · lt tezauras (book of synonyms) · es tesoro (book of synonyms) · pt dicionário de sinônimos (book of synonyms) · hi समांतर कोश (book of synonyms) · de Begriffswörterbuch (book of synonyms) · nb begrepsordbok (book of synonyms) · is hugtakaorðabók (book of synonyms) · si සමාන පද නාමාවලිය (book of synonyms) · fi käsitesanakirja (book of synonyms) · lt sinonimų žodynas (book of synonyms) · eo tezaŭro (book of synonyms) · sv synonymordbok (book of synonyms) · it tesauro (book of synonyms) · eo sinonimaro (book of synonyms) · sv tesaurus (book of synonyms) · es diccionario de sinónimos (book of synonyms) · fi synonyymisanakirja (book of synonyms) · fo samheitabók (book of synonyms) · ko 유의어 사전 (book of synonyms) · nb begrepsklasseordbok (book of synonyms) · tr eşanlamlılar sözlüğü (book of synonyms) · pl słownik wyrazów bliskoznacznych (book of synonyms) · gl dicionario de sinónimos (book of synonyms) · da begrebsordbog (book of synonyms) · km កំរងវេវចនៈសព្ទ (book of synonyms) · id tesaurus (book of synonyms) · mk синони́мен речник (book of synonyms) · ja シソーラス (book of synonyms) · cs tezaurus (book of synonyms) · da synonymordbog (book of synonyms) · gd co-fhaclair (book of synonyms) · el θησαυρός (book of synonyms) · he אֶגְרוֹן (book of synonyms) · oc diccionari (book of synonyms) · sv begreppsordbok (book of synonyms) · hy թեզաուրուս (book of synonyms) · ja 類語辞典 (book of synonyms) · pl słownik synonimów (book of synonyms) · ca tesaurus (information science: hierarchy of titles) · dz མངོན་བརྗོད (book of synonyms) · pl tezaurus (book of synonyms) · nb synonymordbok (book of synonyms) · sh речник синонима (book of synonyms) · ka თეზაურუსი (book of synonyms) · hu tematikus szókincstár (book of synonyms) · bo མངོན་བརྗོད་མཛོད (book of synonyms) · nl thesaurus (book of synonyms) · cmn 同義詞詞典 /同义词词典 (book of synonyms) · nb omgrepsordbok (book of synonyms) · hy հոմանիշների բառարան (book of synonyms) · nl synoniemenboek (book of synonyms) · pt thesaurus (book of synonyms) · tr tesarus (book of synonyms) · hy հոմանիշարան (book of synonyms) · de Thesaurus (book of synonyms) · sv begreppsklassordbok (book of synonyms) · fr thésaurus (book of synonyms) · hu szinonimaszótár (book of synonyms) · hu tézaurusz (book of synonyms) · ga stórchiste (book of synonyms) · sk tezaurus (book of synonyms) · ro dicționar de sinonime (book of synonyms) · fi käsitesanakirja (information science: hierarchy of titles) · da tesaurus (book of synonyms) · ar مَكْنَز (book of synonyms) · ms tesaurus (book of synonyms) · sh tezàurus (book of synonyms) · it dizionario dei sinonimi (book of synonyms) · mi punakupu (book of synonyms) · fr dictionnaire de notions (book of synonyms) · cy thesawrws (book of synonyms) · cs tezaurus (information science: hierarchy of titles) · bg синони́мен ре́чник (book of synonyms) · de Sachgruppenwörterbuch (book of synonyms) · sh rečnik sinonima (book of synonyms)