Thesaurus

Thesaurus

A book containing synonyms and antonyms, arranged by subject or alphabetically; first published in 1852 by Peter Mark Roget as "Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition" in a thousand categories. Also, any comprehensive reference book, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia; derived from Latin for "treasury" or "storehouse", a repository. See dictionary, gloss, vocabulary.

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