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Meaning of Thesaurus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
θɪˈsɔːɹəs

Definitions

  1. A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
  2. A dictionary or encyclopedia.
  3. A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

Equivalents

Examples

“"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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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