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Language reference book organized to help in finding words related to a core concept but having different shades of meaning (connotations). Unlike a dictionary (which is organized to help in finding the meaning if you know the word), a thesaurus requires you to know the intended meaning to help find the correct word. Unlike a dictionary of synonyms (which is an alphabetical list of related ... Read more

USAGE EXAMPLE
The teacher noticed that her student had used the same word many times in his essay, so she suggested using a thesaurus to find another word with a similar meaning.
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