thesauri
Books of equivalents
Thesauri is the Latin plural of thesaurus, a reference work that groups words by meaning rather than alphabetically.
Some writers prefer thesauri as the formal or scholarly plural, though thesauruses is equally correct and more common in everyday use: She kept several thesauri on her desk.
Alphabetical word reference
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- wordbookCompiled vocabulary reference
- encyclopediaComprehensive subject-matter collection
compendium · almanac · atlas · handbook · sourcebook · concordance · terminology · gazetteer
Vocabulary of a language
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- etymologyWord origin study
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- homonymsSame-sound different-meaning words
antonyms · collocations · corpus · neologism · lexis · definition · headword · entry
Words with contrary meanings
- synonymsWords with shared meaning
- equivalentsThings of equal value
- paraphrasesRestates using different words
- substitutesReplacements for originals
alternatives · analogies · counterparts · replacements · variations · near-synonyms · word choices · rewordings
Ordered list of items
- archiveStored historical records
- libraryBook collection or building
- collectionGathered set of items
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
repository · classification · bibliography · cataloging · indexing · Dewey · reference desk · acquisition
dictionary
Alphabetical word reference
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- wordbookCompiled vocabulary reference
encyclopedia · compendium · almanac · atlas · handbook · sourcebook · concordance · terminology · gazetteer · index
lexicon
Vocabulary of a language
homonyms · antonyms · collocations · corpus · neologism · lexis · definition · headword · entry · lemma
antonyms
Words with contrary meanings
- synonymsWords with shared meaning
- equivalentsThings of equal value
- paraphrasesRestates using different words
substitutes · alternatives · analogies · counterparts · replacements · variations · near-synonyms · word choices · rewordings · interchangeables
catalog
Ordered list of items
- archiveStored historical records
- libraryBook collection or building
- collectionGathered set of items
database · repository · classification · bibliography · cataloging · indexing · Dewey · reference desk · acquisition · stacks
- dictionariesdictionary, dictionaries, definitions, definition, entries
- language referencesdictionary, dictionaries, glossary, lexicon, wordbook
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, encyclopedia
- reference worksencyclopedia, encyclopedias, handbook, dictionaries, reference book
- referencesreference, references, dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas
- library sciencelibrary catalogs, call numbers, Library of Congress, holdings, collections
thesauridictionaries
Books defining vocabulary
lexicons · glossaries · spell checkers · grammar guides · style manuals
- thesaurus entriesSynonym dictionary records
- Roget's ThesaurusSystematic synonym dictionary