The Penguin Concise Thesaurus is the ideal desk companion for all writers. Authoritative, wide-ranging, up-to-date and easy to use, it offers a vast selection of synonyms for over 15,000 words. Whether you’re solving a crossword or searching for an imaginative phrase for a piece of writing, this companion to The Penguin Concise English Dictionary is an essential reference work.
• Contains nearly 400,000 synonyms
• Ranges from standard and formal English to slang and jargon
• Includes hundreds of contemporary buzzwords and expressions, from chill out to snail mail
• Lists words closest in meaning first
• Gives helpful examples to pinpoint the nuances of particular words
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The Penguin Concise Thesaurus is the ideal desk companion for all writers. Authoritative, wide-ranging, up-to-date and easy to use, it offers a vast selection of synonyms for over 15,000 words. Whether you’re solving a crossword or searching for an imaginative phrase for a piece of writing, this companion to The Penguin Concise English Dictionary is an essential reference work.
• Contains nearly 400,000 synonyms
• Ranges from standard and formal English to slang and jargon
• Includes hundreds of contemporary buzzwords and expressions, from chill out to snail mail
• Lists words closest in meaning first
• Gives helpful examples to pinpoint the nuances of particular words
Imprint | Penguin Books |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | August 2002 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days |
First published | August 2002 |
Authors | David Pickering |
Editors | David Pickering, Martin Manser, Rosalind Fergusson |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 37mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - B-format |
Pages | 896 |
Edition | [New Ed.] |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-051520-6 |
Barcode | 9780140515206 |
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LSN | 0-14-051520-8 |