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What’s another word for thesaurus?
Steven Wright
Are you bombarded with acronyms and abbreviations every day? Can’t remember whether you should call AA or AAA when your car won’t start? This easy-to-use site can help you out of your dilemma. Just type in the letters you’re trying to decipher and the Acronym lookup site gives you an immediate definition.
The ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) Project, located at the University of Chicago, has provided this online version of Roget’s Thesaurus. The interface is simple—type in the word you want, and the form will return synonyms and antonyms. This site is among PC Magazine’s Top 100 Web Sites.
This is an extensive thesaurus of words related to astronomy. Just click a word and the list of synonyms appears onscreen. The thesaurus is available in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.
Become a subscriber to the mailing list and receive a word, with its definition, every day. Increase your vocabulary this fun, easy way. The site also contains an anagram solver. Just submit a word you’d like to have an anagram for, and await the results.
Browse the only dictionary of rock/mountain climbing terms in English, along with translations in German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Polish.
Searchable cell biology index. Is the online counterpart to The Dictionary of Cell Biology, 2nd ed., plus some additions.
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An entertaining list of the terms used on those custom license plates you see every day: EIEIO on a farmer’s car, GDAYM8 (an Australian greeting). This whimsical site has a dictionary of common terms used on vanity plates and a list of plates spotted (you’re invited to submit new ones).
This society is dedicated to dictionaries, their history and use. There’s a suggested reading list, application for membership, newsletters, and information about the purpose of the Society.
Searchable dictionary of computer terms. Along with the definition of the term, the site also provide hypertext links to the terms in the dictionary alphabetically immediately before and immediately after the requested term. Also includes a list of links to other reference sites—some general Internet reference sites, some specifically computer reference sites.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/kgolden/wordbot.html
A simple way to look up word definitions on the Web. Type in the word you want, click Look up definition, and, within seconds, the Interface returns the definition of the word. For example, a search on “frontier” brought back the word, broke the word down into its components (fron-tier), and provided the definition.
In addition to a dictionary and a thesaurus, you’ll find a word of the day, a game to play, and other interesting word-related items. Check out Words from the Lighter Side if you enjoy knowing the latest slang terms and their meanings.
This site works like all the searchable dictionaries, with one slight difference: It searches 188 dictionaries. There are links to all the dictionaries and some related sites.
This address will take you to the demonstration pages. The OED Online is an ongoing project and is restricted to registered users. There is much to see and do on the demonstration pages, though, and you can register to be on the mailing list.
This is the complete Thesaurus. You can browse alphabetically, choose one of the six classes of words, or type in a word to search for. Then click the word, and receive a list of synonyms.
Trying to write a poem? Stymied for a word that rhymes with hungry? Check out this page. Simply type the word you want to find a rhyme for, and click the Submit button.
Searchable by keyword. In addition to definitions of terms, also provides links to sites with more information about selected term.
Not a dictionary in the strictest sense, but a site where words are celebrated. You must register to participate, but there are contests with prizes and just plain fun stuff to do with words. You can also Ask the Word Wizard for help with definitions, usage, or word origins.
This is a simple but powerful site. Just type in a word, any word, and you’ll be rewarded with every possible meaning of the word: synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, coordinate terms…the list goes on.
As simple as it sounds, this site offers a dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations. You can even offer new acronyms to add to their list or request an acronym definition via email if you cannot access the Web!