"The Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms" provides an easy-to-use source of over 150,000 alternative and opposite words in order to improve your wordpower and communication skills, and also make your English more interesting and original. For each entry, synonyms are listed alphabetically within each sense, and antonyms are placed at the end of entries where appropriate. There are illustrated examples to show how words of less obvious senses are used, and markers such as 'informal', 'derogatory', and 'obsolete' highlight the usage style. There is extensive cross-referencing to other entries for extended lists of synonyms and to related words to broaden your knowledge. There is also a Lexicon of Hard Words with interesting and unusual words as diverse as erubescence (blushing) and jumbal (sweet crisp cake), which will provide fascinating and useful additions to anyone's vocabulary.
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`"In its new paperback edition the Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms is sufficiently small and lightweight to fit easily into a briefcase or bag--which makes it ideal for the writer on the move who wants to have a word finder wtih them as they travel but doesn't want to be encumbered with a full-blown thesaurus."' Writing Magazine
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Alan Spooner is an experienced lexicographer who has worked on a number of titles for OUP, both for adults and children.
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I was a bit disappointed in this book. It is missing a lot of words I've looked up. It might be good for high school kids but not for college.
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As an enlish language learner, wordfinders like roget's or similar are not useful for my purposes. I'm used to work with synonyms/antonyms dictionaries in other languages and this easy-to-use little book hits the target. It's worth its value for basic use. A thinner paper would be better, indeed.
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This is a very good book for a person who wants to express precisely his or her feelings. I recomend this English dictionary for all students or for people who wants to improve their English.
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informal quit, informal upfront, informal crooked, informal ginormous, informal smidgen, informal bang, informal twig, informal get hold, informal clobber, informal bomb, informal mega, informal chuck, informal unflappable, informal nippy, informal give someone, informal hassle, informal lick, informal flop, informal smashing, informal pal, informal bent, informal knock, informal pretend, informal blow, informal sack Browse Sample Pages:
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informal quit, informal upfront, informal crooked, informal ginormous, informal smidgen, informal bang, informal twig, informal get hold, informal clobber, informal bomb, informal mega, informal chuck, informal unflappable, informal nippy, informal give someone, informal hassle, informal lick, informal flop, informal smashing, informal pal, informal bent, informal knock, informal pretend, informal blow, informal sack Browse Sample Pages:
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