The Visual Thesaurus, Version 3

by Thinkmap

Product Features

• Find the right word and explore. The Visual Thesaurus has over 145,000 English words and 115,000 meanings.
• Improve your grasp of the English language. The Visual Thesaurus's intuitive interface helps you find words through their semantic relationship with other words and meanings.
• Hear words pronounced correctly. (Internet connection necessary) The Visual Thesaurus offers a choice between a British and an American English accent.
• Expand your search to the Internet. From any word, you can initiate an Internet search for either web pages or images.
• Check your spelling. The Visual Thesaurus suggests alternatives so you can find the right word even when you're not sure of the spelling.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• ASIN: B0007OPK0O
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 1, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,586 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

The Visual Thesaurus offers stunning visual displays of the English language. Looking up a word creates an interactive visual map with your word in the center of the display, connected to related words and meanings. Click on these words or meanings to explore further. Discover and learn from this engaging dictionary and thesaurus with over 145,000 words and 115,000 meanings, audio pronunciations, spell checking, printing, and much more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and useful, January 22, 2006

By 

J. Mack (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Visual Thesaurus, Version 3 (CD-ROM)

I used this product extensively when it was still in beta, free on the internet. It was wonderful enough that I would pay the money to use it now.

It is color-coded by parts of speech. This is terribly useful. This displays words and their multiple meanings, and all words associated with a meaning. You can string through words just by clicking on them. The webs it creates can be spun around and adjusted for size. This is a much more entertaining and quick way to look up words than flipping through a thesaurus.

I even got students who couldn't care less about looking up synonyms to use this product. This is the only product for which I would recommend a child use a computer instead of a traditional paper version.