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Is there a name for a book that is both a dictionary and a thesaurus?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes, its called "Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus".
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Is there a one-word name for a book that is dictionary and a thesaurus?
Lexicon.
What is the name of a book that has words and their definitions?
A dictionary has words and definitions.A thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.Don't confuse them.-
Name a book that students keep on hand for reference?
dictionary encyclopedia thesaurus cookbook telephone book atlas
What is the name of synonym dictionary?
Thesaurus!
What is the name of the book that's gives lists of words which have similar meanings?
Thesaurus. Roget's Thesaurus is the most famous example.
What is the name of a book that has a lot of definitions?
A dictionary.
What book tells you another name for stuff?
Well there's a thesaurus. It gives you synonyms for words.
What is the difference between a dictionary a thesaurus and a encyclopedia?
A dictionary is a list of words, arranged alphabetically, with their meanings. A thesaurus is a list of meanings, arranged by concept, with the words that express those meanings.If you find a copy of Roget's Thesaurus (I mean the real Roget's Thesaurus), you will find that the first entry is "Existence" (under which are listed words such as reality, actuality, absolute, true and so on) and the second is "Inexistence". Peter Mark Roget, who wrote it, said in his introduction:The present Work is intended to supply, with respect to the English language, a desideratum hitherto unsupplied in any language; namely, a collection of the words it contains and of the idiomatic combinations peculiar to it, arranged, not in alphabetical order as they are in a Dictionary, but according to the ideas which they express. (Emphasis in original)Roget considered that his most important creation was the rubric which categorized the meanings of all words and which was the organizing principle of the thesaurus. However, many people found the thesaurus hard to work with. Rather than start with the idea they wanted to express, they preferred to start with a similar word and look for synonyms. As a result people were looking for a Dictionary of Synonyms in which words were listed alphabetically. Nowadays what is sold under the name of "Roget's Thesaurus" is usually not in fact a thesaurus at all, but a Dictionary of Synonyms (and often of Antonyms). Roget would turn over in his grave.
What is another name for the word 'dictionary'?
a reference book
What type of reference book was name after a Greek god?
dictionary
What is the name of the reference book that contains words that mean the same and words that mean the opposite?
It's called a 'thesaurus'.
Name of a book of facts published each year?
It is really a Dictionary
