Thesaurus:dictionary
English
Noun
Sense: A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides definitions for the words of a given language, and often related information such as synonyms and pronunciations.
Synonyms
- dict
- dict.
- dictionary
- explanatory dictionary
- interpreter (obsolete)
- lexicon
Hypernyms
- catalog (US)
- catalogue (UK)
- list [⇒ thesaurus]
- reference
- reference work [⇒ thesaurus]
- wordbook
Hyponyms
- AHD
- bilingual dictionary
- Catholicon (historical)
- clavis (uncommon)
- desk dictionary
- dialect dictionary
- dialectical dictionary
- dictionary on historical principles
- encyclopedic dictionary
- fictionary
- gazetteer
- gloss
- glossarium (chiefly historical)
- glossary
- historical dictionary
- hyperdictionary
- idioticon (rare)
- interpreter (obsolete)
- inverted dictionary
- key
- law dictionary
- metadictionary
- minidictionary
- minilexicon
- multilingual dictionary
- MW
- Oxford
- picture dictionary
- pocket dictionary
- predictionary
- pronouncing dictionary
- pronunciation dictionary
- reverse dictionary
- subdictionary
- superdictionary
- translating dictionary
- translation dictionary
- Unidentified Authorizing Dictionary
- vocabulary
- Webster
- Wiktionary
Coordinate terms
- anagram dictionary
- BD
- biographical dictionary
- clavis (uncommon)
- concordance
- guide
- key
- legend
- onomasticon
- pronunciation dictionary
- rhyme book
- rhyme dictionary
- rhyming dictionary
- thesaurus [⇒ thesaurus]
- wordlist
- —
- argumentum ad dictionarium
- dictionarian
- dictionaried
- dictionarily
- dictionarist (rare)
- dictionarize
- dictionarization
- Dictionary (usually pejorative)
- dictionaryese
- dictionaryless
- dictionarylike
- dictionary-monger (rare)
- interdictionary
- lexicographer
- lexicographese
- lexicographic
- lexicomania
- lexiconist
- lexiconize
- lexiconophilia
- lexiconophilist
- long-haired dictionary
- multidictionary
- nondictionary
- pillow dictionary
- sleeping dictionary
- undictionaried
- walking dictionary
- Webster (usually pejorative)
- Wiktionarian
Meronyms
Further reading
- “562. word” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.