Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus, Newest Edition (Hardcover)

I'm very happy with this for expanding my writing. The Hardcover version unfolds and lays perfectly flat on any page from beginning to end making it browsable when looking for words.

I bought it nearly a week ago and it ain't working. When do my vocabular get bester?

Every home should have one. You can't put a price on a good vocabulary.

This thesaurus, unlike some of the other thesauri available for Kindle, is fully searchable. The search feature works in much the same way as the default dictionary, and I think it's well worth the reasonable price. The entries are comprehensive with many Synonyms and Related Words provided, as well as Antonyms and Near Antonyms. I won't compare this thesaurus to other thesauri in print version, but I will say that it's the best thesaurus for Kindle at the time of writing this review. Roget's Super Thesaurus (Kindle Edition), for example, has excellent entries with long lists of synonyms, however it is not searchable and the format appears somewhat cluttered when viewed on the Kindle. After reading through various user reviews and testing sample content, I finally had narrowed down my choice to either Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus or WordNet 3 (largest English dictionary and thesaurus). However by comparing the sample content my decision quickly became obvious. WordNet 3 is also searchable and has the added advantage of making all Synonyms links to their main entries. However, it has very lack-lustre lists of Synonyms, and according to some of the other reader reviews, relatively common words missing entirely. At any rate I am pleased with this thesaurus and would happily recommend to anybody who is looking for a thesaurus on their Kindle.

I use this together with Laurence Urdang and Nancy Laroche's "Synonym Finder," and keep versions on my kindle and laptop. The other work provides more synonyms in most cases, and you scroll down through various contexts in which the researched word turns up. This thesaurus is great, though, for having as well, headings for: synonyms, near antonyms, related words. As well, each entry gives the part of speech for the word, and a reference to a labelled context. For example, the word "gossip" (n) will give a list of synonyms and related words and refer us to "chat" and "rumour". It's a little different from Roget's, using which one can, as well, trace for the meaning of a word "on the tip of your tongue" via very general categories and concepts of the meaning. But frankly, I've always found that method a little cumbersome anyway. In a digital format, it's far more convenient just to search for various words.

Happily, content link has been implemented in this thesaurus and works in e-book form. A reference document is particularly disappointing in electronic format when a proper search function is neglected by the publisher. Someone (a copy editor) must build the hyper-links inside the digital media. Most publishers cheat and skip that part because it requires some work (and expense) above and beyond dumping the native digital format to .mobi (kindle) format. Most of the other (thesauri?) that I downloaded, tried and then returned did NOT perform a useful search for a word. Almost all claim to be searchable because the functionality of the kindle allows it to build an index based on a user input word or phrase. But that is the difference between an index (all occurrences of the word) and a table of contents (a specific location for the topic). The index approach used by almost all others can be overwhelming, sometimes dozens of occurrences of a word - without any indication of which entry is the 'location' for the expected list of synonyms. Curiously, 'parts of speech' such as: 'noun', 'verb', 'adjective', DO result in an index compilation, even in this volume. Virtually anything else will take you directly to the digital 'location' containing the synonyms, example uses, etc. A search for the word "comprehend", for example, yielded 32 synonyms and ~⅔ 'page' (8.9" kindle fire HDX, small font) of definition; adjectives and noun forms of the word each have their own separate page. I'm not a writer (Engineer... vocabulary challenged) so I can not comment reliably on the comprehensiveness of this thesaurus compared to others, but this e-book's ability to do contents SEARCH rather than INDEX seems to me to be essential - and so I recommend it! It seems to cost more than the rest; part of that is the cost of the copy editor's good work, and worth it!

Love it.

Outstanding

On my Paper White , I can move between the Thesaurus and Dictionary without leaving the popup window . At the bottom of the pop up definition window is an arrow to dictionary selection . This takes us to choices of dictionaries or this thesaurus by selecting a new reference book and I can select back to dictionary in the same popup . Unfortunately no link to the thesaurus to open the book . Also Main Word Categories within the Thesaurus is hyperlinked within the word were examining . I have tried the Collins thesaurus +dictionary , didn't like the layout script too large . and the American Roget's Thesaurus ,but it is neither hyperlinked or swappable , though the layout is good . Still this M & W also has a much better range of synonyms and antonyms along with a very brief definition of the word and layout is excellent . Incredibly its taken quite some time to local a usable thesaurus .

I am using the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus for my research project and it is very helpful.

Otimo

Very nice product

Questo dizionario di sinonimi e antonimi con esempi fa parte dei dizionari della collezione di Merriam-Webster. This Thesaurus in a revised and updated second edition is one of the best collections of synonyms and antonyms from the Merriam-Webster‘s Dictionaries.