What is whatsitsname?
whatsitsname (plural whatsitsnames) Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
What is the dictionary meaning of thesaurus?
A thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses) or synonym dictionary is a reference work for finding synonyms and sometimes antonyms of words. They are often used by writers to help find the best word to express an idea: …to find the word, or words, by which [an] idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed.
What is the purpose of a thesaurus?
A thesaurus is a reference work that lists the synonyms and sometimes antonyms of words. Synonyms are words with similar meanings, and antonyms are words with opposite meanings.
What are the different types of thesaurus?
There are two types of thesauri: one for general use and another for the use in specific area such as medicine, arts, music, and others. In information science, a thesaurus is a collection of controlled vocabularies which are used for indexing information.
How do we use thesaurus effectively?
This is how you can use a thesaurus in your research:
- Choose a word as a starting point.
- Like a dictionary, find the word in the alphabetic arrangement.
- Once you find the word, look at the words that are listed alongside the main word.
- Choose another word that will work to replace the word that was your starting point.
Who founded thesaurus?
Roget’s Thesaurus is a widely used English-language thesaurus, created in 1805 by Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer.
Who owns Roget’s thesaurus?
Roget’s has sold more than 40 million copies, and has become a proprietary eponym like Coke, Kleenex, or Google. Joshua Kendall is the author of The Man Who Made Lists: Love Death Madness and the Creation of Roget’s Thesaurus (Putnam, 2008).
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