Color Oxford Thesaurus

By Maurice Waite

Book Overview

This major new edition of the Color Oxford English Thesaurus , offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential vocabulary for all your writing needs. Based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus --the same database that informs the Oxford English Dictionary --it provides a fresh selection of 140,000 alternative and opposite words, and gives the closest and most frequently used synonyms first, making the thesaurus quick and easy to use. Thousands of real examples of usage show synonyms in context and help you to identify the correct sense. A brand-new "Better Writing" section at the center of the book offers advice on improving your writing skills and getting the best out of your thesaurus. Using national curriculum guidelines and teacher review for selection of both headwords and synonyms and appropriate level of vocabulary, this is a perfect thesaurus for use by mid- to upper-secondary school students. In addition, there is a new layout featuring bold, colored headwords and core synonyms that make the dictionary easier to navigate than ever. All of these features are packed into a durable, portable format, making the Color Oxford English Thesaurus suitable for use at school, but also handy for home and the office.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198614500
• ISBN13: 9780198614500
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 3.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent little thesaurus to use

I purchased this portable thesaurus recently and I've grown to like it. It's small enough to fit in the glove compartment of your car, briefcase or purse. What's unique about this little book is that it includes nearly 30,000 headwords...a neat feat considering it boasts 140,000 synonyms . I've seen thesauruses boasting a higher synonym count but offering only a minuscule number of headwords. This is important because when looking up a synonym with no cross index in the back you need to be reasonably sure the word you want to find is listed in alphabetical order. I tried looking up "incumbent" but it wasn't listed. Luckily for me I remembered a different synonym for incumbent and looked at "important" instead. Keep in mind the Color Oxford Thesaurus is not a substitute for a full fledged thesaurus like the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus which has a far higher headword count and a vastly superior number of synonyms to peruse. Other than this small drawback the Color Oxford Thesaurus is an excellent purchase and the paper quality is superb...acid free and font size just right for quickly reading words without eye strain.