The Oxford Thesaurus: American Edition

by Laurence Urdang

Book Overview

Praised in The New Yorker as the "lexicographer to the world," Oxford is renowned as the world's leading dictionary maker, the home of the redoubtable Oxford English Dictionary as well as an impressive array of English, foreign language, and subject area dictionaries. An important member in our family of language reference is The Oxford Thesaurus of American English, compiled by one of America's pre-eminent lexicographers, Laurence Urdang.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195073541
• ISBN13: 9780195073546
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 1024 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Simply the Best

This is by far the easiest, most thorough, best organized thesaurus I have ever used or owned--and I've tried most of them. I've never seen more synonyms per entry, and it even includes colors, which too many don't.