What is a thesaurus's main purpose???HELP!!!?

Question

it's the 2nd day of scool (thanks too FAY) and my L.A. teacher gave me HW

and a question ask what is a thesaurus' purpose???

SO PLZ HELP!!!!

Answer 1

It's to expand your vocabulary and use other words with the same meanings.

Answer 2

words can bascially mean the same thing, but just be a little different. like anger vs. rage. so a thesaurus can help you find a word that means the same thing but conveys the right variation that you want.

they also usually have antonyms (opposites) and pronunciations too

Answer 3

The main purpose of a thesaurus is to expand your vocabulary by providing synonyms of words.

Answer 4

so say i needed another meaning for the word....happy.  I would look in the thesaurus for the word happy and there you can find different meanings.  Like, so, i might find Pleased, Content, anything liek that.  Good luck!

Answer 5

A thesaurus is used for identifying the synonyms of a certain word.

Example: Big

You would look in a thesaurus to find words with the same meaning as "big", such as "giant".