What is this book called theasaurus?who wrote this?

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What is this book called theasaurus?who wrote this?

Answer 1

Thesaurus: A book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms.

The Man Who Wrote The First Thesaurus:



A London-born polymath who trained as a physician, Roget was best known in his day (1779-1869) for his well-respected treatises on the classification of plants and animals. He even laid the theoretical groundwork for the invention of the movies, having "discovered" the eye's tendency to perceive a series of still images as being in motion.

Answer 2

A thesaurus is the opposite of a dictionary. It gives the words for particular meanings. It also lists the opposites of that word, words which have the same meaning etc. It is published by many publishers . eg: Oxford etc.

Answer 3

A thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. Who wrote this? A lot of people fluent in English.

Answer 4

a thesaurus is a book that lists the antonyms and synonyms of words..kind of like a dictionary but it lists synonyms

Answer 5

A thesaurus is similar to a dictionary, but instead of definitions and pronunciations, it contains synonyms and sometimes antonyms.

The first example of this genre, Roget's Thesaurus, was compiled in 1805 by Peter Roget, and published in 1852. Entries in Roget's Thesaurus are listed conceptually rather than alphabetically.