Compact American Thesaurus An Easy-to-use Guide for Choosing the Right Word

The clear and useful format of the Compact American Thesaurus helps you select the right word right away. Here is an alphabetically arranged thesaurus in which main entries are fully defined with example sentences, synonym groups, and idioms. Synonyms listed at main entries are also entered on their own, where they act as cross-references to all the entries in which they are included. Contains over 17,000 entries, complete, precise definitions for all synonyms, example sentences showing word use in context, idiomatic phrases included in synonym lists, and cross-references to all synonyms.