The Oxford American Desk Thesaurus

Integrates a dictionary and thesaurus in one volume by combining meanings and related words in one entry.

The Oxford American Desk Dictionary & Thesaurus Third Edition is a portable, all-in-one reference, seamlessly combining dictionary and thesaurus entries into one text. In addition to finding meanings, synonyms, and antonyms for a word together in one entry, users will appreciate a selection of the most helpful extra features.With up-to-date content backed by Oxford's language research program, and with an open, accessible new interior design, this is the ideal reference source for anyone requiring authoritative lexical information.

This authoritative and up-to-date edition is the only integrated book of its kind in paperback, with more than 150,000 entries that include definitions, synonyms, and appendices for signs and symbols, weights and measures, and more.

A desk edition of the acclaimed thesaurus offers features that ensure fast, precise word selection--a unique cross-referencing system, labels identifying words that are not standard English, and grouping of synonyms if an entry has more than one sense. UP.

This desk thesaurus contains more than 175, 000 synonyms, including thousands of compound terms and idiomatic expressions, all in a quick-finding A-Z format. Entries feature a breakdown by specific word sense, example phrases and sentences and a "writer's toolkit" for guidance in the basics.

Features more than three hundred thousand synonyms and ten thousand antonyms, as well as nearly two hundred collections of nouns to add detail to writing and quick guides to easily confused words.

The only integral reference book of its kind available in paperback. More than 150,000 entries, definitions and synonyms. Authoritative, up-to-date, and easy to use.

The desk set includes one copy each of the Oxford American Desk Dictionary and the Oxford American Desk Thesaurus, shrinkwrapped together.