Associations to the word «Thesaurus»

Wiktionary

THESAURUS, noun. A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
THESAURUS, noun. (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
THESAURUS, noun. (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

Dictionary definition

THESAURUS, noun. A book containing a classified list of synonyms.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin