- Hardcover: 1097 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (5 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198602618
- ISBN-13: 978-0198602613
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 22.4 x 6.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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The trouble with most thesauruses is that a list of synonyms is all very well but if you aren't familiar with the tricky nuances and connotations of, say, "ribald, bawdy, indecent, risqué, rude, racy, broad, earthy, Rabelaisian, spicy suggestive, titillating, improper, indecorous, locker room, vulgar, coarse" (The New Oxford Thesaurus offers a total of 36 formal and informal options at this point), how do you choose the right word for your context? OUP's new larger-than-most Thesaurus tries to get round the problem by providing occasional explanatory articles in panels. Some are devoted to explaining the difference in meaning between close synonyms. Others distinguish between readily confused words--although they are not synonyms--such as complacent and complaisant or venial and venal. Then there are lots of general information panels listing, for example, the regions of Italy, and the names of rhetorical devices (such as trope, hypallage, chiasmus and 32 others). The vegetable list runs from adzuki to zucchini and the authors range from Achebe to Zola. More obscurely, there is a list of boots and shoes from alpagatas to zoris (taking in flip-flops, jackboots and Oxfords along the way). Anyone who likes to play that game when you try to think of an item--say a bird, poet or country--for every letter of the alphabet could have a field day here.
The New Oxford Thesaurus of English is an exceptionally comprehensive reference book, clearly laid out. It is almost an encyclopaedia, as well as a thesaurus which claims to contain over 600,000 alternative and opposite words (few users will bother to count). Like all good reference books it's fun to browse, isn't afraid of the obscure and leads to further questions. What, for example, is an "agnomen", which the Thesaurus lists as a sort of name? It was a fourth name, occasionally assumed by the Romans. So today it means, loosely, an extra name subsequently acquired--but you have to go to the full OED to find that out. --Susan Elkin
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The New Oxford Thesaurus of English is a completely new and unique top-of-the-range thesaurus. It is the result of intensive research and exploitation of Oxford's unique bank of linguistic databases. It provides comprehensive coverage of English as it is used today, including World English, and rare, unusual, and colloquial senses. The A-Z format, elegant open design with new elements starting on a new line, and the most useful alternative words given first, make this thesaurus particularly accessible. Help on how to use senses correctly is given through practical example phrases and the cross-referencing system takes the user to other useful entries. Opposite and related words and combining forms are clearly marked to distinguish them from the rest of the entry. In-text notes give invaluable advice on the use of awkward and confusable synonyms, and boxed noun lists provide a wealth of information on a wide variety of subjects, from actors and actresses to types of whisky.
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
This Thesaurus is very straightforward to use, and it is guaranteed that you will find the most appropriate word almost immediately. Perfect for everyone from college goers to office workers.
Searching is very easy, and each word has many fascinating alternatives, a Thesaurus that no-one should be without!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A really good Thesaurus for crossword users. I like the lists and the type is very clear but it is a big book and pretty heavy so can be a bit of a handfull if you are trying to check something while lying in bed. Much better than any of the smaller Thesaurus(es) I have used. A lovely book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Cheap and quickly dispatched, this used and valuable dictionary advertised as acceptable looks perfect, with only small tears in the dust cover.
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