thesaurus
English
/θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
noun
Definitions
- A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
- (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
- (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings — canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin thēsaurus (treasure, hoard) derived from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (storehouse, treasure).
Origin
Ancient Greek
θησαυρός
Gloss
storehouse, treasure
Kanji
蔵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- metathesaurus English
- minithesaurus English
- thesauric English
- thesaurosis English
- thesaurus Latin
- thēsaurus Latin
- tesoro Italian
- thesaurie Dutch, Flemish
- thésaurus French
- trésor French
- tesoro Spanish, Castilian
- θησαυροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- θησαυρός Ancient Greek
- θησαυρός Greek (modern)
- tesawro Cebuano
- treso Old High German
- thesar Albanian
- tesouro Old Portuguese