Full name: The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words

Author: Peter E. Meltzer Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon OpenLibrary Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393337945 0393337944

Do you find that your regular thesaurus spits out the same old words already running through your head? Are the lists boring, repetitive, and generally unhelpful? Peter E. Meltzer thought so and decided to create a unique thesaurus that would offer interesting, original synonyms along with contextual examples. He quotes from a range of recent media-including books and hundreds of magazines and newspapers-to reassure readers that though the words might be unfamiliar, they are all completely legitimate words in current use. The first edition was the top-selling thesaurus in the United States on numerous occasions. The second edition has been expanded by 50 percent and includes a new introduction that lays out the goals and methods of the thesaurus. This highly entertaining and informative book is truly a dream come true, not only for logophiles but for anyone wishing to enhance their writing through these wonderful words. Similar books: Roget A to Z by Robert L. Chapman The Synonym Finder by J. I. Rodale Descriptionary by Marc McCutcheon Writer's Thesaurus by Christine A. Lindberg Garner's Modern American Usage by Bryan A. Garner Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors by Bill Bryson Bernstein's Reverse Dictionary by Theodore M. Bernstein Dictionary of Word and Phrase Orgins by William Morris Words You Should Know by David Olsen The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions by Andrew Delahunty The Complete Rhyming Dictionary by Clement Wood The Describer's Dictionary by David Grambs Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms by R. W. Holder The Wordsworth Dictionary of Intriguing Words by Paul Hellweg How To Say It by Rosalie Maggio