A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word, while a thesaurus is a reference book or tool listing words grouped together according to similarity of meaning.
All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words being taken up and appropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in the progress of society. His name has thus become, throughout all civilized countries, a synonym for probit...
[Written also synonyme.] All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words being taken up and appropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in the progress of society. --De Quincey. His name has thus become, throughout ...
All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words being taken up and appropriated by new shades and combinations of thought evolved in the progress of society.De Quincey. His name has thus become, throughout all civilized countries, a synonym...