Collins Gem Thesaurus [antikvár]

FOREWORD This new Gem Thesaurus is based on the successful Collins Thesaurus. It replaces with a more modern text the previous Gem Thesaurus, which has been a valued language aid for countless thousands of people all over the world for over twenty years. A thesaurus in dictionary form, like this one, has a big advantage: you go straight to the word that is your starting point and there are the synonyms. No matter how many meanings a word has, synonyms for all of them are found in the one entry. There is no index to search through and no need to consult several different locations to be sure of getting the full range of choices. But what exactly constitutes a synonym? Collins Concise Dictionary says: a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word, such as bucket 2ind pail. The qualification is important. English, with its unusually rich vocabulary, has comparatively few irw^ synonyms. Furze, gorse, and whin are true synonyms, being alternative names for the same plant; but plant, bush, and shrub are only near synonyms. English, which draws on such a wide range of sources for its words, is particularly well provided