Family Word Finder [antikvár]

How to Use the Family Word FinderThe Family Word Finder is a thesaurus, or treasury, of synonyms and antonyms, grouped into over 10,000 main entries which appear in alphabetical order. Each main entry word is printed in boldface type, as in a dictionary.SynonymsMaking up the bulk of each Word Finder entry are lists of synonyms and other words related to the entry word. These lists are the most important feature of this book. By scanning them you will be able to find words expressing precisely what you want to say. Chances are, the word you seek is already lurking somewhere in your subconscious mind. Scanning the synonym list is then simply a convenient means of nailing your word down immediately. The list will often do more than that for you, however. It may contain yet another word that is even more precise or expressive than the one you had in mind. It may also lead you to a brand-new idea and a memorable turn of phrase that will express your idea in a nutshell.Immediately following each entry word is its part of speech: n. for noun, V. for verb, adj. for adjective, adv. for adverb, prep, for preposition, conj. for conjunction, and interj. for interjection. If the entry word is used as more than one part of speech, the synonyms for each are listed in separate paragraphs. Since many words have more than one meaning, we have numbered each separate meaning with a boldface numeral.Every entry word and every numbered meaning is followed by an example sentence. Often, when the synonym list combines several different shades of meaning or use, we give more than one sentence for it. There are approximately 25,000 such example sentences in this book, to enable you to locate the proper list and to illustrate the exact meaning and proper use of all the entry words.Synonyms within each list are arranged insofar as possible in decreasing order of use, from commonest to least common. Thus, synonyms you might be most apt to need appear near the beginning of each list, whereas less common synonyms and related words, including technical terms, foreign words, and slang, come toward the end of the list. We have also labeled some synonyms as Medical, Nautical, Latin, Archaic, etc., for your convenience.Other specialized synonyms are set off from general synonyms by the label variously. For persons who will make extensive use of the synonym lists as a writing aid, we have freely expanded the lists to include many words that are not actually synonymous but only loosely equivalent in sense. These we have labeled loosely, especially in cases where their unqualified inclusion might otherwise be misleading.The simplest definition of a synonym is "a word that means the same thing as another word." Unfortunately, this definition takes no account of the very aspect of synonyms that makes a synonym book useful. This aspect of synonyms was well described by the famous statesman and author Lord