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Title: The Synonym Finder by J. I. Rodale, Nancy LaRoche, Laurence Urdang ISBN: 0-446-37029-0 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.93 (44 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Just Like the Title Says: Best Book for Finding Synonyms.
Comment: "The Synonym Finder" is a thesaurus in dictionary form. There are no word definitions or pronunciation guides. Words are listed alphabetically, as they would be in a dictionary, and an exhaustive list of synonyms is given for each definition of every word. Clarifications such as "informal", "slang", "archaic", etc. are provided where appropriate. There are 1.5 million words in "The Synonym Finder", including variations on the same root word. That's more than 4 times the number of words in "Roget's International Thesaurus". If you simply want to find synonyms, this is the book for you. It isn't as versatile as a thesaurus that is organized by subject, but it's more to the point and easier to use if you are simply looking for word alternatives. Roget's is a better research tool, but this is a better and far more efficient synonym finder, and I think that students will prefer it to Roget's. My one pet peeve about the book is that the hardback edition doesn't have a dust jacket. The publisher may have thought a dust jacket would just be a nuisance on a reference book, but I would have preferred one for protection. I only wish "The Synonym Finder" were also available as software, as I have limited space for books within arm's reach of my computer. I use "The Synonym Finder" more frequently than my dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and Random House Word Menu combined. I think any writer will find it indispensable, and it would make great gift for middle school, high school, and college students.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best
Comment: I've had Rodale's Synonym Finder in my reference library for over ten years, and find that I use it at least ten times a month. There is simply no other book in the English language that is more comprehensive (the number of pages is an obvious give away) nor more helpful. As a lover of language, I frequently examine other such books, and always find that they come up short against this exhaustive resource. What makes this particular reference so valuable is that it recognizes each word usually has more than one meaning, and when it gives a synonym, it is by meaning, not simply by word. Moreover, the reference gives various examples when a word is used as an adjective or adverb, and either as a noun or a verb. It's this breadth and depth that makes this particular synonym finder so extraordinarily superior to the competition. My only lament is that it doesn't include antonymns, but then the book would probably be too large and too cumbersome. As it stands now, the words are clearly displayed, and the synonyms - in all their variety - are abundant.
Rating: 5
Summary: THE BEST, THE ONLY - no brag, just fact. Owned since 1986!
Comment: The fifth ace for your junior high/high school/college/ student - will help them write better papers faster as they get smarter - because vocabulary is the develop-able skill that elevates the GREAT STUDENTS from the Near Great. And you can't buy IQ or creativity in a book. You learn a lot just browsing it - it's fun to look up the words in a pre-1961 dictionary (when they started dumbing down) - what IS the difference betweeh true/real/honest/factual... or smart/brilliant/intelligent... or funny/witty/comical/jocular/hilarious...
you won't need anything else except a pre-1961 dictionary to go along with this on your reference shelf! I find the paperback pages heftier and sturdier than the hardcover and more able to withstand the frequent use this will get. That's my only criticism - I wish Rodale would make a sturdier hardcover, never mind the bulk or cost - I'd pay a pretty penny for a sturdy hardcover, even leatherbound collectible.
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Title: 21st Century Synonym and Antonym Finder by Barbara Ann Kipfer ISBN: 0440213231 Publisher: Dell Publishing Pub. Date: 04 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Random House Webster's Word Menu by Stephen Glazier ISBN: 0375700838 Publisher: Random House Reference & Pub. Date: 21 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Roger Angell ISBN: 020530902X Publisher: Pearson Higher Education Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations by David Grambs ISBN: 0393312658 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Oxford Reverse Dictionary by David Edmonds ISBN: 0192801139 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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