The Penguin Concise Thesaurus (Penguin Group)

The Penguin Concise Thesaurus is the ideal desk companion for all writers. Authoritative, wide-ranging, up-to-date and easy to use, it offers a vast selection of synonyms for over 15,000 words. Whether you’re solving a crossword or searching for an imaginative phrase for a piece of writing, this companion to The Penguin Concise English Dictionary is an essential reference work. • Contains nearly 400,000 synonyms • Ranges from standard and formal English to slang and jargon • Includes hundreds of contemporary buzzwords and expressions, from chill out to snail mail • Lists words closest in meaning first • Gives helpful examples to pinpoint the nuances of particular words