online thesaurus

[ on-lahyn thi-sawr-uhs, awn-lahyn ]

/ ˈɒnˌlaɪn θɪˈsɔr əs, ˈɔnˌlaɪn /

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noun, plural on·ine the·sau·rus·es, on·line the·sau·ri.

a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that “smart,” as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.

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Origin of online thesaurus

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby online thesaurus

on-limits, online, online catalog, online dictionary, onliner, online thesaurus, onload, onlooker, onlooking, only, only-begotten

How to use online thesaurus in a sentence

Allegations of transphobia are not new in the world of gay online dating.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Spouting off against police online has become criminalized in recent weeks.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.
Today’s GOP: Still Cool With Racist Pandering?|Michael Tomasky|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We did ThunderAnt stuff for ourselves and just put it online, and then it blossomed into something else.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

These online communities are establishing familial bonds between strangers.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Every time I put a book online for free, I get emails from readers who want to send me donations for the book.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Like all Harajuku Fun Madness clues, it had a physical, online and mental component.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
The online component was a puzzle you had to solve, one that required you to research the answers to a bunch of obscure questions.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
For a normal Internet surfer, a session online is probably about 95 percent cleartext, five percent ciphertext.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Ange found me online again and we IM-flirted until late at night again.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow