The Thinker's Thesaurus
Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words
Ranked #87 in Synonyms
This entertaining and informative reference features
sophisticated and surprising alternatives to common
words together with no-fail guides to usage. Avoiding
traditional thesauruses’ mundane synonym choices,
Peter E. Meltzer puts each word—whether it’s protrepic,
apostrophize, iracund, or emulous—in context by using
examples from a broad range of contemporary books,
periodicals, and newspapers. His new introduction
makes the case for why we should widen our vocabulary
and use the one right word. This groundbreaking
thesaurus remains a unique... more
sophisticated and surprising alternatives to common
words together with no-fail guides to usage. Avoiding
traditional thesauruses’ mundane synonym choices,
Peter E. Meltzer puts each word—whether it’s protrepic,
apostrophize, iracund, or emulous—in context by using
examples from a broad range of contemporary books,
periodicals, and newspapers. His new introduction
makes the case for why we should widen our vocabulary
and use the one right word. This groundbreaking
thesaurus remains a unique... more
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