A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.
synonym: lexicon.
Roget 562:
word,
term,
vocable;
name
etc.
564;
phrase
etc.
566;
root,
etymon;
derivative;
part of speech
etc.
(grammar)
567;
ideophone†.
dictionary,
vocabulary,
lexicon,
glossary;
index,
concordance;
thesaurus;
gradus [Lat.],
delectus [Lat.].
etymology,
derivation;
glossology†,
terminology orismology†;
paleology
etc.
(philology)
560†.
lexicography;
glossographer
etc.
(scholar)
492;
lexicologist,
verbarian†.
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Roget 542:
school,
academy,
university,
alma mater,
college,
seminary,
Lyceum;
institute,
institution;
palaestra,
Gymnasium,
class,
seminar.
day school,
boarding school,
preparatory school,
primary school,
infant school,
dame's school,
grammar school,
middle class school,
Board school,
denominational school,
National school,
British and Foreign school,
collegiate school,
art school,
continuation school,
convent school,
County Council school,
government school,
grant-in-aid school,
high school,
higher grade school,
military school,
missionary school,
naval school,
naval academy,
state-aided school,
technical school,
voluntary school,
school;
school of art;
kindergarten,
nursery,
creche,
reformatory.
pulpit,
lectern,
soap box desk,
reading desk,
ambo†,
lecture room,
theater,
auditorium,
amphitheater,
forum,
state,
rostrum,
platform,
hustings,
tribune.
school book,
horn book,
text book;
grammar,
primer,
abecedary†,
rudiments,
manual,
vade mecum;
encyclopedia,
cyclopedia;
Lindley Murray,
Cocker;
dictionary,
lexicon.
professorship,
lectureship,
readership,
fellowship,
tutorship;
chair.
School Board Council of Education;
Board of Education;
Board of Studies,
Prefect of Studies;
Textbook Committee;
propaganda.
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Roget 86:
list,
catalog,
catalogue,
inventory;
register
etc.
(record)
551.
account;
bill,
bill of costs;
terrier;
tally,
listing,
itemization;
atlas;
book,
ledger;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.];
tableau;
invoice,
bill of lading;
prospectus;
bill of fare,
menu,
carte [Fr.];
score,
census,
statistics,
returns.
[list of topics in a document]
contents,
table of contents,
outline;
synopsis.
[written list used as an aid to memory]
checklist.
table,
chart,
database;
index,
inverted file,
word list,
concordance.
dictionary,
lexicon;
vocabulary,
glossary;
thesaurus.
file,
card index,
card file,
rolodex,
address book.
Red book,
Blue book,
Domesday book;
cadastre [Fr.];
directory,
gazetter†.
almanac;
army list,
clergy list,
civil service list,
navy list;
Almanach de Gotha†,
cadaster;
Lloyd's register,
nautical almanac;
who's who;
Guiness's Book of World Records.
roll;
check roll,
checker roll,
bead roll;
muster roll,
muster book;
roster,
panel,
jury list;
cartulary,
diptych.
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Roget 522:
interpretation,
definition;
explanation,
explication;
solution,
answer;
rationale;
plain interpretation,
simple interpretation,
strict interpretation;
meaning
etc.
516.
translation;
rendering,
rendition;
redition†;
literal translation,
free translation;
key;
secret;
clew
etc.
(indication)
550;
clavis†,
crib,
pony,
trot [U.S.].
exegesis;
expounding,
exposition;
hermeneutics;
comment,
commentary;
inference
etc.
(deduction)
480;
illustration,
exemplification;
gloss,
annotation,
scholium†,
note;
elucidation,
dilucidation†;
eclaircissement [Fr.],
mot d'enigme [Fr.].
[methods of interpreting - list]
symptomatology [Med.],
semiology,
semeiology†,
semiotics;
metoposcopy†,
physiognomy;
paleography
etc.
(philology)
560;
oneirology acception†,
acceptation,
acceptance;
light,
reading,
lection,
construction,
version.
equivalent,
equivalent meaning
etc.
516;
synonym;
paraphrase,
metaphrase†;
convertible terms,
apposition;
dictionary
etc.
562;
polyglot.
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Dutch: de wereld ligt aan iemands voeten, dictionaire, lexicon, vertaalwoordenboek, woordenboek
Polish: słownik