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Synonyms & Antonyms
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Antagonyms 
 "Antagonym" is a word the author of this Web site "made up to describe a single word that has meanings that contradict each other." Example: "Cleave: To adhere tightly vs. To cut apart." He has a list of these words and also an explanation of how he derived the name for them (they are also known as "contronyms"). http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cellis/antagonym.html Topics: Dictionaries, English Language Last updated Sep 18, 2002 ARTFL Project: Roget's Thesaurus Search Form
"Search the headwords or full text of Roget's Thesaurus, 1911," version 1.02, supplemented July 1991. A search will bring up the synonyms and links to pages in the thesaurus where the word appears. From the ARTFL Project (Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language), Division of the Humanities, the University of Chicago. http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html Topics: Dictionaries, English Language Last updated Jul 28, 2007 LexicalFreeNet: Connected Thesaurus
(Caution: the search function is partially broken.) This site allows the user to "search for relationships between words, concepts, and people. It is a combination thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pun generator, and concept navigator." Learn how a a word is related to other words, see the relationships among words, and find words that share common characteristics. http://www.lexfn.com/ Topics: Dictionaries, English Language Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Thesaurus.com (Roget's Interactive Thesaurus)
"Each entry includes a brief definition, synonyms, antonyms (where appropriate), and concept, the general idea underlying the terms in the entry. Arranged in...dictionary-style format, with over 17,000 entries" http://thesaurus.reference.com/ Topics: Dictionaries, English Language Last updated Nov 23, 2002 WordNet: A Lexical Database for the English Language
More than a thesaurus or dictionary, this database provides synonyms for related concepts as well as for related words. "English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets." From the Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University, New Jersey. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/ Topics: Dictionaries, English Language, Language Last updated Feb 5, 2005 Wordsmyth English Dictionary Thesaurus (WEDT)
This is an original standard dictionary-thesaurus of American English with definitions and pronunciations, an integrated thesaurus, and useage examples. Registration required to use some features. http://www.wordsmyth.net/ Topics: Dictionaries, English Language, Language Last updated Dec 11, 2002 |
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