Student's Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms – eBook

Most dictionaries of synonyms are not as helpful as they might first appear: to read a list of synonyms for a certain word is helpful only as far as it goes. This dictionary, however, goes beyond a mere listing of words with a similar meaning and helps distinguish them. The differences between similar words are shown by giving each one a definition and an example. The definitions show the various shades of meaning of the group of synonyms. The examples show the context in which a word is used and which other words typically occur with each synonym.