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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.
Why synonyms can be useful
Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.
In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.
ynonyms.com is the web's most comprehensive thesaurus resource.
To use Synonyms.com, simply type a word in the search box and click the Search button. A list of synonyms and antonyms for the different word senses will be returned, along with their visual representation.
Word Count - Writers Talk About Writing
A Grave Case of Synonym-itis
January 30, 2013
By James Harbeck
Some writers go to great lengths to find synonyms for things or acts that they have to refer to repeatedly in a story. They seem to have the idea that this adds flavor and depth and style to their writing. Actually, it can add a thick layer of B.S. and to demonstrate quite clearly why supposed synonyms are not necessarily fungible.
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Swiss Army Knife for Writers
by Maeve Maddox
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Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus. 2nd edition. Compiled by Chrstine A. Lindberg.
The title says it all. It’s a writer’s tool that, for practical versatility, compares to a camper’s Swiss Army Knife.
The main section contains about a thousand pages of entries. Unlike Roget, the OAWT gives the word in context before offering synonyms.
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It is a great alternative to Roget’s Thesaurus because it is easier to use and works just as well if not a bit better. It is organized in a dictionary style and provides many synonyms listed in logical order. When appropriate, distinctions are made between formal and informal usages.
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Book review: Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus
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("OAWT" is actually an Americanization of the "Canadian Oxford Thesaurus", which was a Canadianization of the UK Desk Thesaurus of some vintage. But Christine Lindberg’s work on OAWT has indeed made it a preeminently US American thesaurus).
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Synonym Toast
By Michael Dirda
Some years back, Oxford University Press decided to bring out a new thesaurus. The Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus would be alphabetical (rather than thematic, as Roget’s original had been), and it would include tables and inserts detailing the graded differences in connotation among groups of synonyms. Thus, on page 427 of the second edition, published in 2008, one finds a little box explaining the nuances distinguishing such similar words as “honor, deference, homage, obeisance” and “reverence.”
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Another Word For Annoyed
by Josh Hanagarne
on May 24, 2011
Today’s post, another word for annoyed, is brought to you by a book that I never thought I would review: the thesaurus. Specifically, the Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus.
A thesaurus is a book that helps you look up a word, and then find words that are similar in meaning. Not too thrilling, right? But if you’ve ever heard anyone complaining that a writer is using rusty, cliched language, those writers might benefit from a book like this.
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