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Summary: Just Like the Title Says: Best Book for Finding Synonyms.
Review: "The Synonym Finder" is a thesaurus in dictionary form. There are no word definitions or pronunciation guides. Words are listed alphabetically, as they would be in a dictionary, and an exhaustive list of synonyms is given for each definition of every word. Clarifications such as "informal", "slang", "archaic", etc. are provided where appropriate. There are 1.5 million words in "The Synonym Finder", including variations on the same root word. That's more than 4 times the number of words in "Roget's International Thesaurus". If you simply want to find synonyms, this is the book for you. It isn't as versatile as a thesaurus that is organized by subject, but it's more to the point and easier to use if you are simply looking for word alternatives. Roget's is a better research tool, but this is a better and far more efficient synonym finder, and I think that students will prefer it to Roget's. My one pet peeve about the book is that the hardback edition doesn't have a dust jacket. The publisher may have thought a dust jacket would just be a nuisance on a reference book, but I would have preferred one for protection. I only wish "The Synonym Finder" were also available as software, as I have limited space for books within arm's reach of my computer. I use "The Synonym Finder" more frequently than my dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and Random House Word Menu combined. I think any writer will find it indispensable, and it would make great gift for middle school, high school, and college students.
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Summary: Essential but needing stronger cover and antonym companion
Review: "The Synonym Finder" is 1000+ pages of pure synonyms. There is a short introduction, but none of those pages and pages of explanations you find in the front of dictionaries that you hope no one actually reads. Its just lots and lots of words. The part of speech is given for each entry (noun, verb, etc.) and some of the synonyms are identified as Slang, Myth, Law, etc. The bulk of the book would warrant a sturdier cover and you would need a companion volume ("The Antonym Finder"?!?) to really complete this one, but it is essential on every desk.
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Summary: Just Like the Title Says: Best Book for Finding Synonyms.
Review: "The Synonym Finder" is a thesaurus in dictionary form. There are no word definitions or pronunciation guides. Words are listed alphabetically, as they would be in a dictionary, and an exhaustive list of synonyms is given for each definition of every word. Clarifications such as "informal", "slang", "archaic", etc. are provided where appropriate. There are 1.5 million words in "The Synonym Finder", including variations on the same root word. That's more than 4 times the number of words in "Roget's International Thesaurus". If you simply want to find synonyms, this is the book for you. It isn't as versatile as a thesaurus that is organized by subject, but it's more to the point and easier to use if you are simply looking for word alternatives. Roget's is a better research tool, but this is a better and far more efficient synonym finder, and I think that students will prefer it to Roget's. My one pet peeve about the book is that the hardback edition doesn't have a dust jacket. The publisher may have thought a dust jacket would just be a nuisance on a reference book, but I would have preferred one for protection. I only wish "The Synonym Finder" were also available as software, as I have limited space for books within arm's reach of my computer. I use "The Synonym Finder" more frequently than my dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and Random House Word Menu combined. I think any writer will find it indispensable, and it would make great gift for middle school, high school, and college students.
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Summary: Excellent! The best.
Review: "The Synonym Finder" is the best thesaurus I have found. Largest selection of words and synonyms available, easy to use. My only regret is that I can't find it on CD.
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Summary: adj. 1. excellent, unexcelled, unsurpassed ...
Review: ... these are the first three entries for "best" in J. I. Rodale's The Synonym Finder.
It is simply the "best."
Forget Roget...this is the MUST have book for writers, linguists, researchers or crossword enthusiasts! My dad bought my first for me in the late 80's and not a week goes by, at work or at home, that I don't open it.
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Summary: Great!
Review: After using Roget's Thesaurus for years, I've noticed that one in the bookstore, bought it, and this is now what I'm using exclusively, it is certainly better. Armed with this, combined with "Choose the Right Word" by Hawyakawa (for finer points of the useage) and perhaps Chambers' Dictionary of Etymology (for finest points of useage) you will never grasp for the right word again. The only thing I'd like to see in addition to this edition, is the same on CD-ROM. PS. like the other reviewer below pointed out, this book does lack antonyms, though I didn't find it such a big issue, those can be had from any regular dicionary.
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Summary: Tool for Professional (and would-be) Writers
Review: As a professional writer, I am always on the hunt for the best dictionary, the best thesaurus, the best tool to assist me when I am working at the word craft. Someone shared their Synonym Finder with me at a retreat. I fell in love with it so much that I briefly left the retreat so that I could go and buy one of these myself. I'm still hunting for dictionaries and various other reference books, but the search is off for THE Thesaurus.
It's quick and easy to read and refer to. It cross-references, has antonyms and has words and phrases from the mundane to the highly obscure while remaining easy to read, refer to and comprehend.
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Summary: My #1 best writing reference
Review: As a writer, The Synonym Finder is my favorite reference. I use it more than the dictionary or any of my other books. It has been out for years, and even today no Thesaurus comes close to this one. Do not buy another Thesaurus, you're wasting your time. The Synonym Finder is definitive.
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Summary: You need no other thesaurus!
Review: Best thesaurus ever. Every time I use it, this reference work seems to offer a dozen excellent, out-of-the way and stimulating choices that other thesauri just don't come close. It's as if an intellect on the level of Borges or Joyce had helped edit it. The book never lets me down when I'm writing. A must for any writer.
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Summary: Buy it!!!
Review: Don't waste your time or money on other competitive products. This is THE best. I've loved this book for about 20 years. I gave my first copy away to someone that loved it so much that he kept borrowing mine :) Highly recommeded!!!
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