A thesaurus can introduce you to new words, or it can suggest words that you already know. Thesaurus may introduce you to many new words, however, using a dictionary and/or other resources can help understand the synonyms it exposes you to.
ERIC Thesaurus is a leading authority on the language used in the field of education. It is a controlled vocabulary with nearly 12,000 terms, including more than 4,500 descriptors and 7,000 synonyms.
Thesaurus.com is the world's largest and most trusted online thesaurus for 25+ years. Join millions of people and grow your mastery of the English language.
ThinkMap's Visual Thesaurus is a web-based, visualization tool that will present a word map of your selected word and its related vocabularies (both synonyms and antonyms).
Plain Language Thesaurus - From the CDC's National Center for Health Marketing, this thesaurus offers plain language equivalents to medical terms, phrases, and references.
Plain Language Medical Dictionary - A project of the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library. To use, click on the drop down menu to browse the list of high-level medical terms. Once a word or phrase is selected, the plain language translation will appear in the box.
Multilingual Glossary of Library Terms
This Multilingual Glossary by Association of College and Research Libraries is designed to assist ESL speakers, as well as the librarians who work with them, by sharing the commonly used terms in academic libraries today.
