Thesauri

American Folklore Society Ethnographic Thesaurus

Searchable online database about folklore, ethnomusicology, ethnology, and related fields.

AOD Thesaurus

Alcohol and drugs thesaurus. Contains over 130,000 records and covers the period from 1972 to 2003.

Art and Architecture Thesaurus

The Getty Museum provides this art and architecture thesaurus.

Astronomy Thesaurus

Astronomy thesaurus compiled by Robyn and Robert Shobbrook available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Babynames Thesaurus

An extensive database of babies names with a full explanation of their meanings.

CAB Thesaurus

Searchable database of pure and applied life sciences, technology, and social sciences.

Cook's Thesaurus

Cooking encyclopedia covering thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools.

Free Thesaurus

Online synonym reference with more than 30,320 main entries. Homepage features a "word of the day".

GraphWords

Provides a visual presentation of synonyms for a particular word. Offers an option to save the image presented.

Lexical FreeNet

Online "connected thesaurus" tool allows users to find related words, words that rhyme, words that contain substrings, and more.

Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

Searchable database of synonymous words from one of the world's leading lexical reference companies.

Online Thesaurus AU

Searchable synonyms resource with links to other online vocabulary tools and references.

Phrase Thesaurus

Online thesaurus allowing users to search for similar phrases.

Roget's Thesaurus Online

Yahoo! reference arranged by categories and alphabetically.

Synonym Finder

Offers synonyms, antonyms, and definitions, as well as a word of the day.

Synonyms.net

Online thesaurus reference resource that also provides images for search terms.

Thesaurus.com

Free online Roget's Thesaurus of the English Language.

Thsrs

Provides shorter equivalent terms or synonyms for long words. Makes use of the Princeton University WordNet Database.

UNESCO Thesaurus

Thesaurus developed and used by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for vocabulary control.

Visual Thesaurus

Thesaurus that displays word relationships visually.

WordNet

English lexical database developed by the Princeton University Cognitive Science Laboratory.

Words Like

Provides a search engine thesaurus for finding similar words and phrases.

WordSift

Provides a visual representation of the relationship between words through word clouds and images. Also offers definitions.

Wordsmyth

Lexical tool and reference that also features a glossary maker, quiz builder, and a crossword puzzle helper.

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