online thesaurus

[ on-lahyn thi-sawr-uhs, awn-lahyn ]

noun

, plural on·line the·sau·rus·es, on·line the·sau·ri [thi-, sawr, -ahy].

1. an internet-accessed thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings synonyms, and their opposites antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning:

   This online thesaurus showed me that “smart,” as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of online thesaurus¹

First recorded in 1970–75