Cassell's modern guide to synonyms & related words;

by S.I. Hayakawa

Excellent Book

707 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1971

About the author

Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Canadian born American academic and political figure of Japanese ancestry. He was an English professor, served as president of San Francisco State University and then a United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983.

Reviews

[Martyn Halm · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the books on my writer's reference shelf is Cassell's Modern Guide To Synonyms & Related Words, which I bought in a secondhand used books store on the Kloveniersburgwal. I have several dictionaries, but you often need context. Cassell's book gives examples to distinguish between synonyms, so you learn the difference between sardonic and sarcastic.

I think, after reading many self-published dreck, that books like these should be mandatory reading for writers.