Funk & Wagnalls Standard Handbook of Synonyms, Antonyms and Prepositions.

by James Champlin Fernald

This is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each entry gives a list of synonyms, followed by a paragraph that briefly explains or exemplifies the subtle distinctions between the listed words. The entries sometimes close with a few words on the prepositions that follow selected synonyms, but more often with a list of antonyms. By "synonyms" we usually understand words that coincide or nearly coincide in some part of their meaning, & may hence within certain limits be used interchangeably, while outside of those limits they may differ very greatly in meaning & use. It's the office of a work on synonyms to point out these correspondences & differences, that language may have the flexibility that comes from freedom of selection within the common limits, with the perspicuity & precision that result from exact choice of the fittest words to express each shade of meaning outside of the common limits.

Genres: Reference

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1896

Reviews

[Desiree Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I. Love. This. Reference. Book. Everyone and anyone who wants to improve their writing or speaking should get one.

It not only helps one find synonyms, for more interesting word choices and exact meaning, but it compares and contrasts the various choice so one may pick just the right word.

😍

[Doug Page]

8000 synonyms, 3000 antonyms

[Huda Fel · Rating 5 out of 5]

مرجع جيد

[Carol Collins]

1947 edition