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Now updated to reflect the American language of today, this comprehensive thesaurus contains more than 250,000 synonyms and antonyms.

The most complete and authoritative idioms dictionary available, the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms gives you the tools to understand contemporary American English. It gives clear, easy-to-understand definitions and more than 1,000 usage notes that explain what idioms mean and how they are used today. With dozens of entertaining illustrations and more than 8,000 example sentences taken from the Cambridge International Corpus, it shows how idioms are really used. The Subject Index helps learners find idioms related to health, money, feelings, truth, and many more topics, and the Study Section groups idioms to make them easier to learn. If you want to understand American English idioms, this is the book that will spell it out for you.

Now it's easier than ever to find just the right word—to make your writing assignment or speech sparkle, or to add new degrees of precision to your vocabulary. Here's an alphabetical listing of synonyms and antonyms, as easy to use as a dictionary, that gets words from the "tip of your tongue" to your fingertips—quickly!•Contemporary Language—Includes slang terms, words of recent origin, and words with newly developed meanings.•Easy to Use—Simple alphabetical arrangement of entries.•Comprehensive—More than 250,000 synonyms and antonyms.•Quickly Readable—Synonyns arranged from most common to least, so meaning is clear at a glance.•Many Choices—An average of ten to fifteen synonyms per entry.•Multiple Meanings—Separate listings for words with more than one meaning.•Compact—Handy, portable, and affordable.•Easy-to-Read Type—For everyday use in home, school, or office.

-- 85,000 Entries -- 1,000 Illustrations, Maps, Charts and Tables -- Hundreds of Synonym Lists -- Clear, Understandable Pronunciation Guide -- Clear and Precise Definitions