Product Description

The Penguin Dictionary of English Synonyms and Antonyms is the ideal work of reference for both home and office. Anyone who has found themselves stumped for the best and most appropriate word or who wants to avoid repetition – whether student or writer, politician or advertiser, after-dinner speaker or crossword fanatic – will find this easy-to-use dictionary invaluable on every occasion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50054 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

From the Publisher

Some sample entries:

DEPRAVED

Corrupt, immoral, debauched, demoralized, degenerate, dissolute, abandoned, licentious, profligate, perverted, warped, wicked, evil, vicious, sinful, shameless, wanton.

VIRTUOUS

MUDDLE

v, Confuse, mix up, jumble, scramble, disorder, disarrange, mess up.

Perplex, bewilder, confuse, confound, befuddle, stupefy.

n, Confusion, mix-up, jumble, disorder, disarray, mess, chaos. ORDER

Perplexity, bewilderment, confusion, stupefaction, daze, disorientation.

SENTENCE

n, Condemnation, judgment, ruling, decree, verdict, decision.

v, condemn, doom, penalize, pass judgment.

AQUIT

About the Author
Rosalind Fergusson has worked extensively as an editor, lexicographer and writer for over twenty years. Her previous publications include THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS, THE PENGUIN RHYMING DICTIONARY and CHOOSE YOUR BABY'S NAME. She is married and lives in Newington, nr Sittingbourne, Kent.

Customer Reviews

Very useful
This is a very easy to use book and is a 442 pages long. It is a paperback.

It is very simple to use as there is simply an alphabetical lists of words in bold type. Next to these headwords are a list of words that are synonymous and there is usually though not always one antonym in capital letters.

Since no more than one antonym of a word is ever listed one would have to look up all the synonyms of the antonym in order to see if any of those are also antonyms of the original headword if one isn't satisfied with suggested antonym.

E.g. abeyance

Suspension, intermission, deferment, postponement, reservation, dormancy. REVIVAL.

Next check revival. The closest word listed is revive. This gives a number of synoyms but no antonyms (of revive) and most of the synonyms of revive are not antonyms of abeyance.

This is a fascinating and useful reference book.

A very helpful and even entertaining book
I find this book very interesting and as helpful as entertaining.