The Oxford Reverse Dictionary

About this book

This dictionary will help you to find the word on the tip of your tongue. Unlike a thesaurus where you look up alternatives to a word you know or a dictionary which defines a word you are already familiar with The Oxford Reverse Dictionary will help you to find words you do know or are vaguely aware of but cannot bring to mind. There are 31 000 grouped under a wide range of key words. The words listed may be alternative words for the headword or words that are related to that subject. For example under hat you would find cloche mortarboard milliner etc. each preceded by a short definition. For each sense there may be more than one example. There are also word groups which are connected by their country of origin; for example under Australia you would find words such as billabong boomerang and dingo. Any adjectives and combining forms (suffixes or prefixes) associated with the headword appear first in the entry.