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The Visual Thesaurus is an online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore and visualize using an interactive map.
Type in a word and the Visual Thesaurus will show you a map of synonyms, antonyms, and definitions.
Unlike Roget's Thesaurus, the Visual Thesaurus contains over 39,000 proper nouns and American and British spellings and pronunciations.
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Teachers at WorkA column about teachingReading "Our Town," Part IISeptember 8, 2008By Shannon Reed
In my last column, I began an overview of how Thornton Wilder used language in his classic American play, Our Town. Teachers, you'll want to read that column before picking up here, which points out several more ways Wilder adeptly used words in his play. You'll be able to use these ideas in your classroom.
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Word Routeploring the pathways of our lexiconMailbag Friday: "Widespreadly"?  September 5, 2008By Ben Zimmer
Why does "widespreadly" sound so wrong?
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CandlepowerAd and marketing creativesWhen Less Is More: Twitter for Writers  September 4, 2008By Nancy Friedman
How the "microjournals" of Twitter can help writers choose their words carefully.
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Word Routeploring the pathways of our lexiconThe Summer of the "Staycation" September 3, 2008By Ben Zimmer
Will "staycation" be the lasting lexical contribution of the Summer of '08?
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SPELLING BEE
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Blog ExcerptsTwitterLitSeptember 4, 2008
If your interest is piqued by Nancy Friedman's introduction to TwitterLit (TwitLit? Twitterature?), check out more on these "byte-sized stories" from Ars Technica.
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Dog EaredBooks we love Very Short StoriesSeptember 3, 2008
Long before Twitter, writers have been trying to write fiction as tersely as possible.
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Blog Du JourBrontë BlogsSeptember 2, 2008
Move over, Jane Austen. The Brontë sisters have a strong following in the blogosphere.
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Language LoungeA Monthly Column for Word Lovers
Taking Shape
September 1, 2008
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Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
A Little Learning...
August 28, 2008
- 3 Comments
Behind the DictionaryLexicographers Talk About Language
Euphemtastic!
August 27, 2008
- 6 Comments
Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
Getting Acclimated to "Acclamation"
August 26, 2008
- 2 Comments
Teachers at WorkA column about teaching
Back From Slack: Reading "Our Town"
August 25, 2008
- 7 Comments
Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
Mailbag Friday: "(Over)whelmed"
August 22, 2008
- 6 Comments
"Bad Language"A column about writing in business
Being Human is Overrated (But Not When You are Writing)
August 20, 2008
- 3 Comments
Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
Really! Truly! Literally!
August 19, 2008
- 8 Comments
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Red-Pen Pointer: She Literally Misused the Word
August 18, 2008
- 4 Comments
BackstoryAuthors tell you what inspired their work
Kristy Kiernan, Author of "Matters of Faith"
August 15, 2008
- 1 Comment
Behind the DictionaryLexicographers Talk About Language
Inside the OED, Part 3: Across the Alphabet
August 14, 2008
Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
Stumbling over "Synecdoche"
August 12, 2008
- 8 Comments
Word CountWriters Talk About Writing
Are You Willing to Talk About the Elephant in the Room?
August 11, 2008
- 7 Comments
Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
Mailbag Friday: "Mad Hatter"
August 8, 2008
- 5 Comments
Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon
Medical Misapprehensions
August 7, 2008
- 2 Comments
Behind the DictionaryLexicographers Talk About Language
Inside the OED, Part 2: Expanding Electronically
August 6, 2008
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OUR TOWN words(34 words)
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These are words that were taken from Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town. While most of the characters are plain-spoken, Wilder used more challenging...
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words that make me happy
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Lesson PlansPut the VT to work in your classroomRecasting Language through Found Poetry September 6, 2008
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In honor of the U.S. presidential conventions, we've got a political theme this month. Solve it and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!
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AnnouncementsIntroducing... The VT Spelling Bee! June 26, 2008
We're very pleased to announce a brand-new feature: the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee! Taking advantage of our high-quality audio pronunciations, we've created a quiz that will sharpen your spelling skills and expand your vocabulary. And as everyone here in the office can attest, the quiz is downright addictive.
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Self PromotionNow Wear This!November 8, 2006
Give your favorite somebody your favorite word map! Now you can order a Visual Thesaurus word map on a t-shirt, mug, even a postage stamp. Simply search for a word, click on the "Share" button on top right hand of the Visual Thesaurus window, and follow the easy steps. We can't think of a better gift -- or a gift to yourself, for that matter! (Hey, we're biased!)
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