The Well-Spoken Thesaurus: The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases

An interesting book to dip into, and a great book if you're stuck and just looking for a little inspiration for a phrase.

Brilliant book, highly recommend!

Phenomenal!!!

Interesting book and will prove useful when composing a long correspondence

As a linguist and writer, I am always looking for new ways to express things or for specific clarification and although this is by no means an exhaustive thesaurus of phrases, it does enough and helps other words/phrases come to mind. All in all, this is an interesting book that’s worth reading for anyone interested in the English language.

Printed on thin, flimsy paper and with content that a 16 year old could put together - this book was a real disappointment. 8 quid was way too steep and wasted in my case.

Very well but together little book well worth buying.

This is well done, and could be useful any time you are looking to use heightened language. Possible applications might be more rarified genres of literary writing or an inspirational speech. But the ideas should be used with care - in informal contexts you would simply sound like a prat if you spoke this way. Non-native speakers should be especially careful how they use this material until they get a firm grasp of the appropriate register for the context - you will rarely need to be this formal.

I just purchased six different Thesauri. They were all top rated on Amazon, and sounded so good I couldn't resist trying them all. I hope you find this Comparison Guide helpful..... THE SYNONYM FINDER BY RODALE - 5 Stars 1,361 pages of Words in alphabetical order (no Index needed), and each word has a long list of Synonyms - many more than Microsoft Word 2004 gives. Each lookup word is identified as adverb, noun, verb... No pronunciation guidance. Soft brownish pages at about 86% brightness. 1,361 pages. 6" x 9" * * * * * * * BARTLETT'S ROGET'S THESAURUS - 3 Stars This book is written in a Concept Flow. It is almost impossible to find any lookup word without the Index, so 663 pages of this book are Index! And the Index is in very fine print!! Each lookup word has a list of Nouns, then Verbs, then Adverbs... after it. No pronunciation guidance. Smooth white thin pages at about 96% brightness with good sharp text. 1414 pages. 7.25" x 9.5" * * * * * * * ROGET'S INTERNATIONAL THESAURUS - 3 Stars This book is written in a Concept Flow. It is almost impossible to find any lookup word without the Index, so 469 pages of this book are Index! And the Index is in fine print!! Each lookup word has a list of Nouns, then Verbs, then Adverbs... after it. No pronunciation guidance. Soft yellow-brown pages at about 86% brightness. 1282 pages. 7.4" x 9.5" * * * * * * * THE WELL-SPOKEN THESAURUS: THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS TO SAY EVERYDAY WORDS AND PHRASES - 5 Stars This book gives you better sounding, more descriptive words and phrases to say or write instead of the words that are ordinarily used in every day language. There are from one to about twenty alternatives under each lookup word. Soft pages at about 94% brightness. 391 pages. 6" x 9" * * * * * * * THE DESCRIBER'S DICTIONARY: A TREASURY OF TERMS AND LITERARY QUOTATIONS - 4 Stars Even though this book is organized entirely by subject, and there's no Index at all to look up a particular word, it's still very good at conceptualizing a great many words and phrases that you may want to better describe in that article or book you are working on. On the left pages there are paragraphs by famous authors to further illustrate how to better write the concepts for your project. Rough brownish pages at about 84% brightness. 414 pages. 5.5" x 8.25" * * * * * * * THE EMOTION THESAURUS: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO CHARACTER EXPRESSION - 5 Stars Each Emotion gets two pages, and begins anew on the top of the left page (I do love a book that is formatted in this way). After the Title Emotion we get a Definition, and then very good descriptions of the following: Physical Signals, Internal Sensations, Mental Responses, Cues of Acute or Longterm..., May Escalate To, Cues of Supressed... Smooth bright white paper at about 99% brightness. 164 pages. 7"x 10"

Excellent book. It is a must.

If you are an English language lover, you will love it.

Buen libro para inglés academico

great