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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Specialized Thesaurus? #167813 04/25/07 10:05 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 M mistermind OP stranger OP mistermind stranger M Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 I was wondering if anyone is aware of a word tool that I could only imagine to call a "slant thesaurus," that is, an online thesaurus that would return words closely related but not quite the same as the search term. An example might be that results for the word "casino" would include "slots," "roulette," "gambling," and so on. Does such a thing exist? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Specialized Thesaurus? mistermind #167814 04/25/07 10:17 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Welcome, Mister. Have you seen http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ ? Is that what you had in Mind? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Specialized Thesaurus? mistermind #167815 04/25/07 10:18 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass plugging 'casino' into OneLook.com 's Reverse Dictionary returns slots, roulette, gambling and 74 other (sometimes loosely) related terms. click here to see them all: casino -joe (cherrystone clam??) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Specialized Thesaurus? mistermind #167818 04/26/07 02:08 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, mm. :-) Could you clarify your request a little bit? would return words closely related but not quite the same as the search term sounds to me like what a typical thesaurus does. However, that's not what your example indicates. From your ex., I would think that looking up casino in an encyclopedia would suffice. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Specialized Thesaurus? Jackie #167821 04/26/07 03:41 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra addict Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 I think you're talking about a so-called "word finder". I used to have one, until someone "borrowed" it about 5 years ago. It listed hundreds of words under categories, and sub-categories like, "sailing" (knots, etc,), "military" (guns, etc.), "weather" (clouds etc.) and so on. I think it was made for crossword buffs, but it was a useful reference tool when you couldn't even remember a word closely relating to the word you were looking for, and was interesting to browse too. Blast that infernal borrower of books. Edit: Here it is: Wordsworth Word Finder Last edited by Hydra; 04/26/07 04:43 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Specialized Thesaurus? mistermind #167823 04/26/07 04:19 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA RhymeZone choose: Find related words 'This help? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Specialized Thesaurus? Owlbow #167828 04/26/07 05:42 PM Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 M mistermind OP stranger OP mistermind stranger M Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks, everyone, for the help! The OneLook Reverse Dictionary and RhymeZone’s “related words” were both extremely helpful. AnnaStrophic, I had been to the Visual Thesaurus before, and while I love its interface, I just can’t bring myself to buy a subscription! Jackie, sorry for the confusion. Perhaps I should have said “indirectly related” instead of “closely related.” And Hydra, the Word Finder sounds promising. 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