Looking Up Words in the Thesaurus

A thesaurus helps you find just the right word to describe something. Some concepts are more complex than others, and ideas can be expressed in a number of ways. Using the right words enables you to convey exactly the message you want to the reader.

WordPerfect's Thesaurus looks up synonyms (that is, words with similar meanings), antonyms (words with opposite meanings), and related words. You can start the Thesaurus from a blank screen, but if you click on a word first, the Thesaurus looks up that word.

To look up a word in the Thesaurus

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Choose Tools, Thesaurus (Alt+F1), or, if you already have the Writing Tools dialog box open, click the Thesaurus tab. The Thesaurus looks up the word and displays a list ...

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