Collins school thesaurus - Elizabeth Gordon

This fantastic student-friendly school thesaurus for ages 11+ is now available in colour - and in this handy-sized paperback edition, it's ideal for carrying to and from school.

Give yourself a head start! This fantastic student-friendly school thesaurus for ages 11+ is now available in colour - and in this handy-sized paperback edition, it's ideal for carrying to and from school.

Written specially to help with school work and homework, it provides thousands of synonyms to increase vocabulary. There is also an example for each synonym to help students choose the most appropriate.

This thesaurus also includes a supplement containing special Word Study entries, which give advice on how to avoid the most overused words in English, such as nice. These entries offer detailed groups of alternatives for every context and shade of meaning, illustrated clearly with examples from Collins corpus.

Core vocabulary lists for key curriculum subjects, such as Science, Information technology, History and Geography, give extra help with exam success in all subjects. And the word games in the supplement encourage users to delve into the thesaurus to find out more.

The clear colour layout, with an alphabetical tab on each page, makes finding words and information easier than it has ever been before. This hardback edition has been specially designed so that the book will stay open at the page you want