a book written by
American author Jerome Irving Rodale (1898-1971) that
lists over one million
synonyms. The book contains a
list of alphabetical words each followed by
synonyms for that
word grouped together by their part of
speech, such as all the nouns, verbs, etc. A
synonym is any of two or more words (in the same
language)
having the same
general sense, but each one
having shades of meaning that make one appropriate to one
context and another appropriate to another
context.
Synonym comes from syn, meaning alike and onym, meaning name. Rodale wrote many books covering various subjects such as health, food and gardening, in addition to numerous
encyclopedias. His first book, Strengthening Your
Mind, was published in 1938.