The Right Word III is a unique thesaurus. Unlike a traditional thesaurus that prints exhaustive undifferentiated synonym lists, The Right Word III provides synonym studies on the most important meanings and ideas and discriminates among many of the most frequently used--and misused--words in the English language. Whether you are looking for the precise word to express a specific thought or only for a synonym to express a general idea, you will find that The Right Word III is the handiest and most practical thesaurus available for the office or classroom.

Synonyms are different words that are the same or nearly the same in meaning. Although all the synonyms entered in the individual lists in this thesaurus share an important aspect of meaning, there are often differences in shades of meaning. For example,consider clean and its synonyms cleanly, immaculate, and spotless. All four words have the same basic meaning: they describe what is free from dirt, stains,or impurities. Clean is the most general word. Immaculate and spotless usually refer to what is "perfectly clean," but immaculate is a more formal term and spotless a more conversational one.Cleanly,on the other hand,is most often used to describe what if "habitually neat and clean."

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