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Funk and Wagnalls Standard Handbook of Synonyms, Antonyms, and Prepositions (edition 1947)

by James Champlin Fernald

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Lists synonyms and contrasts their exact meanings, then lists antonyms, as well as illustrating correct preposition use.
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Title:Funk and Wagnalls Standard Handbook of Synonyms, Antonyms, and Prepositions
Authors:James Champlin Fernald
Info:Funk & Wagnalls Co (1947), Edition: Revised, Hardcover, 515 pages
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Funk and Wagnalls Standard Handbook of Synonyms, Antonyms, and Prepositions. by James Champlin Fernald

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Excellent resource. Detail explanation of usage. ( )
  ECBC_KC | Nov 4, 2023 |
revised edition ( )
  Sweetums | Sep 1, 2022 |
I especially like this book because the author explains which is the correct meaning of the synonyms.
  Kgarts | Dec 3, 2020 |
I love this book! Current thesauruses all give the same old options, but "Synonyms" dusts off perfectly good words that were, perhaps, commonplace in the 1940s, but appear fresh now.
1 vote goldsteph | Sep 8, 2008 |
More then 8,000 synonyms contrasted for exact meanings and proper usage. 3,000 antonyms. ( )
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