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Synonyms for dictionary

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vocabulary glossary lexicon rhyme dictionary pronunciation dictionary rhyming dictionary associative array gazetteer

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Noun

1. Lexicon — the collection of words used or understood by a particular individual

lexicon, glossary, vocabulary, wordbook

Other

pronunciation dictionary, rhyming dictionary, gazetteer, rhyme dictionary, associative array, gradus, onomasticon, idioticon, thesaurus dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The collection of words used or understood by a particular individual.

Related words

Word family
dictionarian dictionarist dictionaryese dictionary-monger diction
Phrases
dictionary form rhyme dictionary pronunciation dictionary rhyming dictionary sleeping dictionary walking dictionary dictionary definition long-haired dictionary
Is a kind of
catalog catalogue list reference reference work

Forms

Plural
dictionaries → lexicons, glossaries, vocabularies, wordbooks…

Example sentences

  • vocabulary Do you know a good way to memorize new vocabulary?
  • glossary The key words are defined in the book's glossary.
  • lexicon I feel I need a whole new lexicon, as my language fails me.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dictionarysteady
vocabularyrising
glossarysteady
lexiconrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
gradus2
7 letters
lexicon3
8 letters
glossary3, wordbook
9 letters
thesaurus3, gazetteer, idioticon
10 letters
vocabulary5
11 letters
onomasticon

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gradus2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
dictionnaire
Italiano
dizionario
Español
diccionario
Deutsch
Wörterbuch
Català
diccionari