collins thesaurus

How the Collins Thesaurus is compiled

The Collins Thesaurus has been compiled with reference to the Collins Corpus, a unique database of over 4.5 billion words which enables our experienced lexicographers to research current usage and how language is changing. The Collins Corpus contains material gathered from a wide variety of sources such as… Read More

The Collins Thesaurus in detail

The Collins Thesaurus contains lots of information. Let’s look at it in detail. The entry word list has been selected on the basis of frequency as determined by the Collins Corpus, which means that the entry words given are those most likely to be looked up by our users. Read More