Concise Oxford Thesaurus

This Concise Oxford Thesaurus is ideal for helping you pinpoint exactly the right word, whether you are writing a letter, preparing a report, composing an essay, writing creatively, or solving a crossword. Over 300,000 alternative words cover everyday vocabulary as well as more unusual and specialist words, and there is clear labeling of informal, dialect, literary, and technical items. Other useful features include thousands of example phrases helping you to select the correct word, and opposites and related terms clearly marked.

Increase Your Word Power

* A comprehensive thesaurus with over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms, ideal for use in word games and puzzles, to improve your writing or to find the word on the tip of your tongue
* Easy A-Z format
* Usage notes, offering help with tricky and controversial questions
* Ideal for word games
* Most useful alternative words given first, with word closest in meaning to entry word given in bold
* Thousands of example sentences help you select the right sense
* 500+ related word notes E.g. look up 'horse' and find the adjective 'equine', look up 'light' and find 'optics'

A search tool:

Featuring various search options to help you find the words you need more easily, including:

* A quick search of words while you type
* A 'fuzzy filter' for when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
* A 'keyword' search for finding key words within phrasal verbs
* A wild card search facility which can replace a letter or a group of letters

A learning tool:

The dictionary app includes a number of features which help you to expand your vocabulary further:

* A 'Favourites' feature allows you to create your own categories and lists of words
* Your last visited words are all saved in your 'History', so that you can quickly look back at recently checked words
* Discover a new word every day with the 'Daily' feature
* Ability to have dictionary Word of the Day as a widget on the device home screen
* See words in context with example sentences
* Online and offline modes supported; the offline mode allows you to download the whole dictionary and work independently from data connections

A mobile dictionary application from MobiSystems with content from Oxford University Press.

* Small apps extension for Sony products