Operation Manual
Using the thesaurus
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About the thesaurus
Look up words in the thesaurus
Insert a word from the Thesaurus panel
About the thesaurus
The thesaurus lets you look up synonyms, related words, and antonyms for words you specify. For example, if you specify “figment,” the InCopy
thesaurus provides synonyms such as “fiction” and “fable,” related words such as “concoction” and “fantasy,” and antonyms such as “fact.”
The search for a word doesn’t need to end with the first set of synonyms, related words, and antonyms you find. You can look up any one of the
suggested words and display its synonyms, related words, and antonyms. You can quickly go back to any of the last 10 words you looked up.
Thesaurus panel
A .Lookup B .Change To C .Language menu D . Current Lookup Word E . Meanings menu F .Definition G .Category menu H .Result
list I .Load Word J .Lookup Word K .Change Word
InCopy provides the following categories for looking up words:
Synonyms Words having the same or nearly the same meaning as the lookup word.
Antonyms Words having the opposite or nearly the opposite meaning as the lookup word.
See Also Words that are conceptually related to the lookup word, although neither a synonyms nor antonyms.
Near Synonyms Words having a somewhat similar meaning as the lookup word.
Near Antonyms Words having a meaning that is somewhat akin to the opposite meaning of the lookup word.
Look up words in the thesaurus
You can use the thesaurus to look up synonyms, antonyms, and brief definitions of words.
Look up a word visible in the document window
1. Choose Window > Thesaurus to open the Thesaurus panel.
2. Using the Type tool
, select the word you want to look up, and do one of the following:
Copy and paste the word into the Lookup text box.
Click the Load Word button .
3. Select the language you want to use.
4. Click the Lookup Word button
or press Enter.
A brief definition of the word is displayed in the Definition area of the Thesaurus panel. The Result list displays related words based on the
selections you made from the Meanings and Category menus.
Note: You can drag the vertical bar that separates the Definition area and the Result list from side to side to adjust the relative width of the
two areas.
5. Select the part of speech you want to look up from the Meanings menu. For example, if you want the noun meaning for the word, select
noun. If you want the verb meaning, select verb. Not all meanings are available for all words.
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