Offering comprehensive and authoritative coverage of current English, the New Oxford Thesaurus of English is an ideal reference tool for use at home, school, and the office. Containing over 600,000 alternative and opposite words, this program will enrich your creative writing, essays, or letters, or simply your enjoyment of the English language.

Key Features:

• Instant access from Internet Explorer or your Windows application. Simply double-click a word on your Web page or in your chosen Windows application such as Word or Excel or even Outlook, and alternatives are instantly displayed in a pop-up window. A key word helps you pinpoint the right group, and the closest and most useful alternatives are given first.

• Useful Replace function. Writing a letter or essay and can't think of the right word? Type in a similar word, double-click on it, select the appropriate alternative from the entry, and then use the Replace function to swap it straight over into your work.

• From fossils to phobias, and actors to amphibians - over 450 lists provide information on a vast range of subjects.

• Militate or mitigate, inherent or intrinsic? Over 150 notes help you make the right choice between easily confused words.

• No fuss and no waiting. The New Oxford Thesaurus of English automatically installs on your hard drive and runs in the background ready for whenever you need it.

• Can be easily integrated with the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary, the Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary, and the Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary.

Product Features

• Instant access from Internet Explorer or your Windows application

• Alternatives are instantly displayed in a pop-up window

• Useful replace function

• Over 450 lists provide information on a vast range of subjects

• Over 150 notes help you make the right choice between easily confused words

• Runs in the background

• Can easily be integrated with other Oxford products.