thesauruslike

English

Etymology

thesaurus +‎ -like

Adjective

thesauruslike (comparative more thesauruslike, superlative most thesauruslike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a thesaurus.
   • 2012 March 17, Xazmin Garza, “Program helps speakers stop stammers, get words flowing”, in Las Vegas Review-Journal‎^[1]:

     The thesauruslike nature of substitution explains why many stutterers boast large vocabularies. But it also makes for a lot of restaurant meals they’d rather not eat, coffee orders they’d rather not drink and disappointments they’d rather not reap.

   • 2013 March 26, Michael Grossberg, “Actor a gem in 'Tiffany's'”, in The Columbus Dispatch‎^[2]:

     "It's exciting to play this writer who has a thesauruslike mind. There aren't a lot of contemporary plays with language this poetic and rich."