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Finding Synonyms
To look up synonyms, simply type a word and
then press
ENTER
. Try this example.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., happy).
To type capitals, hold
CAP
.
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
To move the cursor, press
or .
3. Press
ENTER
to view its first
thesaurus entry.
4. Press or
DN
to read.
5. Hold
✩
and press
DN
repeatedly
to view its next entries, if any.
To view a previous thesaurus
entry, hold
✩
and press
UP
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Finding Synonyms
In addition to the brief definition for each
lexicon entry, you will find the following
word categories which are found in
brackets. (
Note
: most lexicon entries will
not have all of these word types):
A
NTONYM
a word of opposite meaning
C
LASSMATES
words that are related by subject or
class (i.e., “lamp” is a classmate of
the word “light”)
I
DIOM
an expression (i.e., “on the same wave-
length” is an idiom of the word “friend”)
S
LANG
informal vocabulary (i.e., “copper” is a
slang term for the police)
S
YNONYMS
words of similar meaning
US
an “Americanism”– a word which is
characteristic of American English (i.e.,
“baloney” is an Americanism of the
word “nonsense”)