This new edition offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential vocabulary for all your writing needs. It provides 140,000 alternatives and antonyms, and provides the closest and most frequently used synonyms, making the thesaurus quick and easy to use. Thousands of practical examples of usage from the Oxford English Corpus show synonyms in context and aid in identifying the correct sense. A brand-new Wordfinder centre section provides lists of extra words, for example, types of food, clothes, transport, etc., and helps in expanding one’s vocabulary.