thesaurasize

To completely ruin an essay by referring to a thesaurus for every other word, thus inserting words that you don't really understand the definition of to make yourself appear smarter to the reader.

"Man, Julia's essay would have been amazing if she hadn't thesaurasized the damn thing. Now she just looks ignorant."

by StormInATeacup16x January 5, 2008

thesaurasize

To look up in a thesaurus.

I couldn't figure out another word for supercalifragilisticespiadaldoscious, I had to thesaurasize.

by Reinah June 10, 2005

Thesaurasize

The act of looking up words within a thesaurus, either online or otherwise, and gently supplanting them with other, more well-meaning words.

Such as, kennel with cage.

"Yo, whatchu up to, mah nigga?"

"Allow me to assist you in your quest of a better word, sir. Let us, thesaurasize. Let us look up a better, politer term in place of the ghetto, negative 'nigga'."

"How about I assist you in rearranging your face?"

"Nigga, it is."

by sparklez mcfarklz August 6, 2014

thesaurize

To attempt to make your writing more formal and impressive by replacing simpler words with longer synonyms from a thesaurus

James thesaurized his résumé in hopes of landing a job with a higher salary

by call_me_xale September 20, 2015

thesaurusize

Taking a sentence from a (generally) published source and using a thesaurus to change the words so as to avoid plagiarism.

I used one of my earlier papers for this assignment, but thesaurusized it so no one would notice.

by ExaRox February 9, 2009

Thesaurize

to find the synonym of a word in a Thesaurus. see also Dictionize

brohan i forgot what word means to attack for my essay, i wanna sound smart! oh shit man go Thesaurize it

by capŧaiin January 24, 2011

thesaurusize

To replace words in a sentence, phrase, or song with other words that mean the same thing. Implies poor results, or dumbing down. This is a common practice among hymnal editors of some denominations, who are apparently among the most clueless humans walking the earth.

There used to be an internal rhyme in the bridge, until the publishers thesaurusized it.

by Jay R July 1, 2005