Thesaurisize 

To make a simple word more complex or otherwise sound smarter.

Person 1: The apple tastes good.

Person 2: Mann, you need to thesaurisize that bitch!

Thesaurisize by BabyPuncher5000 January 18, 2011

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

thesaurize 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.

thesaurusize by ExaRox February 9, 2009

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."

thesaurasize by StormInATeacup16x January 5, 2008

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

Thesaurize by capŧaiin January 24, 2011

thesaurasize

To look up in a thesaurus.

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

thesaurasize by Reinah June 10, 2005

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.

thesaurusize by Jay R July 1, 2005