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

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

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

Thesaurused

To use the thesaurus for every second word in order to make yourself sound smarter or to take up space and make an essay longer.

Teachers see past it very quickly if you are a dumbfuck and can't tell him what half the words in your essay mean, when questioned.

"I thesaurused this essay to death"

"I walked slowly down the street to school" becomes "I sauntered languorously down the boulevard to the establishment of education" (this is overly thesaurused)

by Hayat Neralcm November 18, 2005

thesauric collision

N. Describes the fairly common occurrence amongst literate types, in which two synonymous or near-synonymous words are spoken somewhat atop each other, resulting in the creation of such phrases as "dramastic", "grood," and "for suretain." While these phrases have been used intentionally, true thesauric collisions only result from accidental construction of such phrases.

While Leeroy was at the cocktail party, he accidentally subjected the words "sweet" and "nice" to a thesauric collision, and thus told the Swedish ambassador to the UN that his expensive new martini glass was "swice."

by TerraForce October 22, 2006

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

Thesauritis

When a person decides to improve his/her writing (essays, poetry, etc.) by looking up synonyms in a thesaurus and utilizing words that they think sound nice. In most cases, a person diagnosed with Thesauritis will use the words s/he found incorrectly - therefore making him/her look stupid in front of people with bigger vocabularies.

Thesauritis patient: "I besot you so profusely; all through the ignominious opprobrium and misconstrued paroxysms... my ventricles throb with plasma for you."

You: If you knew what those words meant, you wouldn't have said that.

by Waior December 27, 2009