thesauri

The plural form of thesaurus.

There is really no good example of the word thesauri, since it is stupid, useless, and isn't really ever used.

by notabadexample March 8, 2012

Thesaurus'd it

To use thesaurus.com to find eloquent synonyms for words which obviously do not belong to your vocabulary.

Jebediah: "Yo bruv! That hot chick Tiara totally wants to gobble the goop, as like.. ummhh.. fournikeight."
Demarcus: "Greetings, Jebediah! You do not even know what 'fornicate' means, do you?"
Jebediah: "Yeeahh... ummhh.. I mean she wants to... ummh.. philander, right?"
Demarcus: "You just Thesaurus'd it, did you not?"
Jebediah: "My point is she wants the D lol"

by Brobi Wan KenoBro May 19, 2016

Rural Thesaurus

The exact opposite of Urban dictionary. (Un?)fortunately, Rural Thesaurus does not yet exist.

Bob: "Hey, What'cha doin'?"
Joe: "Checking out Rural Thesaurus."
Bob: "You mean Urban Dictionary."
Joe: "No, I mean Rural Thesaurus."
Bob: "..."
Joe: "..."

by Teh Polygrizolph April 2, 2011

urban thesaurus

A good idea.

Hello = Word up, wassup, what up, howdy, g'day, sup, ssup, heya, heyo, hi, high, jello, cello, mellow, bellow, fellow, how-do.

by Bastardized Bottomburp October 1, 2003

thesaurusify

To put each word in a sentence through thesaurus.com and replace all words with random synonyms

Person 1: What's the thesaurusified version of the quote "May the force be with you"?
Person 2: It's "Be allowed sudden sock remain upon you".

Definition of thesaurusify: "To put each word in a sentence through thesaurus.com and replace all words with random synonyms"

by AxolotlOnInternet May 4, 2020

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