Skip to main content

thesaurist

A person who's arguments seem to consist more of words than ideas; excessive use of nonessential words.
"Epistemological, metaphysical colloquially presupposed blah blah blah."

"Looks like we've got a real thesaurist on our hands."
by asadfga December 10, 2008
mugGet the thesaurist mug.

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
mugGet the Thesaurus'd it mug.

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
mugGet the Rural Thesaurus mug.

urban thesaurus

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
mugGet the urban thesaurus mug.

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
mugGet the thesaurusify mug.

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
mugGet the thesaurize mug.

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
mugGet the thesaurusize mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email