The American Heritage Student Thesaurus

This updated thesaurus offers middle school and high school students more ways to build writing skills.

With 6,000 main entries and more than 70,000 synonyms, The American Heritage Student Thesaurus is the perfect resource for young writers at the middle school and high school levels. No other thesaurus for this age group offers as many synonyms, example sentences, or special features. In this updated edition, clear example sentences illustrate each sense of every word. Word Group features discuss related vocabulary for terms that have no exact synonyms, such as artist, island, and geology. Tips for young writers explain how to use the thesaurus to express their ideas with clarity and style.