Use the Thesaurus

A thesaurus provides synonyms and antonyms for requested words in a document.

To use the thesaurus:

1. Click on the word that you want to check.
2. Select the Review Tab.
   
3. Choose Thesaurus from the Proofing Group.
   
4. The Thesaurus dialog box will open. Make the appropriate selection.
   

   

   Looked Up — Shows the word that you looked up.

   Meanings — alternate meanings for the word that you looked up.

   Replace with Synonym — synonyms for the word that you looked up.

   Replace — replace the word in the document with the highlighted word.

   Look Up — find synonyms for highlighted words.

   Previous — takes you back to the previous word looked up.

   Cancel — Cancels the action.

5. Click Replace.

Show Me

To watch a tutorial video on how to do this, click Play on the video below.