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Yahoo Search - Display Word Synonyms

SUMMARY: Yahoo! Search can act as a thesaurus to help aid your writing.

Writing a term paper, memo, or process document, and need another word for 'need'? Or what if your search results don't measure up to par, and perhaps it's because you're searching for "auto" but the webpage you need mentions the word "car" instead?

Yahoo! Search has a built-in synonym tool. Just enter a query in the following format and the first result will be a list of synonyms, complete with a link to a thesaurus:

synonym WORD

For example:

synonym propagate

Yahoo's first result will be synonyms which may or may not include: broadcast, circulate, and promulgate.

synonym moor

Yahoo's first result will be synonyms which may or may not include: affix, couple, and secure.