Thesaurus dictionary of English

eize · 2009-09-05 15:25:03

Does anybody know some?(Online or offline)

I don't like usual dictionaries, I wanna know mean not translate.
If somebody knows something like please share(:

Sorry my English.

deej · 2009-09-05 16:56:36

If you install 'dictd' and run dict <your word> from the command-line, you get not only
the definition but also a thesaurus with synonyms. There are plenty of other options, but
this is a quick-fix I often use.

Deej

thisoldman · 2009-09-05 17:03:29

When a single word search term is entered into the US version of Google, at the top of the results page it says something like

Results 1 - 10 of about 228,000,000 for dictionary [definition]. (0.11 seconds)

Clicking on "definition" will take me to a dictionary definition.

Arch web sites primarily use US English. Two American flavored dictionaries are dictionary.com at http://dictionary.reference.com/ and Merriam-Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/ My browser's javascript blocker and ad blocker are very busy at the Merriam-Webster site.

For a more British-flavoured dictionary, try http://dictionary.cambridge.org/.

There is also WordWeb, http://wordweb.info/free/, a very good free application for MS Windows, but I don't know if it will run using Wine.

skottish · 2009-09-05 17:06:27

I use SDCV (StarDict command-line version) with three dictionaries and two thesauruses installed locally. This way I don't need to be connected to a network.

eize · 2009-09-05 17:12:39

thisoldman, no i dont wanna use wine.

deej, thanks.I'll try one.

skottish, err... I've not see thesaurus in StarDict.Where's it?

thisoldman · 2009-09-05 17:14:52

Thank you, skottish, for the tip to sdcv.

deej · 2009-09-05 17:51:47

Try goldendict [ its in the repositories ], I've just installed it and it's very good.
Don't bother installing dictionaries for it straight away, just run a test word or
two thru' it and see what you think.

Deej

Wintervenom · 2009-09-05 18:35:26

Try Aiksaurus. It is a command-line thesaurus.

skottish · 2009-09-05 20:17:07

eize wrote:

thisoldman, no i dont wanna use wine.
deej, thanks.I'll try one.
skottish, err... I've not see thesaurus in StarDict.Where's it?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/stardict/files/

I'm using some listed under the startdict-dictionaries-dictd section. Obviously these will work under dictd also, but I prefer the sdcv interface.

Gen2ly · 2009-09-05 23:28:08

Hmm don't see a startdict-dictionaries-dictd section section. Perhaps I missed it? See some *-dictionaries-dictd-language entries in different places, no english, however.

skottish · 2009-09-06 04:16:32

Gen2ly wrote:

Hmm don't see a startdict-dictionaries-dictd section section. Perhaps I missed it? See some *-dictionaries-dictd-language entries in different places, no english, however.

I forgot to check back in on this thread. It's the bottom entry of the screen shot:

lolilolicon · 2009-09-06 04:29:22

skottish, where are the tabs?

eize, sdcv is great. Try stardict-dictd-moby-thesaurus or stardict-thesaurus-ee from the startdict-dictionaries-dictd section.

skottish · 2009-09-06 04:38:10

lolilolicon wrote:

skottish, where are the tabs?
eize, sdcv is great. Try stardict-dictd-moby-thesaurus or stardict-thesaurus-ee from the startdict-dictionaries-dictd section.

Under then 'tabs' group, uncheck "Always show the tab bar". Then if there's only one, it doesn't show up.

lolilolicon · 2009-09-06 04:58:06

Ha, I though it was some addon. I almost always got 20+ tabs open... No tabs look so much better!

Edit: I find a addon called "hide tabbar". Now if I press Ctrl+Del, the tabs are gone.

Last edited by lolilolicon (2009-09-06 05:15:42)

Gen2ly · 2009-11-12 06:15:05

Really liking this sdcv thing, thanks for the tip skottish. I added sdcv and a couple dictionaries (both in the AUR) and life is alot better now .

I've built a couple scripts for ease of use and to improve formatting. You can take a look at them here:

Command Line Dictionary

The 'define' script has some rudimentary sed hacks (i.e. could be tidied up a bit by someone who knowns sed good), (WordNet has some poor formatting), but run just fine.

Last edited by Gen2ly (2009-11-12 06:15:54)

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