Franklin TMQ-440 Press, 1.Press CLEAR, Finding Synonyms, 4.Press or DN to read, 2.Type a word (e.g., happy), 6. Press CLEAR when finished

Finding Synonyms Finding Synonyms

To look up synonyms, simply type a word and then press ENTER . Try this example.

1.Press CLEAR .

2.Type a word (e.g., happy).

To type capitals, hold	CAP .
To erase a letter, press	BACK .

To move the cursor, press or .

3.Press ENTER to view its first thesaurus entry.4.Press or DN to read.5.Hold ✩ and press DN repeatedly to view its next entries, if any.

To view a previous thesaurus entry, hold ✩ and press UP .

6. Press CLEAR when finished.

In addition to the brief definition for each lexicon entry, you will find the following word categories which are found in brackets. (Note: most lexicon entries will not have all of these word types):

ANTONYM

a word of opposite meaning

CLASSMATES

words that are related by subject or class (i.e., “lamp” is a classmate of the word “light”)

IDIOM

an expression (i.e., “on the same wave- length” is an idiom of the word “friend”)

SLANG

informal vocabulary (i.e., “copper” is a slang term for the police)

SYNONYMS

words of similar meaning

US

an “Americanism”– a word which is characteristic of American English (i.e., “baloney” is an Americanism of the word “nonsense”)

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