Using the Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English
Input a word in this Thesaurus to find its synonyms, as well as antonyms and other related terms in the detailed view.
Looking up a word (Filter search)
Find a set of related words by inputting the spelling of a given word.
<Example>
Find a set of relative words for ‘make’.
1.Press tto open the Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English.
The spelling input screen of the Thesaurus appears.
2.Input ‘make’.
As you type, options are narrowed. If the desired word is found, then you do not need to type any more letters.
•Part of speech should be found on the right side of each headword.
3.While ‘
’ appears on the left of ‘make’, press e. The detailed view of the word ‘make’ appears.
•To browse contents on the next/ previous page, press }{or > <. You may also find the Quick view function useful.
•To search a word in the detailed view, use the Super jump function.
•Press fto return to the previous screen.
•Press ^lto list the headwords in the Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English.
•To search a different word, simply begin inputting a new word, or press b or tto go to the input screen of the Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English.
If there is no match found
The same message appears as for the New Oxford American Dictionary. See page 14 for details.
Note about entering characters
While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, slashes, and periods. See page 12 for details.
Note:
•Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field. When searching words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to select the words from the list manually.
Browsing Notes
When the 
icons appear in the detailed view, a note can be selected and browsed. For details, refer to pages
Note:
•A headword with a Note is marked with an asterisk (
).
•In many cases, the 
icon only appears at the bottom of an entry, but contains important information about usage of the headword as a whole. If unsure about usage, scroll down to the bottom of the entry to access any relevant notes.
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