Reader's Digest: Use the Right Word: A Modern Guide to Synonyms

by S.I. Hayakawa

*The newest, most up-to-date reference of its kind
*Over 1000 essays that define, compare, and contrast 6000 synonyms and related words

*Lists of antonyms; cross-references
*Alphabetically arranged; fully indexed
(*Large, legible type for easy reading*) (I don't agree)
*Comprehensive in content, with idiomatic and slang terms added to an established vocabulary
*Contemporary in style, with illustrative phrases and sentences that help reveal the nuances of each word treated

Here is a book that will make a place for itself next to your dictionary--an indispensable tool whenever you have trouble finding the right word to help express an idea clearly and exactly.
More than an accurate reference, this book stimulates an interest in language for its own sake, amusing the reader as it informs him, suggesting that the mastery of words can be as pleasurable as it is profitable.

*Get more out of your reading
*Speak more confidently
*Write more fluently

Nothing else can give the kind of personal assurance that is afforded by a good command of our rich English language. In private life...in community affairs...at school, college and business--word power spells success.

Has only a Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 67-26446

726 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Canadian born American academic and political figure of Japanese ancestry. He was an English professor, served as president of San Francisco State University and then a United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983.