Chambers Thesaurus 4+
Offline English thesaurus
Antony Lewis
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- £4.99
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Description
The Chambers Thesaurus is the perfect reference for writers and word game enthusiasts, while all lovers of language will find it a pleasure to browse through. There are nearly 40 000 distinct indexed words, and a total of about 400 000 synonyms and antonyms.
The intelligent word entry suggests possible correct spellings as you type, as well as listing words that sound the same or are often confused. Search features include:
- Alphabetical listing
- Spelling suggestions
- Sounds-like and often-confused
- Fast pattern-matching search
- Cross-reference to offline and online dictionaries
There are also standard bookmark, recent word and random word features. On newer iPads it supports Split View and Slide Over for easily viewing with other apps. With iOS 13+ it supports dark mode. No Internet connection is required.
The Chambers Dictionary is also available as a separate app, and can easily be cross-referenced using the X-Ref button.
Our WordWeb, Chambers and Oxford dictionaries are also available separately for Windows and Mac desktop (Collins coming soon).
What’s New
Version 5.7
Minor zoom fix
Ratings and Reviews
One Niggling Issue...........
I have been using this app for some time now and find it very useful and complete in terms of the content.
One issue that I find constantly irritating is the way that each time you press the search button to enter a word you must first delete your previous search. I have never had the need to search for the same word on two consecutive occasions and so this feature is rather irritating.
That said this app still represents good value for money and would certainly achieve 5 stars with an update to fix the issue described above.
******update****** I contacted the them to feedback the above issue and was stunned to receive a personal reply within 10 minutes explaining that there is indeed an option contained within the app to clear the search box after each search. My bad. If you need a thesaurus app then this is definitely the one to go for. 5 stars for product 10 stars for support.
Small annoyances
I have been using this Thesaurus App for many years with mixed success, more and more recently a word that I enter is not recognised. I check the spelling so I know that is not the issue. I enter the same word into its sister dictionary and it comes up . It is not as though the words are obscure, the latest was crustacean, not an obscure one I would have thought. I don’t know what the developers can do other than increase the stored words. But I suspect that is easier said than done. I will just keep my fingers crossed. Apart from that an excellent App.
Incomplete
I generally like the app’s functionality with some niggles. However the biggest issue is the absence of some relatively common words eg acuity.
Also the linking seems faulty eg if a search for ‘recant’ gives a list including ‘disavow’ then shouldn’t it also be vice versa? Real shame.
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Information
- Provider
- Antony Lewis
- Size
- 19.1 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © WordWeb Software
- Price
- £4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.