Writers often turn to a thesaurus to diversify their vocabulary and add nuance to their prose. But looking up synonyms and antonyms in a thesaurus can help anyone—writer or not—find the most vivid, ...

At the heart of the obliquely thrilling“Synonyms” lies an existential question: Can we ever truly change who we are? Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid grapples with thishead-on in the story of Yoav (Tom ...

Martin Amis uses a thesaurus. The British novelist and critic is known as kind of a snob, and the thesaurus is known as a dangerous tool abused by amateur writers trying to sound smart, but as you’ve ...

As millions of novice adults the country over concoct to return to their levying institutions of higher learning, a trap awaits them all. They may be counting on an imperative technological advance to ...