Amazon.com description: Product Description: This New Edition is an essential vocabulary building tool for students grades 9-11, ages 14 & up. It offers a complete guide for understanding the rich variety of the English language. This updated thesaurus offers more than 154,000 word choices including synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words and idiomatic phrases to help students select just the right word. It can be used to teach word meaning when preparing for standardize tests like the SAT and ACT.

Every main entry features an example sentence or phrase showing the word used in context. These usage examples--over 37,000 in total--provide guidance and help students make the best word choice. Entries also include concise statements that describe shared meanings among synonyms. New entries include: upscale, genderless, interest group. New synonyms and related words include chill and chill out at relax and e-mail and voice mail at communication. Merriam-Webster's School Thesaurus is a treasury of words and a perfect companion to the bestselling Merriam-Webster's School Dictionary.