reference work

Questions about reference work

What is another word for reference work?

It depends which reference work you mean. In the sense “a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts”, the synonyms are reference book, reference, book of facts. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of reference work?

WordNet records no antonym for reference work. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for reference work come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of reference work

• Full entry for reference workAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for reference workWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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