treasure trove

Questions about treasure trove

What is another word for treasure trove?

It depends which treasure trove you mean. In the sense “treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth)”, the synonyms are trove. Across all 2 senses there are 1 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 treasure trove?

WordNet records no antonym for treasure trove. 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.

Why are the synonyms for treasure trove split into groups?

Because treasure trove carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for treasure trove 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 treasure trove

• Full entry for treasure troveAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for treasure troveWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.