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RR 2014/221
Visual Thesaurus
Thinkmap Inc.
New York
1998-
URL: https://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Last visited April 2014
Gratis but a subscription is required to access the full range of features; see further in review
Keywords Dictionaries, Electronic media, Language, Visual media
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-04-2014-0091
The Visual Thesaurus, created by Thinkmap Inc., provides a new way of connecting words together. Using a graphical, visual representation, it becomes easy to see the relationships between words. Unlike using a book and seeing lists of words, this is a more natural way to see the relationships, simulating how the brain works. Although primarily in English, there are five other languages currently in beta: Spanish, German, Italian, French and Dutch. Limited access to the Visual Thesaurus is free, but to access all of the features and to have unlimited lookup of words, a paid subscription is needed. Thinkmap offer a...