Reverse Dictionary
Oct 31, 2017 9:02:18 GMT -5
Post by 40oz on Oct 31, 2017 9:02:18 GMT -5
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I don't know useful this is to any of you but while I'm writing, I'll sometimes have trouble finding the right words to describe what I mean. Sometimes a thesaurus is useful, but sometimes its not if you can't think of a word with a similar definition. Without inflating my posts with unnecessary descriptive words, sometimes a single word or phrase will clearly get an idea across. Reverse Dictionary is a semi-useful tool where you can enter a definition and it will return a series of words and phrases that most closely resemble what you're looking for.
It doesn't always work, since the english vocabularly may not have a good word or reference for what you're trying to communicate, but it does spitball a lot of decent ideas.
I don't know useful this is to any of you but while I'm writing, I'll sometimes have trouble finding the right words to describe what I mean. Sometimes a thesaurus is useful, but sometimes its not if you can't think of a word with a similar definition. Without inflating my posts with unnecessary descriptive words, sometimes a single word or phrase will clearly get an idea across. Reverse Dictionary is a semi-useful tool where you can enter a definition and it will return a series of words and phrases that most closely resemble what you're looking for.
It doesn't always work, since the english vocabularly may not have a good word or reference for what you're trying to communicate, but it does spitball a lot of decent ideas.