Macquarie
Thesaurus

Companion to
the Macquarie
Dictionary Online

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Contents

This is the first thesaurus ever compiled to be based on the distinctly Australian use of English. It is a storehouse of the rich treasures of Australian English, where one can find the right words for the right occasion.

It contains a wide range of words, both general and technical, as well as many phrases and colloquialisms. Common words such as blotch and lullaby are there, but so are words of a more technical nature such as quodlibetical, algorism and cerumen. Distinctively Australian words such as digger and churinga are included, as are cabbage patcher, balls-up and flat out like a lizard drinking.