Use The New Oxford Thesaurus of English to look up a word right on the tip of your tongue. Or turn to it for guidance in choosing le mot juste, and improve the communicative power and accuracy of your writing. Whatever the purpose, the reader can be assured of finding a rich and varied selection of words that has been systematically enhanced by computerized checking and cross-checking.

• The New Oxford Thesaurus of English gives you more choices and more help than any other comparable thesaurus. It will enrich your creative writing, essays, or letters, expand your vocabulary, or simply enhance your enjoyment of the English language.
• A superbly clear layout gives the closest and most useful alternative words first, then provides related terms, noun lists, detailed studies of closely related synonyms, and more.
• Naturalist or naturist, inherent or intrinsic? Over 150 in-text notes help you make the right choice between easily confused words.
• From folklore to phobias, from actors to assassins, boxed lists provide information on a vast range of subjects. Plus, find comprehensive coverage of English from around the world as it is used today.

600,000 words, phrases and definitions.

You won't have to crack your brains trying to figure out the perfect word to use.

Instant lookup in pop-up windows.

Installs onto your hard drive and runs seamlessly in the background.

Ready whenever you need it.

Quick reference for students, business people and teachers.

Integrates with other iFinger CD reference software!

Find relevant information-instantly!

The iFinger engine is user-friendly and unobtrusive. This quick reference engine can automatically dock* to the title bar of the application that you are using.

When activated, simply point your cursor over a word in your web browser, and the results from the quick reference will appear instantly in a pop-up window. (You can also double-click or press a custom hot key).

The Pop-up Window gives you the first few lines, or a summary, of the complete listing-hit the Down Arrow and the rest of the information appears instantly in the Article Window. You can copy information from the listing into a Word document (or any application).

Lost for words? Simply select and replace!

Activate or de-activate other installed Oxford products. Personalize iFinger functions such as hot keys, double-click mode, automatic popup mode, sleep mode, or dock* to Title Bar.

Combine additional iFinger Oxford products and expand your search by cross-referencing via hyperlinks within the reference information. It's like flipping through 7 reference books all at once!