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Using the thesaurus
About the thesaurusThe
thesaurus lets you look up synonyms, related words, and antonyms
for words you specify. For example, if you specify “figment,” the
InCopy thesaurus provides synonyms such as “fiction” and “fable,”
related words such as “concoction” and “fantasy,” and antonyms such
as “fact.”
The search for a word doesn’t need to end with the first set
of synonyms, related words, and antonyms you find. You can look
up any one of the suggested words and display its synonyms, related
words, and antonyms. You can quickly go back to any of the last
10 words you looked up.
 Thesaurus panel - A
- .Lookup
- B
- .Change
To
- C
- .Language menu
- D
- . Current
Lookup Word
- E
- . Meanings menu
- F
- .Definition
- G
- .Category
menu
- H
- .Result list
- I
- .Load Word
- J
- .Lookup
Word
- K
- .Change Word
InCopy provides the following categories for looking up words:
- Synonyms
- Words having the same or nearly the same meaning as the lookup word.
- Antonyms
- Words having the opposite or nearly the opposite meaning
as the lookup word.
- See Also
- Words that are conceptually related to the lookup word, although neither
a synonyms nor antonyms.
- Near Synonyms
- Words having a somewhat similar meaning as the lookup word.
- Near Antonyms
- Words having a meaning that is somewhat akin to the opposite
meaning of the lookup word.
Look up words in the thesaurusYou can use the thesaurus to look up synonyms,
antonyms, and brief definitions of words.
Look up a word visible in the document window- Choose Window > Thesaurus to
open the Thesaurus panel.
- Using the Type tool
 , select
the word you want to look up, and do one of the following:
- Select the language you want to use.
- Click the Lookup Word button
 . A brief definition of the word is displayed in the Definition
area of the Thesaurus panel. The Result list displays related words
based on the selections you made from the Meanings and Category
menus.
Note: You can drag the vertical bar that
separates the Definition area and the Result list from side to side
to adjust the relative width of the two areas.
- Select the part of speech you want to look up from the
Meanings menu. For example, if you want the noun meaning for the
word, select noun. If you want the verb meaning, select verb. Not
all meanings are available for all words.
- Select the category (such as Synonyms or Antonyms) you
want to look up from the Categories menu. Not all categories are
available for all words.
 To replace the word in the Lookup
field, Alt‑click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) a word
in the Result list, and then click the Lookup Word button. To replace the
word in the Change To field, Ctrl‑click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac OS) a word in the Result list. Look up a word not visible in the document window- Choose Window > Thesaurus
to open the Thesaurus panel.
- Type the word you want to look up in the Lookup text
box, and press Enter.
Look up a word again- Choose Window > Thesaurus
to open the Thesaurus panel.
- Choose the word from the Lookup pop‑up menu in the Thesaurus
panel. This menu lists the last 10 words you looked up.
- Click the Lookup Word button .
Insert a word from the Thesaurus panelYou
can use the Thesaurus panel to add or replace words in your document. When
replacing a selected word in your document with a word from the Thesaurus
panel, you replace only the selected word—not all occurrences of
the word. To replace all occurrences, use the Find/Change command.
Note: If the thesaurus cannot find a matching entry
for the string of text in the Lookup text box, all other text boxes
in the Thesaurus panel remain empty.
- Do one of the following:
To add the word, place the insertion point
in the document where you want to add the word.
To replace a word in the document, select the word.
- Select a word from the Result list in the Thesaurus panel.
- Click the Change Word button
 , or
double-click a word in the Result list.
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