Collection
Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.
Encyclopedia and collection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encyclopedia" instead a noun "Collection".
Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia noun - A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.
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Synonyms for Encyclopedia
Collection and encyclopedia are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Encyclopedia".
Nearby Words: encyclopedic, encyclopedist
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- Encyclopedia Exposita: The Bootypedia, a browsable collection of reports on various items, enemies and the world in general, submitted by your brainers after the appropriate tech is researched.
Source: Video Game / Piratez - One Encyclopedia Brown story involved Bugs Meany stealing someone's collection of false teeth and using them as castanets, like the Tom and Jerry example below.
Source: False Teeth Tomfoolery -
X3: Gold Edition contains a soundtrack disc for the games, while the X-Superbox series collection has that soundtrack, four fan-made soundtracks, loads of art, PDF versions of several fanfics, and an encyclopedia filling out billions of years of backstory.
Source: Feelies
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Encyclopedia and Collection. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collection/encyclopedia
Collection & Encyclopedia. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/collection/encyclopedia>.
Encyclopedia or Collection. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/collection/encyclopedia.
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