Encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia 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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Reference and encyclopaedia are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Encyclopaedia".
Nearby Words: encyclopaedic, encyclopaedist
Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
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Encyclopaedia and reference are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encyclopaedia" instead a noun "Reference".
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Reference Overdosed: The presenters often refer to a lot of obscure pop culture stuff from older exploitation films, B-movies, failed TV pilots and other stuff that invites you to consult an encyclopaedia or surf the Internet for more background information.
Source: Podcast / Radiodrome - Cryptic Background Reference: While the encyclopaedia sidebar goes into a lot of detail about the backstory, it never explains why the Cerberus Incident was so terrible that it stopped a hundred years of interstellar war.
Source: Video Game / Black Market
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Reference and Encyclopaedia. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopaedia/reference
Encyclopaedia & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopaedia/reference>.
Reference or Encyclopaedia. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopaedia/reference.
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