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
List and encyclopedia are semantically related. In some cases you can use "List" instead a noun "Encyclopedia".
Nearby Words: encyclopedic, encyclopedist
List
List noun - A record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system.
Encyclopedia and list are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encyclopedia" instead a noun "List".
Both words in one sentence
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The Dune Encyclopedia has a list of every Emperor along with the dates of their reigns.
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If your story is made entirely of Fictional Documents, it's a Scrapbook Story (so please list it there rather than here); if the paratext quotes from these, it's quoting the Encyclopedia Exposita.
Source: Fictional Document - The second book of Matthijs van Boxsel's Encyclopedia of Stupidity consists of a list of the most stupid scientific theories published in the Netherlands and Flanders.
Source: Self Deprecation / Literature
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List and Encyclopedia. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopedia/list
Encyclopedia & List. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopedia/list>.
List or Encyclopedia. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopedia/list.
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