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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Reader and encyclopedia are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reader" instead a noun "Encyclopedia".
Nearby Words: encyclopedic, encyclopedist
Reader
Reader noun - A collection of writings.
Encyclopedia and reader are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encyclopedia" instead a noun "Reader".
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Platonic Life Partners: Encyclopedia and Sally, reader comments about them making "a cute couple" aside.
Source: Literature / Encyclopedia Brown - An encyclopedia of manga classics (I can't remember exactly which one) outlined the plot of Fruits Basket, and informed the reader that the series' Official Couple was Tohru and Yuki.
- Or, in the case of historical fiction, the writer wants to ensure that the reader doesn't need the Encyclopedia Britannica close to hand to understand what's going on.
Source: Slow-Paced Beginning
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Reader and Encyclopedia. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopedia/reader
Encyclopedia & Reader. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopedia/reader>.
Reader or Encyclopedia. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/encyclopedia/reader.
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