The Pleasures of a Thesaurus

1. It tells you both synonyms and antonyms.

2. A book is so much better than thesaurus.com.

3. You can discover words like "yokel" and "homunculus."

4. It provides witty context sentences.

5. It expands your vocabulary.

6. A book is so much better than thesaurus.com.

7. It inspires better language.

8. It gives you many options for a "word of the day."

9. When purchased brand new, it smells like all things wonderful wrapped up and bound together.

10. It entertains pesky brothers when both are lame enough to declare they hate reading and resort to pestering a sister trying to write a novel while in the mountains.


(Brownie points if you know what homunculus and yokel mean without looking them up.)