Mobysaurus is a free, feature-rich English thesaurus and dictionary software that integrates Moby Thesaurus II, Rogets Thesaurus, GCIDE Dictionary and WordNet -- all royalty-free, powerful and most suitable for everyday reference. With this, you will feel it so much easier to choose the right word or words for every occasion or purpose.
Whats new in V2.4 Beta 1
Enlarged database
The following thesauruses and dictionaries are now fully available (offline) in Mobysaurus:
Moby Thesaurus II 30,260 headwords Over 2,500,000 synonyms
Rogets Thesaurus 1,044 Titles Over 200,000 synonyms
GNU CIDE Dictionary 125,422 headwords (related phrases not included)
WordNet 2.1 147,249 headwords
Support for 800*600 displays
A full-functional version is available from the official site
Significantly improved search speed and reduced cpu/memory usage
Features
Comprehension
Moby Thesaurus II 30,260 headwords Over 2,500,000 synonyms
Rogets Thesaurus 1,044 Titles Over 200,000 synonyms
GCIDE Dictionary 125,422 headwords
WordNet 2.0 147,249 headwords
Offline Database
You no longer have to search online thesaurus references, waiting the page (and ads) to load and risking spyware or adware attacks. Search anything, anywhere, anytime.
Fully Searchable
No need to flip pages any more, and no words remain elusive. Carrying your order, Mobysaurus searches every corner of its database. and displays results in full detail. In most cases you wont need to conduct multiple searches or racking your nerves to refine queries. No secret areas reserved only for "members", what you have is exactly what the author has.
Powerful Search
Mobysaurus itself is capable of handling 3 powerful search modes as listed below:
(All support wildcards)
Search Modes
1. Look up in Root Words
If you look up "all" in root words, search results will return all root words that contain all, like above all, after all, all around, all at once, etc.
2. Look up in Any Occurrence
In this mode, the program will search the whole database for any occurrence of your queried word or words and list them, therefore it works a bit slower but returns much more comprehensive results.
3. Look up in Any Occurrence + Synonymous with
In this mode, the program will search the whole database for any occurrence of your queried word or words together with your designated synonym, and list the entries which simultaneously contain your query and the synonym. By applying wildcards in this mode, you turn Mobysaurus into a crossword puzzle solver instantly. For example, "l??????" + "insect" returns "ladybug" as one of the results, and "lap dog" (insect of a person).
Pattern Matching (Wild Cards)
To find:
Any single character
Type ?
Any string of characters
Type *
Any single character in this range
Type like [a-z] (ranges must be in ascending order.) or type like [a,t,d]
Any single character except the characters in this range
Type like [!a-z] (ranges must be in ascending order.) or type like [!a,t,d]
Mobysaurus supports the following wild cards: ? * [ ] @ % # !
Unique root words suggestion
Integrated Moby Buddy helps you find all the root words related to the one you just entered. This dramatically boosts the power for you. Why? Still remember the last time using a paper thesaurus? You check a root word in one page and never will have any idea if any better synonym might appear in another page under another root word. Even with a electronic thesaurus with every cross-reference, you are still facing a labyrinth of possibilities and endless mouse clicks. But with Mobysaurus & Moby Buddy, you know them all in a few seconds. Check them one by one or just some selections? Its your choice alone.
Advanced search toolbox
Very instrumental for searching into references and more.
Incremental Search
You dont have to fulfill the root word, type a few letters and then click away.
Automatic Highlighting
Making it very easy for any user to pick out desired synonyms among the huge vocabulary of the English language.
Bookmark & History
Lets you bookmark reference entries so you can return to them later, in much the same way that you bookmark pages on the World Wide Web with a browser. You can easily go back/forward in history with one keystroke or right-click to display the history menu.
Convenience
Handy Moby is a unobtrusive system tray utility comes with Mobysaurus which allows you to find synonyms without having to start Mobysaurus, and it handles automatic clipboard look-up.
Unlimited Copy/Export
Every part of the Mobysaurus database is public licensed, you can even export the whole results page to a RTF file for later reviewing or sending to a friend, or anything.
Online References
Links to dozens of online reference sites may help you when you need more than Mobysaurus can offer.
Rich Offline References
Includes complete Moby Thesaurus root words list, complete Rogets Thesaurus, Titles in Rogets Thesaurus, Official crosswords list (117,969 words, compatible with the second edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary), a list of over 20,000 most common names, Places names in the USA, USA Constitution, and MORE.
Easy to Use
No advanced options to set up, no learning curve, and instant access to all functions using shortcut keys.
Free for all No SpyWare. No AdWare. No viruses of any kind. No fee or donation requests and No Ads. Works off-line. No registry manipulation. No hidden files outside the installation folder, and if you dont like it, it uninstalls itself like youve never installed it before.
Note:
Mobysaurus requires Microsoft .NET Framework to run, which can be downloaded here:
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