The American Heritage Desk Dictionary And Thesaurus Hardcover – March 4, 2014

Handy dictionary/thesaurus to have around. Kids have been using it quite a bit.

American Heritage is hands down the clearest, most accurate, and overall best dictionary available in the stores. Webster’s, in comparison, is garbage as definitions there are often emotionally derived as opposed to factually.

My old 1971 Funk & Wagnalls practically required a fork lift to get off the shelf. Do I need to know that many words? This one has not been tried out but it can be lifted easily. I do need to drag out a magnifying glass or reading glasses to see the small print or it would probably get that coveted 5th star!. I am 74 so the print may not seem that small to everyone. Not fond of the dictionary apps on the Kindle - a book is much easier to search through.

Someone gave a review suggesting the pages were thin. If you have half a brain they are not to thin, otherwise you may find them easy to tear. It is a good size not to massive and not so small. It has a good selection of words as far as I can tell and the setup is user friendly. Perfect, portable. I expect to have this thing until I am a grandpa!

Excellent book that shows both dictionary definitions and thesaurus words below in each page.

Bought this for my son as it was required for school. I didn't want to pay the prices they would charge at the bookstore and was able to get this much cheaper on Amazon. So pleased with the fact that I saved some money on this one. It is a good resource for my son's homework. I have seen him use it quite often. Thanks

I have been searching for a book of “feelings” for so long. Something more than a Thesaurus. Thank you so much.

I got this as a gift for my wife, she's a word lover. Plays Scrabble so well that I hardly bother trying to compete. So every 5-10 years she needs a new dictionary, this combo was a great gift! Or so I thought. This dictionary omits a growing list of words that she uses. So now I'm on the hunt for a bigger and better dictionary.