I have been using this specific thesaurus for over a few years now; and I must say, that as a journalist myself, even I have been LITERALLY blown away by how much my vocabulary has naturally increased, simply by using this thesaurus (originally I got it to help prevent any redundant words, for example, when corresponding professionally through emails; but found myself INSTANTLY addicted (and I am not known for having an addictive personality).
I started using it it to type ANY & ALL of my emails- casual or not, and many of my friends and acquaintances noticed, too! Im now often complemented for sending "exciting, hilarious, interesting, & well-written (or "typed," to put it properly) emails/ texts. When I moved states and my career wasnt transferable, I found that I was utterly disgusted by the way Id allowed my resume to be considered "finished" and distributed to my network when last seeking a position. But instead of trashing the old one and starting over from scratch, I simply pasted it onto a brand new, updated & attractive format template, cut out unnecessary sentences, re-arranged the opening paragraph, and most importantly, used my thesaurus throughout the entire process, which I knew was a major upgrade once I received 5 times the responses and interviews than before, along with offers including impressive pay increases, and more than 4 offers changed the position in which Id applied for, and promoting the proposal to a higher-up, much better paying position, which, of course, meant better benefits and perks! All due to the newly acquired upgrade in my vocabulary, when I had a perfectly excellent way of speech before! I mean, I had used the SAME old resume, only adding a few QUICK improvements! Before long, I was referring to this application for every single thing that required me to communicate: text messages, resumes, documents, even my planner and schedule! Obviously, as Ive mentioned already, the best part about it is that I have significantly improved my articulation and vocabulary in only a couple of months I had added thousands & thousands of new words, which is far more than I could ever have absorbed during my eight years in college! Thesaurus, I cant live without you!
My only advice for improvement would be to add more content in the extra features/add-ons. For example, there are fairly no thoughtful words in the "Rhyming" add-on, which makes it worthless… There should also be more examples demonstrating the use of the word in different sentences, to help people understand a more varied perspective of the different meanings a single word can take on.
That said, I only regret paying extra money for features that my (and most every) mind is far more skilled that then what the feature claims to bring to the table.
Overall, I find this a well-deserved 5-star thesaurus app (and trust me- I have compared them all)! 8•)
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