Question

In which reference would you find an antonym for descend?

Answer 1

Answer:

Thesaurus

Explanation:

A thesaurus is a book that lists words alphabetically or in groups of synonyms and related concepts. In it, you can often find not only synonyms, but antonyms of many words as well.

A dictionary is a book that contains a list of words arranged alphabetically. For each word, you can see its:

• definition - its meaning or meanings;
• part of speech;
• correct spelling;
• pronunciation;
• etymology - its origin of the word.

You would use the synonym finder to look for synonyms.

You would use a social studies glossary to look for definitions of terms related to the social studies.