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book

[book] / bʊk /
NOUN
published document
Synonyms
STRONGEST
album booklet brochure copy dictionary edition essay fiction magazine manual novel pamphlet paperback publication text textbook tome volume work writing
STRONG
Bible atlas bestseller codex compendium dissertation encyclopedia folio handbook hardcover leaflet lexicon monograph nonfiction octavo offprint omnibus opus periodical portfolio primer quarto reader reprint roll scroll speller thesaurus tract treatise
WEAK
opuscule preprint softcover vade mecum
NOUN
account; diary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
album list notebook record
STRONG
agenda pad register roster
VERB
register, arrange for
Synonyms
STRONGEST
enter hire line up organize schedule set up
STRONG
bill charter engage enroll make reservation order procure program reserve
WEAK
bespeak pencil in preengage sew up
Antonyms
STRONG
cancel dismiss let go reject
WEAK
bow out free up
VERB
arrest
Synonyms
STRONG
accuse charge
WEAK
prefer charges take into custody
Antonyms
STRONG
exculpate exonerate
WEAK
free let go

Example Sentences

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The book makes the case for putting yourself first in work, life and child-rearing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

But Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Perri saved from Jarrod Bowen and Pablo, before Pascal Struijk kept his nerve to help Leeds win 4-2 on penalties and book a Wembley last-four tie against Chelsea.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

"This is not news," her teacher noted in the margin of her book.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

If I want to read a book, I can read a book,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

I took the horrible letter and since I couldn’t bear to have it close to my own body, I folded it into a book instead and set the book on top of my trunk.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.