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atlas

[at-luhs] / ˈæt ləs /
NOUN
book
Synonyms
STRONGEST
album booklet brochure copy dictionary edition essay fiction magazine manual novel pamphlet paperback publication text textbook tome volume work writing
STRONG
Bible 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
directory
Synonyms
STRONGEST
almanac catalogue list yellow pages
STRONG
agenda book charts index lineup record register roster scorecard syllabus
WEAK
blue book gazeteer hit list laundry list little black book short list social register white pages who's who
NOUN
map
Synonyms
STRONGEST
design drawing graph outline picture plan print sketch
STRONG
delineation diagram draft elevation globe plat portrayal projection tracing
WEAK
ground plan topographical depiction
NOUN
reference book
Synonyms
STRONGEST
almanac dictionary directory thesaurus
WEAK
encyclopedia how-to book source book wordbook work of reference

Example Sentences

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"It's a good idea to carry a road atlas for back-up, too."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

If he doesn’t believe us, he can look up Norway, Sweden and Finland in an atlas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

By mapping these gene activity patterns, they produced a detailed cellular atlas outlining the boundaries between distinct nerve cell types across the CA1 region.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2025

Three years later, their partnership has produced an unprecedented body of knowledge about hundreds of protist species and laid the groundwork for a "planetary atlas" of plankton.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

‘This place we’re flying over now isn’t in the atlas, is it?’ the pilot said, grinning.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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