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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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A major breakthrough came from constructing a detailed genetic atlas that maps a range of CD8 T cell states.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 21, 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

One of the early documents that Mr. Cheshire found is an atlas produced by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge between 1829 and 1844.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Lord Asriel seized a great atlas from the map chest and flung it open, looking for the pages that showed the Himalaya.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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