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Enter a slang word (e.g. kicks) or a meaning (e.g. shoes.)How the urban thesaurus is organized
Words can have more than one definition. Each different definition corresponds to a different meaning. For example, here are two definitions from the slang word kicks:
- shoes.
Those are some nice kicks.
- to be great.
This restaurant kicks.
The different definitions are assigned to thesaurus categories. A thesaurus category corresponds to a specific meaning or a group of similar meanings. Here are those same definitions of "kicks", along with their thesaurus categories:
- shoes.
Those are some nice kicks.
- See more words with the same meaning: shoes
- to be great.
This restaurant kicks.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun
Overall thesaurus organization
The urban thesaurus is organized into 4 main categories:
- Things
- Actions
- Qualities
- Other
Each category contains sub-categories. For example, "Things" contains a "clothes, clothing" sub-category. That category contains a "shoes" sub-category. And that's one of the places that the slang word "kicks" appears in the urban thesaurus.
At the top of the web page for a thesaurus category, it will show you where that category appears in the larger structure of the urban thesaurus.
For example, here is a small portion from the web page for the "clothes, clothing" category:
- Things
- To expand these results, click one of the above categories.
- clothes, clothing
- To narrow these results, click one of the following categories:
- pants, trousers, shorts
- shoes
- shirt
- to not wear underpants
- to wear clothing
- See also naked, unclothed, to disrobe
The category that you are currently viewing is in bold. You can click sub-categories and super-categories to navigate the urban thesaurus.
How to view an overview of the thesaurus
You can view the overall urban thesaurus structure in three ways:
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