Thoroughly revised and updated, this resource features over 420,000 synonyms and antonyms; an A-Z listing of headwords for easy reference; up-to-date vocabulary, with technological, rare, and archaic terms; and boxes listing related words, such as kinds of dogs or medical terms.
Chambers, now Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd following the acquisition of the Harrap bilingual dictionary list in the early 1990s, continues to be based in Edinburgh. As of 2006 it is part of the Hachette Livre UK group of publishers. As well as the core business of publishing dictionaries and thesauruses, Chambers also publishes a range of language-reference titles, reference titles on science, history, biography and quotations, fact books, phrasebooks, and crossword, puzzle and games titles. It is one of the most respected reference publishers in the world.
Editor-in-chief Martin Manser is a professional writer and researcher, who specializes in English language. His works include for
Chambers Dictionary of Eponyms and
Chambers Synonyms and Antonyms.