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How to Find Alternative Words in Word

 
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Article author: Jordan James
      Written by Jordan James
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Word has a function that allows us to replace one word with another similar or opposite (synonyms and antonyms) word. This is useful if we don't want the same words to appear repetitively throughout a report.

In terms of the non-digital world, we may search for what we're looking using a thesaurus and Word uses the same approach to your electronic documents.

Just highlight your word you need to replace and then right click on the word and select Synonyms from the menu to see what is available.


How To Find Alternative Words In Microsoft Word

Watch to see how to find alternative words in microsoft word

[ Video tutorial created by Activia Training and purchased by ZandaX ]


Here we see alternative words for the word "repeating" so we could use reiterating or restating for example.

Synonyms in Microsoft Word

Another method is to highlight the word and use the Review Tab and click on Thesaurus. Select a suitable word from the Task Pane on the right hand side of the screen.

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