University Library: Education: Dictionaries

Educational definitions

EdSpeak : A Glossary of Education Terms, Phrases, Buzzwords, and Jargon
Definitions of terms used in education and teaching. It also includes acronyms and abbreviations.
Greenwood Dictionary of Education
Authoritative definitions for terms that apply to educational research, practice, and theory.
Key Concepts in Education
Themes, topics and expressions that education students are likely to encounter.

Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors
Terminology used to describe research and practice in Australian education (used in the A+ Education database).
ERIC Thesaurus
Subject descriptors used in the ERIC database.

American Heritage Roget's Thesaurus
A wide range of synonyms organized in alphabetical order.
Bloomsbury Thesaurus
Dictionary of synonyms.
Cambridge English Dictionaries
Online access to Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary and some other dictionaries published by Cambridge University Press.
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
General dictionary.
Collins English Dictionary
General dictionary
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia
Dictionary of technical terms.

Credo Reference Collection

A multidisciplinary reference collection of dictionaries, encyclopaedias and handbooks, plus topic guides and mind maps.

Macquarie Dictionary
General Australian dictionary
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
Large general dictionary available online.
Penguin English Dictionary
General dictionary
Thesaurus.com
Search a word to find synonyms and related words.
Wordsmyth
An online dictionary and thesaurus.