All textbook synonyms
text·book
T t noun textbook
- feds — the Fed, Informal. the Federal Reserve System.
- atlantes — supporting columns for an entablature, carved in the form of standing or kneeling figures of men
- enchiridion — A book containing essential information on a subject.
- folio — a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- atlas — An atlas is a book of maps.
- nonfiction — the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction and distinguished from poetry and drama).
- opuscule — a small or minor work.
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- kingpin — Bowling. headpin. the pin at the center; the number five pin.
- ceo — CEO is an abbreviation for chief executive officer.
- book — A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
- bestseller — A bestseller is a book of which a great number of copies has been sold.
- octavo — a book size of about 6 × 9 inches (16 × 23 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. Symbol: 8vo, 8°.
- workbook — a manual of operating instructions.
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- codex — A codex is an ancient type of book which was written by hand, not printed.
- cookbook — A cookbook is a book that contains recipes for preparing food.
- hornbook — a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
- codices — Codices is the plural of codex.
- quarto — a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°.
- hardcover — a book bound in cloth, leather, or the like, over stiff material: Hardcovers are more durable than paperbacks.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- manual — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
adj textbook
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- faultless — without fault, flaw, or defect; perfect.
- bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- archetypal — Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.