CHRESTOMATHY Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word chrestomathy. (close relations)
Definition of CHRESTOMATHY
Best Alternative Words for CHRESTOMATHY
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anthology | nounn | |||||||
noun • a collection of selected literary passages | ||||||||
collection | nounn | |||||||
noun • several things grouped together or considered as a whole • a publication containing a variety of works • request for a sum of money • the act of gathering something together | ||||||||
compendium | nounn | |||||||
noun • a publication containing a variety of works • a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work | ||||||||
miscellany | nounn | |||||||
noun • a collection containing a variety of sorts of things • an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. | ||||||||
reader | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who enjoys reading • someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication • a person who can read; a literate person • someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication • someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections • someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church • a public lecturer at certain universities • one of a series of texts for students learning to read | ||||||||
selection | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of choosing or selecting • an assortment of things from which a choice can be made • the person or thing chosen or selected • a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment • a passage selected from a larger work |