glossary

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noun

A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

“At the back of the book you can find the glossary.”

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OriginMiddle English glosarie ← Latin glossārium ← Ancient Greek γλῶσσα →
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Meanings

nounglossary (plural glossaries)

plural glossaries

  1. A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

    At the back of the book you can find the glossary.

    Synonyms: dictionary

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

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dictionary

More synonyms by meaning

nounan alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

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gloss
Broader
wordbook
Also see
clavisglosslexiconminilexiconnomenclator

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekγλῶσσα“tongue”
  2. Latinglossārium
  3. Middle Englishglosarie
  4. Englishglossary

From Middle English glosarie, from Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Doublet of glossarium.

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Translations

Arabic مَسْرَد
  • مَسْرَد (masrad)list of words with their definitions
Bulgarian речник, речниково гнездо
  • речник (rečnik)list of words with their definitions
  • речниково гнездо (rečnikovo gnezdo)list of words with their definitions
Catalan glossari
  • glossarilist of words with their definitions
Chinese Mandarin 術語表 /术语表
  • 術語表 /术语表 (shùyǔbiǎo)list of words with their definitions
Czech slovník pojmů, slovníček pojmů
  • slovník pojmůlist of words with their definitions
  • slovníček pojmůlist of words with their definitions
  • glosářlist of words with their definitions
Danish glosar, glossar
  • glosarlist of words with their definitions
  • glossarlist of words with their definitions
  • glosariumlist of words with their definitions
  • glossariumlist of words with their definitions
  • gloseboglist of words with their definitions
  • ordlistelist of words with their definitions
  • termlistelist of words with their definitions
  • gloselistelist of words with their definitions
  • glossehæftelist of words with their definitions
Dutch glossarium
  • glossariumlist of words with their definitions
Esperanto glosaro
  • glosarolist of words with their definitions
Finnish sanasto, asiasanasto
  • sanastolist of words with their definitions
  • asiasanastolist of words with their definitions
French glossaire
  • glossairelist of words with their definitions
German Glossar
  • Glossarlist of words with their definitions
Greek γλωσσάριο
  • γλωσσάριο (glossário)list of words with their definitions
Hebrew מונחון, מילון מונחים
  • מונחון (munakhón)list of words with their definitions
  • מילון מונחים (milón munakhím)list of words with their definitions
Hungarian szójegyzék, szólista
  • szójegyzéklist of words with their definitions
  • szólistalist of words with their definitions
  • glosszáriumlist of words with their definitions
Icelandic orðasafn
  • orðasafnlist of words with their definitions
Indonesian glosarium, daftar istilah
  • glosariumlist of words with their definitions
  • daftar istilahlist of words with their definitions
Irish foclóirín, gluais
  • foclóirínlist of words with their definitions
  • gluaislist of words with their definitions
Italian glossario
  • glossariolist of words with their definitions
Japanese 用語集, 語彙
  • 用語集 (yōgoshū)list of words with their definitions
  • 語彙 (goi)list of words with their definitions
  • グロッサリー (gurossarī)list of words with their definitions
Korean 용어집
  • 용어집 (yong'eojip)list of words with their definitions
Latin glossārium
  • glossāriumlist of words with their definitions
Malay glosari
  • glosarilist of words with their definitions
Māori kuputaka
  • kuputakalist of words with their definitions
Norwegian Bokmål glossar, glossarium
  • glossarlist of words with their definitions
  • glossariumlist of words with their definitions
  • ordlistelist of words with their definitions
Persian واژهنامه
  • واژهنامه (vāženāme)list of words with their definitions
Polish glosariusz, glosarium
  • glosariuszlist of words with their definitions
  • glosariumlist of words with their definitions
Portuguese glossário
  • glossáriolist of words with their definitions
Russian глосса́рий, слова́рь
  • глосса́рий (glossárij)list of words with their definitions
  • слова́рь (slovárʹ)list of words with their definitions
Spanish glosario
  • glosariolist of words with their definitions
Swedish ordlista, ordförklaring (ar)
  • ordlistalist of words with their definitions
  • ordförklaring (ar)list of words with their definitions
  • glossarlist of words with their definitions
  • glossariumlist of words with their definitions
Tagalog talaturingan, talahuluganan
  • talaturinganlist of words with their definitions
  • talahulugananlist of words with their definitions
Turkish lügatçe
  • lügatçelist of words with their definitions
Ukrainian глоса́рій, словничо́к
  • глоса́рій (hlosárij)list of words with their definitions
  • словничо́к (slovnyčók)list of words with their definitions
Vietnamese bảng chú giải
  • bảng chú giảilist of words with their definitions
Welsh geirfa, rhestr termau
  • geirfalist of words with their definitions
  • rhestr termaulist of words with their definitions
Cite this entry
APA

glossary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossary

MLA

“glossary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glossary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossary.

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