BigThesaurus isn't a bad program. The majority of the time I search for a word, the meaning I want is there, and I find an even better synonym. And BigThesaurus is fast - half a second after tapping the hot key, a bundle of words are at my disposal. With a click of the mouse, I can replace my boring word with a jazzy synonym, or pick another word and cross-reference it. Finally, the dinosaur that is the BigThesaurus logo is silly.
Instillation is easy.
The installer application quickly copies files from two double-sided disks to the hard drive. The data files eat about 800K of disk space. The manual suggests a minimum of two megabytes of system memory. Currently, BigThesaurus works only in English. The manual states that in the future, ''add-on modules'' will be available that will extend the program.