Not a dictionary, maybe not a thesaurus
This site might be useful:
wordnet.princeton.edu
I think what you want is something organized by semantic fields.
This is the book you're looking for:
http://www.amazon.com/Random-House-Websters-Word-Menu/dp/0345414411
Answers.com did have an online version of this, but I guess it's gone now. I haven't found anything like this online. Sorry.
You might try the Visual Thesaurus. https://www.visualthesaurus.com
It's a subscription product, but it's pretty close to what you're looking for, so perhaps it would count as a work expense
ridski said:
This is the book you're looking for:
http://www.amazon.com/Random-House-Websters-Word-Menu/dp/0345414411
Answers.com did have an online version of this, but I guess it's gone now. I haven't found anything like this online. Sorry.
Thank you! I just ordered one
I've also found the community discussions at Wordniks helpful (and also frustrating and self-indulgent). Useful for getting the grey matter sparking.
This may be of interest to readers here.
http://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/HarpersMagazine-2001-04-0070913.pdf
Not quite what you are asking for but a look at Brewer's Phrase and Fable may be inspirational.
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/brewers/
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