English noun: cyclopedia | |||
1. | cyclopedia (communication) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty | ||
Synonyms | cyclopaedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | book of knowledge | ||