Links to online reference tools for copywriters

If you're attempting your own copywriting and you're faced with a tough deadline the following links could be invaluable. This is where you'll find advice on grammar, a thesaurus, an online encyclopaedia and more.

Please feel free to contact me if there is a link that you would like to appear here.


Grammar Concise advice on English grammar. A bit heavy for some.
Acronyms More than 220,00 acronyms. Fast and comprehensive.
Quotations 11,000 searchable quotations. Useful.
More quotations Another source for quotations. Searchable by subject matter. Good.
Thesaurus Roget on-line. American spellings only. Be careful.
Encyclopaedia The Britannica Concise. 25,000 entries, usefully cross-referenced.
Rhyming slang Cockney to English [sic] dictionary compiled by a Canadian. Oh dear.
Americanisms American to English dictionary. Some errors. Interesting.
Anagrams Correctly reported that 'Drew Nichol' can be rearranged as 'Child Owner', 'Hired Clown, 'Nice Dr. Howl' and others. Hmm.
Rhyming dictionary For song-writers, poets and other people with too much time on their hands.