In case you haven't run across this elsewhere, Plumb Design makes an excellent graphical thesaurus. Not only is it useful for those writing tasks, but it is a great display of how words are connected through common meanings and other linkages (anonyms, examples, derivation). You'll need a Java Runtime Engine for the plugin to work.
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