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thesaurus.com

Category: Education

Scanned: Jul 14, 2026, 05:50 AM UTC · First seen: Jul 14, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of thesaurus.com Captured Jul 14, 2026
https://thesaurus.com
Screenshot of thesaurus.com
31 years
Very Popular - #4,438 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
104.18.34.167
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar 101domain GRS Limited
Registered May 30, 1995
Expires May 29, 2027
Name Servers NS-1293.AWSDNS-33.ORG
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
100 files scanned
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www.thesaurus.com.http-redirect 86 B No threats
cmas.sdcdns.com/prebid-min.js 484.1 KB No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id= 1.5 KB No threats
www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-PVMWP3 266 B No threats
client.aps.amazon-adsystem.com/video-player.js 499.1 KB No threats
cdn.thesaurus.com/js-MobileSiteNav-DwjbcO6o.js 431 B No threats
cdn.thesaurus.com/Search.app-DFxWA0-k.js 9.4 KB No threats
cdn.thesaurus.com/js-MobileAppHideSiteHeaderFooter-B4P9EdDP.js 540 B No threats
cdn.thesaurus.com/js-HeadwordAudioBtn-BaVIWsj3.js 423 B No threats
cdn.thesaurus.com/WordOfTheDayModal.app-CMR7_bFF.js 4.9 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
2046
External Links
All Clean
1
Iframes
Clean
87
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
1
Flagged Resources
Detected
www.dictionarymedia.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042Not flagged
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/CookiesNot flagged
http://thesaurus.com/${e.htmlresource}Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/${e.iframeresource}Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/${n}Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/%%clickthroughurl%%Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/%%src%%Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/600Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/?page%3D2Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/?page%3D3Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/?page%3D4Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/?page%3D5Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/?page%3D6Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/?page%3D7Not flagged
http://thesaurus.com/about:blankNot flagged
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Showing first 500 of 2046 entries.
www.dictionarymedia.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
advertising.inmobi.comNot flagged
apps.apple.comNot flagged
assets.dictionary.comNot flagged
btloader.comNot flagged
c.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
c.toolbox.aps.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
cdn.thesaurus.comNot flagged
client.aps.amazon-adsystem.comNot flagged
cloud.google.comNot flagged
cmas.sdcdns.comNot flagged
commons.wikimedia.orgNot flagged
content.dictionary.comNot flagged
developers.cloudflare.comNot flagged
developers.google.comNot flagged
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<iframe src%3D"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-PVMWP3" height%3D"0" width%3D"0" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden">Not flagged
thesaurus.com Overview

Description of thesaurus.com

Thesaurus.com appears to be a long-established online language reference website focused on synonyms, antonyms, and vocabulary discovery. The page title and visible homepage content indicate that it provides word lookup, related terms, articles, and educational language resources such as a “Word of the Day” feature and writing-oriented content.

Based on the branding shown in the screenshot and the referenced infrastructure, the site appears to operate as part of the broader Dictionary.com ecosystem. Its very old domain registration date and strong traffic ranking suggest it is a widely used reference resource with a substantial user base, likely serving students, writers, educators, and general readers looking to improve English vocabulary and usage.

Safety Assessment for thesaurus.com

The available scan results are broadly reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines flagged the domain, and the checked threat databases did not report listings associated with phishing or malware distribution. The domain is also longstanding, with a registration age of more than 30 years, which generally aligns more closely with an established web property than with short-lived abusive sites.

One secondary scan component did note a generic heuristic finding tied to a referenced domain, www.dictionarymedia.com, rather than indicating confirmed malicious content on thesaurus.com itself. Generic heuristic labels without corroboration from other security engines are lower-confidence signals and may reflect pattern-based detection rather than verified harm. No flagged files were reported, and the external-link review did not identify flagged URLs.

Taking the full context into account — including the clean multi-engine result, clean blacklist checks, established age, high visibility, and the educational content shown in the screenshot — based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site is served over HTTPS with a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Google Trust Services, with the certificate shown as expiring on 2026-09-27. The domain resolves to an IP hosted by Cloudflare and uses Cloudflare web-server infrastructure, which commonly provides CDN, caching, and edge protection services. The listed nameservers are on AWS DNS infrastructure.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses do not appear to benefit from DNSSEC validation at this time. No major technical security concerns were evident from the provided scan data beyond the low-confidence heuristic reference noted elsewhere.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://thesaurus.com/
200 https://www.thesaurus.com/
Website Insights
#4,438
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
Jun 8 Jul 13
22 cookies detected
Essential20
Analytics2
Advertising0
Social0
21 1st party cookies
1 3rd party (tracker)
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