The URDU THESAURUS (‘beta’ or ‘testing’ version) launched for the web and smartphones on 16 July 2016 was developed over five years. Through the Urdu Thesaurus website and app over forty thousand unique words and phrases and over twenty thousand sets of synonyms can be searched. As a language reference resource it is a constantly evolving tool. Currently featuring only synonyms its future versions will have integrated Urdu-to-Urdu lexicons bilingual dictionaries and dictionaries of antonyms idioms and proverbs.