Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reference_work
1 sense of reference work
Sense 1
reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts -- (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic")
=> book -- (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics")