paperback

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
paperback
    adj 1: (of books) having a flexible binding [syn: {paperback},
           {paperbacked}]
    n 1: a book with paper covers [syn: {paperback book}, {paper-
         back book}, {paperback}, {softback book}, {softback},
         {soft-cover book}, {soft-cover}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paperback \pa"per*back`\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*b[a^]k`), n.
   A book with paper covers; -- contrasted with {hardback} or
   {hardcover}.

   Syn: softback, soft-cover.
        [WordNet 1.5]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paperback \pa"per*back\ adj.
   having a flexible binding; -- of books. Contrasted to
   {hardcover} or {hardbacked} or {hardbound}.

   Syn: paperbacked, soft-bound, softcover, softback.
        [WordNet 1.5]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "paperback":
      best seller, book, bound book, classic, coloring book,
      definitive work, folio, great work, hardback, juvenile,
      juvenile book, limp-cover book, magnum opus, nonbook, notebook,
      novel, opus, opuscule, opusculum, picture book, playbook,
      pocket book, prayer book, production, psalmbook, psalter,
      publication, serial, sketchbook, soft-cover, songbook,
      standard work, storybook, title, tome, trade book, volume, work,
      writing
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