Roget's thesaurus of synonyms and antonyms

by Peter Mark Roget

A great resource!

Genres: Reference, Writing, Nonfiction, Language

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Peter Mark Roget (born January 18, 1779, London, England—died September 12, 1869, West Malvern, Worcestershire) was an English physician and philologist remembered for his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852), a comprehensive classification of synonyms or verbal equivalents that is still popular.

Reviews

[Robin Hobb]

An essential for any writer! On paper, please! That way when you become bored you can pick it up and page through it and discover wonderful words you never knew!

This is a great work for finding precisely the word you need rather than the first one that pops into your head. Buy it, use it, love it to scattered pages, and then buy another one.

[CherieBiebie]

It has been my constant companion for the last twelve years! Yummy, delicious words - scrumptious, a feast for the voracious gobbler!

gobble > gormandize > 957 Gluttony -- [...] V. gormandize, gorge; over-gorge, -eat- oneself; engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff, stodge, glut, satiate, gutt-le; bolt, devour, gobble up; gulp etc. (swallow food) 298; raven, eat out of house and home. have the stomach of an ostrich; play a good knife and fork etc. (appetite>) 865

[Crystie]

Best thesaurus there is. Found this book as a kid, and I've spent hours and hour pawing over my falling-to-bits-duct-tape-spine copy. I don't really use it for writing, but this is what sparked my love for language, and I'm forever endebted to Mr. Roget.

[Tony]

The 'contents' pages were the most enthralling introduction to philosophy and semantics and world classification of knowledge that one could hope for in their early 20s! And to gaze over the words in the final section "#1000'! Wow.

[Corona Radiata]

To read this is to swim, to float but, certainly, to immerse.

[Steve Clark]

Edition: First Edition