The Word Finder

by J.I. Rodale (Editor)

Book by Rodale, J. I.

Genres: Reference, Writing, Nonfiction

1344 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1980

About the author

Jerome Irving Rodale (surname accented on second syllable) (August 16, 1898 – June 8, 1971), was a playwright, editor, author, and founder of Rodale, Inc.

He was one of the first advocates of a return to sustainable agriculture and organic farming in the United States. He founded a publishing empire, founded several magazines, and published many books—his own and those of others—on health. He also published works on a wide variety of other topics, including The Synonym Finder. Rodale popularized the term "organic" to mean grown without pesticides.

Reviews

[Brad VanAuken]

Most writers use dictionaries, thesauri, synonym and antonym reference books, etc., but this book is unique. It suggests a huge number of words to modify or augment other words. That is, it suggests verbs, adjectives and adverbs. So this book is not only useful, it is 'remarkably' useful. Or perhaps it is 'marvelously' useful or 'amazingly' useful or 'unusually' useful. You get the picture. Now get the book.

[Juan Díaz]

I love this book. I owned one some years ago and somebody stole it. A pity...

[Jimbo]

A different type of reference....A combination of a thesaurus with associated phrase....