Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

by Peter Mark Roget (Creator)

A new edition of the popular thesaurus provides precise definitions of each synonym, complete synonym groups at every entry, a Category Index that includes related or opposing terms, and an extensive cross-reference system. 150,000 first printing.

Genres: Reference, Writing, Nonfiction, Language, Words, Dictionaries

1200 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1980

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

[Steven Peterson]

A fine resource. Examples from this volume: amicable=friendly or harmonious; Contumely=indignity, vituperation; ignominious=disgraceful. And so on. A thesaurus is a valuable tool, and this version surely warrants attention.

[Ostap Bender]

The spine of this old paperback testifies to how often I used it in college, so it's sentimental for me. Roget was and perhaps still is nearly synonymous with thesaurus, though it seems these references have gone the way of the dinosaur-us.

[Lance1]

Was not a book about a dinosaur

[Molly]

It's a thesaurus, so there's not much that can be said about it as a review. [return]The layout is acceptable and considering I'm most likely using it to verify my own knowledge, I can't really call it out on any errors.

[Cws]

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[Christopher Ammons]

Indispensible tool for any serious writer. Having read carefully through 6th addition Rogets thesarus one approximates mastery of English language vocabulary!