Roget's International Thesaurus (ROGET'S INTERNATIONAL THESAURUS INDEXED EDITION) - Hardcover

Roget, Peter Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060185759 ISBN 13: 9780060185756

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001

Synopsis

Based on Peter Roget's classic 1859 reference book, this revised, expanded, and updated thesaurus--available in a thumb-indexed edition for easy access--adds three thousand new words, featuring more than 325,000 entries in 1,072 separate categories and including a wide range of synonyms, antonyms and related words that reflect the latest in English language usage.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A classic reference book that has been used by millions all over the world, Roget's International Thesaurus is the product of more than a century and a half of continual expansion, reorganization, and improvement. Today this book is not only the most time-tested and bestselling thesaurus ever, but, newly revised, it is also the most up-to-date and comprehensive reflection of the English language as it is currently used.

The revolutionary achievement of Dr. Peter Mark Roget's first edition in 1852 was the development of a brand-new principle: the arrangement of words and phrases according to their meanings. Dr. Roget's system brings together in one place all the terms associated with a single thought or concept; it allows a wide-ranging survey of language within a book of relatively modest size, without the space-consuming repetitions that so severely limit the scope of thesauruses arranged in a dictionary format with A-to-Z entries. This brilliant organization makes Roget's International Thesaurus both the most efficient word finder and a cutting-edge aid in stimulating thought, organizing ideas, and writing and speaking more clearly and effectively.

This revised and updated seventh edition features thousands of new words and phrases, including the newest slang words and expressions that color and inform everyday language. At the same time, it retains all the hallmarks that have made Roget's International Thesaurus the most popular word reference book next to the dictionary.

Synopsis:

The only thesaurus based on Peter Roget's original classic first published in 1859, this edition is the most definitive, up-to-date, and comprehensive reference of its kind. Not an A-Z listing, this all-time bestseller retains Roget's unique and brilliant category-based organising system, an innovative ordering of the English language designed to organise readers' thoughts and stimulate ideas. Here all synonyms, antonyms, and related words are grouped together for quick and easy comparison, without all the needless repetition and cross-referencing of alphabetical thesauri. With a 20% revision, including edits to reflect the very latest trends and technologies - and nearly 3,000 new words - Roget's International Thesaurus, 6th Edition is an essential reference for every home library.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060185759
• ISBN 13: 9780060185756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1168