Roget's International Thesaurus, 8th Edition
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A newly revised and updated 8th edition of the world’s bestselling thesaurus—the only thesaurus based on Peter Roget’s original reference classic of 1852。 This edition includes more than 325，000 words and phrases （more than 2，400 of which are new） in 1，075 categories。
The revolutionary achievement of Dr。 Roget was his development of a brand new principle: the grouping of words according to ideas。 If the user cannot find something in a reference book， it is often because of the restriction of searching alphabetically by ‘known’ headwords。 Dr。 Roget’s thesaurus thus reversed the access to allow the user to find a word from another word， a concept or an idea。 When in 1852 Roget published the first book ever to realize this concept with thoroughness and precision， he called it a “thesaurus” （from the Greek and Latin， meaning “treasury” or “storehouse”）。 And thesaurus it has remained to this day。The ultimate reference tool， this new eighth edition contains over 443，000 words and phrases， grouped into 1，075 numbered categories。 Within each category you’ll find all the parts of speech， frequent cross-references， commonly-used words singled out in boldface， quotes that puts words into context， hundreds of fascinating and idiosyncratic word lists and much more。 If you’re a writer who needs help organizing a thought or mastering the nuance of expression， Roget's International Thesaurus remains the first source to turn to。
The revolutionary achievement of Dr。 Roget was his development of a brand new principle: the grouping of words according to ideas。 If the user cannot find something in a reference book， it is often because of the restriction of searching alphabetically by ‘known’ headwords。 Dr。 Roget’s thesaurus thus reversed the access to allow the user to find a word from another word， a concept or an idea。 When in 1852 Roget published the first book ever to realize this concept with thoroughness and precision， he called it a “thesaurus” （from the Greek and Latin， meaning “treasury” or “storehouse”）。 And thesaurus it has remained to this day。The ultimate reference tool， this new eighth edition contains over 443，000 words and phrases， grouped into 1，075 numbered categories。 Within each category you’ll find all the parts of speech， frequent cross-references， commonly-used words singled out in boldface， quotes that puts words into context， hundreds of fascinating and idiosyncratic word lists and much more。 If you’re a writer who needs help organizing a thought or mastering the nuance of expression， Roget's International Thesaurus remains the first source to turn to。
Reviews
Disa
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Less repetitive than I feared。
Pritam Chattopadhyay
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The book has been reprinted and expanded incalculable times， making it one of the typical desk reference works for students， teachers and writers of all kinds。 The latest edition contains over 250，000 words。 Millions of copies of the book remain in use。Every day thousands of people consult Roget’s Thesaurus。 It has a place on the bookshelves of English speakers around the world。 When one peruses the reference section of any bookshop or the databases of internet booksellers one finds dozens of cu The book has been reprinted and expanded incalculable times， making it one of the typical desk reference works for students， teachers and writers of all kinds。 The latest edition contains over 250，000 words。 Millions of copies of the book remain in use。Every day thousands of people consult Roget’s Thesaurus。 It has a place on the bookshelves of English speakers around the world。 When one peruses the reference section of any bookshop or the databases of internet booksellers one finds dozens of current editions of a work that was first published more than a century and a half ago。 International Roget’s Thesaurus， Students’ Roget’s， Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus， Pocket Roget’s Thesaurus。The inventory goes on and on。The authority of Roget’s Thesaurus has extended from the work of academic linguists and computer scientists to the dead parrot sketch in Monty Python’s Flying Circus， in which much of the humour derives from John Cleese running through a catalog of synonyms for ‘dead’ that has fairly obviously been culled from the famous reference book。When Peter Mark Roget was born， George III was 19 years into his 60-year-long reign。 When he died， Queen Victoria was 32 years into her even longer period on the throne。 During the 90 years he was alive， Britain and the world changed radically。 At the time he was born， the country was fighting an eventuallyineffective war to keep control of its most prized colonies in North America and prophets of doom were proclaiming the end of the nation’s greatness。 When he died， Britain was the centre of a vast worldwide empire， on the verge of an expansion into Africa that would make it even vaster。Like others in his family， he often suffered from sessions of despair， some of it stemming from a shocking incident in which his beloved uncle had committed suicide by slashing his throat in the young man’s presence。 Yet he was a high achiever， gaining election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815 and serving as that organization’s secretary for over 20 years。 He also held many other esteemed posts。As the author of countless scientific papers on a host of subjects， Roget was never one to sit indolently by， however， and in an effort to keep himself on track and flee from melancholia， he became an obsessive list-maker。 Obsessed with compiling indices， tables， catalogues and sorting schemes of many sorts， he was chiefly influenced by Carl Linnaeus’s zoological classification system。Blessed with a voracious appetite for knowledge and an infinite craving for work， Roget always strived to use the precise word for what he wished to convey。 To aid himself in this task， in order to ‘supply my own deficiencies’， in 1805 he set about expanding this list-making to create a system whereby he could organize his word lists by meaning in order to efficiently find the right word when he needed it。 He worked excitedly on the scheme for a year， calling the finished manuscript his ‘thesaurus’ from the Greek word for treasury or storehouse。Over the next 44 years， Roget often consulted his personal categorization system of related words and found it useful in his writing。 But he never shared the system with other writers。 When he turned 70 his daughter suggested that he publish the document as a retirement project and he agreed。Three years later in 1852 Roget published his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition。 The book listed 15，000 words。 Roget did not consider them synonyms because he believed every word was unique， but over time， the very name Roget would come to signify synonym for many readers。A remarkable man and a remarkable book！！ 。。。more
Katie
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At first， I thought the back index was a cumbersome extra step to accommodate a poor organizational choice。 Absolutely wrong on my part。 This thing is beautifully done。 There have been a few things I tried to find so far and couldn’t， but what is there is superb。 The inclusion of phrases gives it a leg up on other thesauruses。 Reading it feels traveling a current。 Each group of concepts flows into the next， and there are shiny， unexpected pebbles all over the river bed。 You could happily drown i At first， I thought the back index was a cumbersome extra step to accommodate a poor organizational choice。 Absolutely wrong on my part。 This thing is beautifully done。 There have been a few things I tried to find so far and couldn’t， but what is there is superb。 The inclusion of phrases gives it a leg up on other thesauruses。 Reading it feels traveling a current。 Each group of concepts flows into the next， and there are shiny， unexpected pebbles all over the river bed。 You could happily drown in it。 Highly recommend for anyone who worries that they’ve exhausted the finite combinations of words in the English language。 Really， really outstanding and inspiring to use。 💛Edit to add: I suspect it’s thick enough to kill a man， if thrown properly， which is a sure hallmark of any decent printed thesaurus。 。。。more
notgettingenough
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I got a personal message on Goodreads the other day by somebody spruiking his new book site。 It was great， he said， you can chat to people about books on it。 After making the obvious point that he was telling me that on a site where people chat about books， he enthusiastically assured me that if I just went and had a look， I'd see。。。。So I did。 Book-talks。com You need a login to see chat rooms， but you can see books and their blurbs without that。 I zeroed in on The Great Gatsby on account of how I got a personal message on Goodreads the other day by somebody spruiking his new book site。 It was great， he said， you can chat to people about books on it。 After making the obvious point that he was telling me that on a site where people chat about books， he enthusiastically assured me that if I just went and had a look， I'd see。。。。So I did。 Book-talks。com You need a login to see chat rooms， but you can see books and their blurbs without that。 I zeroed in on The Great Gatsby on account of how it's more or less my favourite book。 And this is what I read:The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel composed by American creator F。 Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the anecdotal towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the late spring of 1922。 The story essentially concerns the youthful and baffling mogul Jay Gatsby and his eccentric energy and fixation on the excellent previous debutante Daisy Buchanan。 The Great Gatsby investigates topics of debauchery， vision， protection from change， social change and abundance， making a representation of the Roaring Twenties that has been depicted as a useful example in regards to the American Dream。 Something odd is going on here。 It's either been written by a non-native person with a thesaurus。。。or an algorithm？ I put a sentence into google and discovered the answer。The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F。 Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922。 Many literary critics consider The Great Gatsby to be one of the greatest novels ever written。[1][2][3][4]The story of the book primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan。 Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus， The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence， idealism， resistance to change， social upheaval and excess， creating a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary[a] tale regarding the American Dream。[5][6] The blurb has been taken lock stock and barrel from wiki's The Great Gatsby entry and a thesaurus loving algorithm has changed some words to make it 'original'。 The comparisons between the two are hilarious。 It would make a nice lesson for school kids on understanding what a thesaurus is and the dangers of using it。 。。。more
Benjamin Rubenstein
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Whew I finally flipped through all half a million words and 1，350 pages。。。sike！ Though I did spend half an hour learning about this behemoth and how to use it， and I feel strong about my acquisition and future choices of my written words。
Bess
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Regardless of the vast options for internet resources on how to write well， a hard copy of a Thesaurus is invaluable。 It was useful for school and useful for writing today。
S Jean Schultze
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As gripping a literary work as could be produced without plot or characters！
D
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The gold standard for all thesauruses。
Susan
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What I couldn't do without a reference book for synonyms！ This has come in handy！ What I couldn't do without a reference book for synonyms！ This has come in handy！ 。。。more
Lauren
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Kelly
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An absolute essential for writers。 I keep mine right next to me on my desk while I work。
John Hawkins
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Hard to read。 Just kept saying the same thing over and over but in different words。
Sharon Beers
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This is an excellent edition。 Reference。
James
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Just got this， and it's still the best - "The original Roget's"， as the dust jacket says。 The way it's organized is counter-intuitive， at least for me， but it works better than anything else I've found。 I've been accumulating - collecting sounds too organized - dictionaries and thesauruses （thesauri？） since I was a teenager， and I always come back to the original-format Roget's。 Believing that using exactly the right word is important， for me this book would be worth buying at twice the price。 Just got this， and it's still the best - "The original Roget's"， as the dust jacket says。 The way it's organized is counter-intuitive， at least for me， but it works better than anything else I've found。 I've been accumulating - collecting sounds too organized - dictionaries and thesauruses （thesauri？） since I was a teenager， and I always come back to the original-format Roget's。 Believing that using exactly the right word is important， for me this book would be worth buying at twice the price。 。。。more
Don Gubler
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Needed reference for writing and upgrading vocabulary。
Mary Catelli
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Usually I read a book twice， to be sure， before reviewing。 This one， however， I haven't read through even once。Roget's International Thesaurus was not designed to be read。 It's wonderful for browsing， though。 The real charm to it is that it is organized by topic， not alphabetically。 You can drill down from the overarching concepts or look up the section in the index in the back。 But once you have gotten to it -- well， in an alphabetical one， since they have to repeat the synonyms for each word， Usually I read a book twice， to be sure， before reviewing。 This one， however， I haven't read through even once。Roget's International Thesaurus was not designed to be read。 It's wonderful for browsing， though。 The real charm to it is that it is organized by topic， not alphabetically。 You can drill down from the overarching concepts or look up the section in the index in the back。 But once you have gotten to it -- well， in an alphabetical one， since they have to repeat the synonyms for each word， they have to limit their size。 For this one， under "Light" they have nearly two pages covering nouns -- shine， glitter， flash， daylight， iridescence -- verbs -- shine， luminesce， illuminate -- and adjectives -- bright， flashing， illuminating -- each of which words is beginning of a paragraph of closely related words， among many such clumps。It's not a book for reading， but anyone in love with words will find it a nice book for browsing。 。。。more
C。J。 Ruby
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"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver。" Proverbs 25:11 "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver。" Proverbs 25:11 。。。more
Karen Hood
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A classic that everyone should read and read again。
Mike
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Essential
Chaim
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Unquestionably， the most cherished book on my bookshelf， by far！
Tomijo Gale
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A desk without a good thesaurus is like a house without windows。
HeavyReader
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Even though I've had this book since I graduated from high school in 1989 （thanks Ms。 Delcarpio！）， I have not read the whole thing。 Show me someone who has read the enitre Roget's Thesaurus， and I will applaud that person for being a bigger word geek than I am。This book has helped me so much with my writing。 When I need a new word， this book is where I turn。 I love it！ Even though I've had this book since I graduated from high school in 1989 （thanks Ms。 Delcarpio！）， I have not read the whole thing。 Show me someone who has read the enitre Roget's Thesaurus， and I will applaud that person for being a bigger word geek than I am。This book has helped me so much with my writing。 When I need a new word， this book is where I turn。 I love it！ 。。。more
Brenda
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Best thesaurus ever！ I own an old and battered third edition， but you couldn't pay me to part with it。 Best thesaurus ever！ I own an old and battered third edition， but you couldn't pay me to part with it。 。。。more
Textmaven
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Roget is my hero。 A marvel of hierarchies。
Marc Mayfield
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Zipped through it cover to cover in one sitting！ I just couldn't put it down， even though there's no plot to speak of。 Lots of words for the money！ Zipped through it cover to cover in one sitting！ I just couldn't put it down， even though there's no plot to speak of。 Lots of words for the money！ 。。。more
Patricia Burroughs
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A friend of mine scoffed at my high school era thesaurus， as she vastly preferred the older 1946 edition。 Tracking down a copy for myself was the first step in what has turned into a collection of Roget's Thesauri。 It's definitely different from the later editions。 I can't say it's better or worse， but I do like checking between them from time to time when I'm not finding quite the right word。 A friend of mine scoffed at my high school era thesaurus， as she vastly preferred the older 1946 edition。 Tracking down a copy for myself was the first step in what has turned into a collection of Roget's Thesauri。 It's definitely different from the later editions。 I can't say it's better or worse， but I do like checking between them from time to time when I'm not finding quite the right word。 。。。more
Peacenow
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Besides being a "use-full" book， I consider Roget's a sort of "holy" book。 I could write a book about this book; not a biography of the author， but， how this book can change one's life。。。， how it can guide and order a life。 It has so much power。 Perhaps I'll take on the project of explaining the way I perceive this book; how I use it。 I've tried， verbally， but always fail and leave the listener yawning。 I will work on it， and change this review when its done。For now， let it suffice。。。 get the ol Besides being a "use-full" book， I consider Roget's a sort of "holy" book。 I could write a book about this book; not a biography of the author， but， how this book can change one's life。。。， how it can guide and order a life。 It has so much power。 Perhaps I'll take on the project of explaining the way I perceive this book; how I use it。 I've tried， verbally， but always fail and leave the listener yawning。 I will work on it， and change this review when its done。For now， let it suffice。。。 get the oldest edition possible。 I've collected quite a few。 Make sure you have the preface， dedication and Roget's own preface to the first edition （it's great reading what the man who wrote the book on words wrote）（and so humble， too！） and of course the listing/synopsis of the Categories。 One can order one's life with this list。Through Goodreads' suggestions I find "The Man Who Made Lists" （Roget's biography） by Joshua Kendall and plan to read it right away。 Thanks！Does anyone know of a [study:] of the Synopsis of Catagories？ 。。。more
Barbara
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A writer's handbook - shouldn't be without it。 A writer's handbook - shouldn't be without it。 。。。more
E。J。 Matze
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