Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
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"Roget's Thesaurus" by Peter Mark Roget is a reference work first published in 1852. Roget, a British physician and lexicographer, created this revolutionary system of verbal classification to help writers struggling with composition. Rather than arranging words alphabetically, his thesaurus organizes them into six primary classes with over a thousand meaning clusters, grouping words by semantic relationships and conceptual connections. Originally containing 15,000 words, the work has expanded through successive editions while
maintaining Roget's foundational organizational system, becoming one of the most widely used English-language reference tools. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869 |
|---|---|
| Title | Roget's Thesaurus |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roget%27s_Thesaurus |
| Credits | MICRA, Inc. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 50.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PE: Language and Literatures: English |
| Subject | English language -- Synonyms and antonyms |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 22 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 1991 |
| Last Update | Jul 16, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 8507 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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