Concise Rogets International Thesaurus [Paperback]

Robert L. Chapman (Editor), Roget (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 16, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0673997065 | ISBN-13: 978-0673997067 | Edition: 5

An abridged edition of the world's bestselling original thesaurus. This completely revised and updated edition contains over 230,000 words, nearly three thousand of which are newly added.

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 reversed the access to allow the user to find a word from another word, a concept or an idea.

This ultimate reference tool – the best–selling thesaurus ever in all its editions – contains over 230,000 words and phrases, nearly 3000 of which are new to this edition, grouped into 1072 numbered categories. Within each category you'll find all the parts of speech, frequent cross–references, commonly used words singled out in boldface, and much more. If you're a writer who needs help organising a thought or mastering the nuance of expression, the International Thesaurus remains the first source to turn to.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D., is a lexicographer who has authored or compiled more than forty books, including the Dictionary of American Slang (with Robert L. Chapman), The Order of Things, Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary, and the bestselling 14,000 Things to Be Happy About. She received her doctorate in linguistics from England's University of Exeter.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Longman Pub Group; 5 edition (April 16, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0673997065
• ISBN-13: 978-0673997067
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,231,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roget's International -- the crossword addict's best friend, April 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Concise Rogets International Thesaurus (Paperback)

First off I think Roget's Thesaurus is the best book ever written. I use various versions constantly.

Roget's International Thesaurus, with its index in the back for locating words, is for me as a crossword addict and professional writer the most helpful thesaurus.

The other versions have alphabetized entries like a dictionary and give you far fewer words from which to choose.

My old edition is so worn out the cover has fallen off. My only criticism is that I wish it would be printed in hardback.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful, it is like the Bible of words., November 3, 2006

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Can Dincer "Merdol Can Dincer" (TR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roget's Thesaurus, 6th Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a copywriter and I find this thesaurus very useful. It has a different approach to wording. The only thing is that rarely you might not be finding a word you are looking for, yet, it is creative and it works well. I would recommend this thesaurus to every writer or student preparing their projects or writing their essays.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Less than expected but still far better than the rest, March 27, 2009

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Marne Lierman "silver sennyo" (Orem, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roget's Thesaurus, 6th Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

After loosing my older edition of a Roget's Thesaurus that I acquired several years ago, I was thrilled to get my hands on the newest release. I love the set up, and that there are so many more words than other thesauruses, but am quite disappointed with the index.

In the earlier edition I owed, almost half of the book was made up of the index, I am pretty sure nearly every word in the thesaurus was listed in the there. And although it was a lot to get through to find a single word, it was useful for other things, such as a finding the spelling of a word, or perusing through a section when I couldn't think of exactly what word was coming to mind.

The index in this edition is pathetic by comparison. It takes up less than five percent of the size of the book. Automatically, that tells me that only about five percent of the words in the book are indexed, which is a terrible waste. Why even have an index at that point?

I do not intend do stop using this thesaurus just because I can no longer trust the index to be a great source of help. I'm sure I'll eventually learn how to locate words using the Synopsis of Categories at the beginning of the book. But I will greatly miss the extensive index of my previous edition.