A newly revised and updated 8th edition of the world's bestselling
thesaurus, featuring thousands of new words and phrases, including the
newest slang words and expressions that inform everyday language. It
retains all marks that have made Roget's International Thesaurus(R)
the most popular word reference book next to the dictionary.
A classic reference book that has been used by millions all over the
world, Roget's International Thesaurus(R) 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 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(R) both the most efficient word finder and a
cutting-edge aid in stimulating thought, organizing ideas, and writing
and speaking more clearly and effectively.
