Roget’s Thesaurus ranks as one of the greatest English language reference works. It is the authoritative desk companion for anyone wanting to write a letter, prepare a speech, solve a crossword, complete an imaginatively phrased CV or write any manner of prose or poem. This new editions maintains the unique structure first dreamt up by Dr Roget in 1852 which enables the writer to find words connected not only by meaning (as straight synonym dictionaries do) but also by spirit and idea; this in turn makes Roget’s Thesaurus incomparably inspirational and creative.
The new edition (the first for ten years) has been updated with thousands of new words and phrases – reflecting the changing lifestyle and culture of the 1990s and looking forward to the new millennium. These words and phrases include: scratch card, euro, sun-dried tomatoes, line dancing, feng shui, tartan tax, traffic calming, focus group, sandwich generation, website, babe, care in the community and cyberpet.
‘As normal a part of an intelligent household’s library as the Bible, Shakespeare and a dictionary’ Daily Telegraph
‘That handy standby of authors, translators, advertising copywriters, crossword-solvers and indeed any of us with an interest in words’ Sunday Times
Roget’s Thesaurus is a book which manages to be both practical and inspirational – it helps to enliven prose and to cure writer’s block!