Roget
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Roget is the English physician Peter Mark Roget, whose 1852 *Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases* established the format for organizing words by concept rather than alphabetically.
His name became synonymous with the thesaurus itself: I looked it up in Roget's.
The work groups words under hierarchical categories, helping writers find the term they're groping for.
Systematic grouping by traits
- categoriesGroups of related things
- synonymsWords with shared meaning
- antonymsWords with contrary meanings
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
vocabulary · concepts · taxonomy · cross-reference · indexing · organization · entries · synonymy
Alphabetical word reference
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
- etymologyWord origin study
- usageAct of employing something
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
philology · terminology · nomenclature · entries · categorization · compilation · Victorian · physician
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- categoriesGroups of related things
- synonymsWords with shared meaning
- antonymsWords with contrary meanings
reference · vocabulary · concepts · taxonomy · cross-reference · indexing · organization · entries · synonymy · nomenclature
dictionary
Alphabetical word reference
- definitionsStated meanings of terms
- etymologyWord origin study
- usageAct of employing something
lexicon · philology · terminology · nomenclature · entries · categorization · compilation · Victorian · physician · polymath
RogetNoah Webster
Pioneering American dictionary maker
Oxford English Dictionary · Webster · dictionary · OED · Merriam-Webster
- Roget's ThesaurusSystematic synonym dictionary