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Roget's International Thesaurus
® is the ultimate cure for tip-of-the-tongue-itis.
Easy To Use: Unlike alphabetical thesauruses, Roget's International Thesaurus® works the same way your brain does. First, you figure out the general category: Are you looking for a word related to values and ideals? Measure and shape? Then, look up the keywords to find the exact entry you're seeking. Plus, thousands of cross-references throughout lead to other helpful categories.
Comprehensive: More than 325,000 words and phrases in 1,072 categories compose this new edition of Roget's, including the newest slang words and expressions. In addition, hundreds of supplemental word lists supply the names of things that have no synonyms (wines, weapons, animals, state mottoes, and more).
Better Than The Rest: Just look at how a single entry lines up:
Roget's International Thesaurus®
{ADJS}14 wealthy, rich, affluent, affluential, moneyed or monied, in funds or cash, well-to-do, well-to-do in the world, well-off, well-situated, prosperous, comfortable, provided for, well provided for, fat, flush, flush with or of money, abounding in riches, worth a great deal, in clover, frightfully rich, rich as Croesus; independent, independently rich, independently wealthy; luxurious 501.21; opulent 991.7; privileged, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth; higher-income, upper-income, well-paid
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Thesaurus
Wealthy adj syn rich I, affluent, moneyed || oofy, opulent con impoverished, penniless, poor ant indigent
Random House Webster's College Thesaurus
Wealthy adj. The debutante comes from a very wealthy family: rich, prosperous, affluent, moneyed, well-to-do, well-off, well-heeled, well-fixed, flush, loaded.
Roget's II The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
Wealthy adjective Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions: affluent, flush, moneyed, rich. Slang: loaded. Idioms: having money to burn, in the money, made of money, rolling in money. See rich.
Synopsis
This seventh edition of the Rogets International Thesaurus is the most up-to-date edition of the worlds bestselling thesaurusand the only thesaurus based on Peter Rogets original reference classic of 1852. With more than 325,000 words, including over 2,000 words and phrases newly added since the 2001 edition, Rogets International Thesaurus, 7th Edition truly stands out from the competition.
Synopsis
The most up-to-date edition of the world's bestselling thesaurus, Roget's International Thesaurus, 7th Edition, gives writers of all levels an unparalleled aid in using language with precision, grace, and power.
The most comprehensive, user-friendly thesaurus available, Roget's features more than 325,000 words and phrases, including more than 2,000 all-new entries that reflect the very latest in culture and technology, from "alpha male" to"zero tolerance." The seventh edition has reduced archaic terminology and added 50 new word lists, providing greater ease-of-use and accessibility than any other writer's reference book on the market. An indispensable asset for students, writers, reporters, and editors, Roget's International Thesaurus, 7th Edition is your key to unlocking the power of language.
Synopsis
A classic reference book that has been used by millions all over the world,
Rogets International Thesaurus 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, newly revised, 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 Rogets first edition in 1852 was the development of a brand-new principle: the arrangement of words and phrases according to their meanings. Dr. Rogets 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 Rogets International Thesaurus both the most efficient word finder and a cutting-edge aid in stimulating thought, organizing ideas, and writing and speaking more clearly and effectively.
This revised and updated seventh edition features thousands of new words and phrases, including the newest slang words and expressions that color and inform everyday language. At the same time, it retains all the hallmarks that have made Rogets International Thesaurus the most popular word reference book next to the dictionary.
Synopsis
Themost up-to-date edition of the worlds bestselling thesaurus, RogetsInternational Thesaurus, 7thEdition gives writers of all levelsan unparalleled aid in using language with precision, grace, and power. Themost comprehensive, user-friendly thesaurus available, Rogets featuresmore than 325,000 words and phrases, including more than 2,000 all-new entriesthat reflect the very latest in culture and technology, from “alpha male” to“zero tolerance.” The seventh edition has reduced archaic terminology and added50 new word lists, providing greater ease-of-use and accessibility than anyother writers reference book on the market. An indispensable asset forstudents, writers, reporters, and editors, Rogets International Thesaurus, 7th Edition is your key to unlocking the power of language.
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.