Roget's A-Z Thesaurus

by Charlton Grant Laird

The last word on the right word includes new synonyms, new slang and colloquial expressions, new technical terms, and more.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Language, Writing, Dictionaries, Textbooks, Education

500 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Charlton Grant Laird (1901–1984) was an American linguist, lexicographer, novelist, and essayist. Laird created the 1971 edition of the Webster's New World Thesaurus that became the standardized edition still used today. During his lifetime, he was probably best known for his language studies: books, textbooks, and reference works elucidating the English language for the layman along with his numerous contributions to dictionaries and thesauruses.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Angela]

I seem to prefer Roget's College Thesaurus.

[StrangeBedfellows · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really a worthwhile thesaurus. I'm generally disappointed by Webster's reference books, but I went ahead and bought this since it was at a discounted price. In the end, though, I still had to buy a better thesaurus. This one only offers up the usual fare of word choices, things I could have thought up perfectly well on my own.

[Foxtower · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have it... it works.. what else can be said about a thesaurus. I'm always amazed at how many different ways one thought might be expressed and use this extensively when I'm writing. I don't have to say "this is a very good thesaurus", I can say it's a astonishly good, or immensely good, or just so. What better way to have fun with words!

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a thesaurus, so there's not much that can be said about it as a review. [return]The layout is acceptable and considering I'm most likely using it to verify my own knowledge, I can't really call it out on any errors.

[Efrain Guzman-Rosario · Rating 5 out of 5]

Instead of using that same word over and once again and same one and repetitive and continual word again...one should have never be without this book either.

[Kevin Browder · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most important tool in the world for a sonnet writer.

[David Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

Webster's New World Thesaurus by Charlton Grant Laird (Warner Books 1974) (423) is an indispensable guide for anyone who has ever written anything. My rating: 7/10, finished 1976.

[Huma · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first time I found out what a thesaurus is was when my father gave me this volume. I used it for giving unique headings to my history notes in 7th grade.

[keereads · Rating 4 out of 5]

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