Roget's Superthesaurus.pdf

DEDICATION

To my wonderful parents,

Mary and Errol McCutcheon

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marc McCutcheon is a writer and lexicographer who lives in South Portland, Maine,

with his wife, Deanna, and two children, Kara and Matthew.

His most recent books include Damn, Why Didn’t I Write That ; The Girl Named Pluto ;

Descriptionary; Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s; and The Compass in Your

Nose & Other Astonishing Facts About Humans.

mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the

publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by Writer’s Digest Books,

an imprint of F W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800)289-0963.

Third edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McCutcheon, Mark

Roget’s superthesaurus / by Marc McCutcheon—3d ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-58297-253-2 (alk. paper)

ISBN 1-58297-254-0 (pbk.: alk. paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-58297-652-5 (EPUB)

1. English language—Synonyms and antonyms. 2. English language—Terms and phrases. I. Title.

PE1591.M416 2003

423

2003057647

CIP

Edited by Kelly Nickell and Michelle Ruberg

Cover by Brian Roeth

Production coordinated by Robin Richie

.12—dc22

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the updated and expanded edition of

Roget’s Superthesaurus .

You now hold in your hands what we feel is the most

innovative and useful thesaurus on the market. It has

been carefully crafted to provide:

... a comprehensive bank of synonyms to help you avoid repeti-

tiveness and improve word accuracy. For example, did the

man walk , squelch ,or slog through the mud? As every profes-

sional writer knows, the right synonym choice is crucial in

adding power, depth, and pizzaz to compositions.

... a reverse dictionary component (WORD FIND) to show

you the exact word when you know what a thing is but not

what the thing is called.

Beyond the need to locate synonyms for, say, CAT (kitty,

feline, tabby, etc.) you’ll sometimes need to know words used

to accurately describe a cat. For instance, what do you call

that white patch under a cat’s neck? (Locket.) The white

patches on the feet? (Mittens, gloves.) The reflective eye

layer that glows in the dark? (Tapetum.) A mating cry? (Cat-

erwaul.) One who loves cats? (Ailurophile.) This exclusive

reverse dictionary component will, once and for all, stop you

from calling something a ‘‘doohickey’’ or a ‘‘thingamajig.’’

Astonishingly, it’s the one extremely useful component that

other thesauri have overlooked over the years, and only Su-

perthesaurus has it. Just look under a main subject word

(CAT) to find listed underneath in WORD FIND all related

or descriptive terms (caterwaul, mittens, queen, ruff, etc.)

... a built-in vocabulary book . Throughout the thesaurus, vo-

cabulary words are CAPITALIZED, given a pronunciation

key, and sampled in a sentence. No need to buy a separate

vocabulary builder. Superthesaurus highlights hundreds of

sharp words to help you bushwack your way out of the wilder-

ness of Tarzan-like communication and into the vernacular

of the world’s greatest wordsmiths. Once again, no other the-

saurus has this component. It’s a Superthesaurus exclusive.

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