Roget's Thesaurus

Summary

Roget's Thesaurus is a conceptual dictionary^[1]. It draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (conceptual_dictionary category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Roget's Thesaurus authored Peter Mark Roget^[3].
• Roget's Thesaurus's instance of is recorded as conceptual dictionary^[4].
• Roget's Thesaurus's instance of is recorded as written work^[5].
• Roget's Thesaurus's instance of is recorded as thesaurus^[6].
• Roget's Thesaurus's Commons category is recorded as Roget's Thesaurus^[7].
• Roget's Thesaurus's language of work or name is recorded as English^[8].
• +1805-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Roget's Thesaurus^[9].
• Roget's Thesaurus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06kdn^[10].
• Roget's Thesaurus's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2900141W^[11].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Roget's International Thesaurus (1992)^[12].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852)^[13].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Thesaurus of English Words (1854)^[14].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1864)^[15].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Roget's Thesaurus (1911)^[16].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Roget's Thesaurus (1966)^[17].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1999)^[18].
• Roget's Thesaurus's has edition or translation is recorded as Roget's Thesaurus 1911 MICRA-expanded^[19].
• Roget's Thesaurus's described at URL is recorded as https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/rogets-thesaurus^[20].
• Roget's Thesaurus's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 53189^[21].
• Roget's Thesaurus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases'}^[22].
• Roget's Thesaurus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Roget's Thesaurus"}^[23].
• Roget's Thesaurus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thesaurus of English Words'}^[24].
• Roget's Thesaurus's BBC Things ID is recorded as b6b49b73-0728-4ed9-9b76-9379fe867899^[25].
• Roget's Thesaurus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Roget’s Thesaurus'}^[26].
• Roget's Thesaurus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fd6dg_ml^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Roget's Thesaurus authored Peter Mark Roget^[3]. Things named for it include thesaurus^[28], a field of study^[29].

Why It Matters

Roget's Thesaurus draws 150 Wikipedia views per month (conceptual_dictionary category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include thesaurus^[28], a field of study^[29].