Roget s Super Thesaurus (Rogets) - Softcover

McCutcheon, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1582972540 ISBN 13: 9781582972541

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books, 2003

Synopsis

Roget's Superthesaurus is a perennial favorite among writers, and this revised third edition has more than 1,000 new and expanded entries. Users of this treasury of words will be able to find the perfect synonym--or antonym--to give their writing preciseness and color. To help pinpoint le bon mot, this book also offers: *The popular "Word Find" reverse dictionary *Tips for vocabulary building *Clear sample sentences that clarify meanings *Famous quotations that can be used as synonyms With more features than any other word reference, Roget's Superthesaurus is a must-have for every writer's desk!

About this title

About the Author:

Lexicographer Marc McCutcheon is the author of several reference titles, including Descriptionary, Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800s, and The Compass in Your Nose and Other Astonishing Facts About Humans. He lives in South Portland, Maine.

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A Aback aback (taken) adv. startled, taken unawares, surprised, confused, thrown off guard. Abaft abaft a. aft, astern, rearward, behind, back. Abandon abandon n. unrestraint, carelessness, free-spiritedness, spontaneity, wildness, wantonness, intemperance, impulsiveness, devil-may-care attitude. restraint, reserve, restriction, self-consciousness. Abandon abandon v. leave, desert, discard, forsake, quit, dump, turn one's back on, cast off, reject, relinquish, discontinue, renounce, lay aside, leave in the lurch, cut one's losses, throw in the towel, strand, drop, give up, wash one's hands of, deep six, ditch. stick with, take up, continue, adopt. Abandoned abandoned a. 1. DESERTED given up, forgotten, left behind, rejected, stranded, forsaken, cast off, cast aside, discarded, destitute, forgotten, scorned, desolate, friendless. 2. UNRESTRAINED unreserved, uncontrolled, dissolute, wild, loose, immoral, wicked, shameless, licentious, lewd, wanton. 1. used, adopted, taken up, befriended. 2. restrained, reserved, moral, seemly. Abase abase v. humble, humiliate, degrade, prostrate oneself, deflate, put down, debase, vitiate, devalue. honor, puff up. Abashed ABASHED a. embarrassed, ill at ease. Mary spoke unabashedly about contraceptives. embarrassed, ashamed, humiliated, red-faced, disconcerted, discomfitted, mortified, chagrined, disgraced. reassured, relaxed, cool. Abate ABATE v. to subside, lessen, reduce. The pain from a stubbed toe will gradually abate. subside, lessen, reduce, weaken, slacken, diminish, decrease, wane, dwindle, decline, let up, taper off. grow, expand, intensify, surge. Abattoir abattoir n. slaughterhouse, butchery. Abbey abbey n. monastery, cloister, friary, convent, nunnery, ministry. area restricted to members: cloister governed by prior or prioress: priory orders: Benedictine, Dominican, Franciscan, Jesuit, Paulist, Trappist resident: monk, friar, nun superior or head: abbot, abbess Abbreviate abbreviate v. shorten, abridge, condense, cut, reduce, contract, curtail, clip, compress, synopsize. expand, broaden, enlarge. Abbreviation abbreviation n. shortening, condensation, abridgement, contraction, reduction, summary, synopsis, brief, abstract, short version, short form. ABCs: fundamentals, rudiments, basics, simple elements AC: alternating current; air conditioning A.D.: anno Domini; in the year of the Lord a.k.a: also known as anon: anonymous ASAP: as soon as possible aux.: auxiliary AWOL: absent without leave B.A.: Bachelor of Arts B.C.: before Christ blvd.: boulevard B.S.: Bachelor of Science BTU: British thermal unit BYOB: bring your own booze CB: Citizens Band C: Celsius, centigrade c: copyright Cdr.: Commander CEO: chief executive officer chm.: chairman cl.: centiliter cm.: centimeter c/o: care of co.: company COD: cash on delivery Col.: Colonel corp.: corporation CPA: certified public accountant CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation cu.: cubic DA: district attorney DC: direct current D.D.: Doctor of Divinity D.D.S.: Doctor of Dental Science DOA: dead on arrival Dr.: Doctor DST: daylight-saving time d.t.'s: delirium tremens EEG: electroencephalogram e.g.: exempli gratia; for example EKG: electrocardiogram ERA: earned run average ESP: extrasensory perception Esq.: Esquire et al: et alia; and others etc.: etcetera; and so forth F: Fahrenheit FM: frequency modulation f.o.b.: freight on board FYI: for your information g: gram GIGO: garbage in, garbage out GOP: Grand Old Party HMS: His/Her Majesty's Ship Hon.: Honorable hq.: headquarters ibid: ibidem; in the same place i.e.: id est; that is IQ: intelligence quotient

About this edition

• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1582972540
• ISBN 13: 9781582972541
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 672