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A reference book that belongs on every desk--one of the handiest, best-organized, and most reliable thesauruses available, newly updated to reflect the American language of today.
Hardcover: 816 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; Rev Sub edition (August 1, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385239971
ISBN-13: 978-0385239974
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 2.2 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
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Lately I've been searching for a really good ANTONYM finder. The majority of thesauri only include synonyms. (NOTE: If SYNONYMS (not antonyms) are all you want, then settle for nothing less than Rodale's THE SYNONYM FINDER. Its comprehensiveness --and, arguably, its ease of use-- are significantly superior to that of all the competition.)While this "Doubleday Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form" frankly isn't quite the equal of many competing thesauri as a SYNONYM finder, it nonetheless includes something that the majority of competing thesauri lack: ANTONYMS.Comparing/contrasting this Doubleday book with Princeton Language Institute's "21st Century Synonym and Antonym Finder," I'm finding that many words (e.g., "deduce" and "infer") are included in Doubleday's book but not that other book. [However, still other words that you'll find in competing thesauri (e.g., "extrapolate") aren't included in EITHER of these two books.]While there are certain word entries where this book doesn't quite equal the analogous entries in the aforementioned "21st Century Synonym and Antonym Finder," the latter book's omission of various words that ARE included here make this "Doubleday Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form", on the whole, the better reference. Of course, this admittedly isn't an entirely fair comparison, considering that this book encompasses 804 pages, while the other (much more conveniently compact and portable) book encompasses only 520 pages.Bottom line, NEITHER of these two competing books FULLY satisfies me. But, on balance, this Doubleday book's "word list" is more comprehensive than is that of the "21st Century Synonym and Antonym Finder.
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