Roget's

noun

A thesaurus published with the Roget's name as part of the title.

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Meanings

nounRoget's (plural Roget's)
  1. A thesaurus published with the Roget's name as part of the title.

    I like my old Roget's for much the same reason as I like my old dictionary.

    2004, Barbara Wallraff, Your Own Words, page 185
  2. Any source of synonyms.

    They use words like appraisal, evaluation, assessment, their Roget's litany, to avoid the constrained "test" connotation.

    1987, Robert Mills Gagné, Instructional Technology: Foundations, page 364

Origin

From Roget's Thesaurus, published in 1852.

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APA

Roget's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roget's

MLA

“Roget's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roget's. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Roget's,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Roget's.

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