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Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases by Barbara Ann Kipfer is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases about?
When writers need a synonym for a word, they look in a thesaurus. But what if they need a synonym for a phrase, such as "flower arrangement" or "budget deficit" or "sports arena" or "crowning achievement"? Well, now there's a reference that gives them that information as well! This one-of-a-kind reference offers 10,000 multi-word entries and multi-word synonyms to help writers and students avoid repetitions and cliches and make their writing more precise. It can also be used for Internet searches, in which a key phrase may not pull all the desired information. Synonymous phrases help the searcher find more information with less effort. Barbara Ann Kipfer is the author of numerous reference books, including The Order of Things, The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About and many more dictionaries, thesauri, and style manuals. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter and lives in Ivoryton, Connecticut. <br> * Includes more than 10,000 multi-word entries organized alphabetically in a traditional thesaurus format <br> * Many entries also feature lists of examples C and W : country and western, country music, country western, country-and-western, hillbil
Who reads Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases?
It is typically read by readers who need quick, reliable lookup and repeat reference.
Common subject areas: reference, language, dictionaries and manuals.
- Author
- Barbara Ann Kipfer
- Publisher
- Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780898799996
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (11 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14