English Explanatory Dictionary

Roget

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
verb
  1. To use a thesaurus; to look for synonyms; to suggest synonyms.
  2. To use or to mention synonyms; (often) to replace words in a text with synonyms in order to disguise plagiarism.

Word forms

Roget Rogets Rogeting Rogeted

Etymology

Eponymous, named after Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869)'s 1805 thesaurus.

Related words

Rogetian Roget's tortured phrase

Derived words

Rogetism
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