Definition

1. Proper noun:
   • English physician and lexicographer: Peter Mark Roget was a British physician, natural theologian, and lexicographer. He is best known for creating Roget's Thesaurus, a classified collection of English synonyms and antonyms, which was first published in 1852.

Usage Examples

• Proper noun:
  • The thesaurus was compiled by Peter Mark Roget.
  • Peter Mark Roget had a distinguished career in medicine before turning to lexicography.

Advanced Usage

• The name "Roget" is often used metonymically to refer to his famous thesaurus.
  • If you need a better word, just check the Roget. (Here, "Roget" refers to Roget's Thesaurus.)

Variants and Related Words

• Roget's Thesaurus (noun phrase): The reference work created by Peter Mark Roget. It is a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms organized by conceptual categories rather than alphabetically.
  • She found the perfect adjective using Roget's Thesaurus.

Synonyms

• Lexicographer: A person who compiles dictionaries. (This describes his later, most famous role.)
• Physician: A medical doctor. (This describes his primary profession.)

Related Phrases

• While there are no phrasal verbs or idioms directly from the name "Peter Mark Roget," the phrase "to Roget" is sometimes informally used as a verb meaning to look up a word or concept in a thesaurus.
  • I need to Roget a more sophisticated term for "happy." (This is informal and playful usage.)

Noun

1. English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869)