# Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a go-to synonym compendium with no close digital equivalent, and say thesauruses are more useful than they expected.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful as a synonym compendium (1 comments): "I'm one of those people who always used it as a compendium of synonyms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300477))
- No good digital equivalent (1 comments): "It's a fantastic resource without a great digital equivalent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300277))
- More useful than expected (1 comments): "I find thesauruses a lot more useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46926878))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/042507269X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780425072691) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget", https://hackerapproved.com/p/roget-s-thesaurus/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).