562. Word. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

Division (II) Communication of Ideas

Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas

2. Conventional Means

1. Language generally

562. Word.


NOUN:	WORD, term, vocable; name [See Nomenclature]; phrase [See Phrase]; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech (grammar) [See Grammar]; ideophone. DICTIONARY, lexicon, vocabulary, word book, index, glossary, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, concordance; Rosetta stone. [SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE] etymology, derivation, glottology or glossology, terminology, orismology; translation; pronunciation, orthoëpy; paleology (philology) [See Language]; lexicography. LEXICOGRAPHER, lexicologist, etymologist, orthoëpist, verbarian; glossographer (scholar) [See Scholar]. VERBOSITY, verbiage, wordiness; loquacity [See Loquacity].

VERB:	vocalize; etymologize, derive, philologize; index; translate.

ADJECTIVE:	VERBAL, literal; titular, nominal. [SIMILARLY DERIVED] conjugate, paronymous; derivative. VERBOSE, wordy [See Diffuseness]; loquacious [See Loquacity].

ADVERB:	VERBALLY &c. adj.; verbatim [L.] (exactly) [See Truth].

QUOTATIONS:	In the beginning was the Word.—Bible The artillery of words.—Swift