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Roget's Thesaurus on Windows Pc

Developed By: Amaltus.com

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 157 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.1
Size 347.4 KB
Release Date October 13, 17
Category Books & Reference Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (1)]

What's New:
Minor UI changes. [see more]

Description from Developer:
Roget's Thesaurus
• 100 % free, fast, and easy to use offline thesaurus.
• The thesaurus contains six primary classes, a thousand branches for semantically linked words, and ov... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Roget's Thesaurus and install on Windows PC. Roget's Thesaurus is free Books & Reference app, developed by Amaltus.com. Latest version of Roget's Thesaurus is 1.1, was released on 2017-10-13 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Roget's Thesaurus is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 157 users, 76 users had rated it 5*, 20 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Roget's Thesaurus on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Roget's Thesaurus on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Roget's Thesaurus on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Roget's Thesaurus using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Roget's Thesaurus" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Roget's Thesaurus on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Roget's Thesaurus" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Roget's Thesaurus
• 100 % free, fast, and easy to use offline thesaurus.
• The thesaurus contains six primary classes, a thousand branches for semantically linked words, and over 98 000 words and phrases in the branches.
• The files were assembled by L. John Old, Napier University, Edinburgh, from MICRA's contributed eBook of Roget's Thesaurus (Project Gutenberg's #22).
• Users can navigate selecting classes and sections, or using search features.
• Optimized for different screen sizes.
• No ads.

NOTE: Application size - 1.1 M, the size of the database – 2.4 M. The application requires INTERNET permission to load the database at the first time use. After installing the database the application will run in the offline mode.
Minor UI changes.
Allows applications to open network sockets.