| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (II) Communication of Ideas | | Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas |
| 3. Written Language |
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| 595. Dissertation. |
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| NOUN: | DISSERTATION, treatise, essay; thesis, theme; tract, tractate, tractation [obs.]; discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect, digest; excursus.
investigation (inquiry) [See Inquiry]; study (consideration) [See Thought]; discussion (reasoning) [See Reasoning]; exposition (explanation) [See Interpretation].
COMMENTARY, commentation, review, critique, criticism, article; leader, leading article; editorial; running commentary.
COMMENTATOR, critic, essayist, pamphleteer, publicist, reviewer, leader writer, editor, annotator.
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| VERB: | COMMENT, explain, interpret, criticize, illuminate; dissert [rare] -, descant -, write -, touch- upon a subject; treat of -, take up -, ventilate -, discuss -, deal with -, go into -, canvass -, handle -, do justice to- a subject; show the true inwardness of.
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| ADJECTIVE: | DISQUISITIONAL, disquisitive, disquisitionary [rare]; expository, commentarial, commentatorial, critical.
DISCURSIVE, discoursive, digressive, desultory.
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