Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
4. GENERAL RELATION
502 words | Chapter 10
#23. Agreement.—N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony;
concord &c. 714; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual
understanding. conformity &c. 82; conformance; uniformity &c. 16;
consonance, consentaneousness[obs3], consistency; congruity,
congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism,
apposition, union. fitness, aptness &c. adj.; relevancy; pertinence,
pertinencey[obs3]; sortance|; case in point; aptitude,
coaptation[obs3], propriety, applicability, admissibility,
commensurability, compatibility; cognation &c. (relation) 9.
adaption[obs3], adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation,
reconcilement; assimilation. consent &c. (assent) 488; concurrence &c.
178; cooperation &c. 709. right man in the right place, very thing;
quite the thing, just the thing. V. be accordant &c. adj.; agree,
accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit,
do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate
with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a
glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match &c. 17; become one;
homologate[obs3]. consent &c. (assent) 488. render accordant &c. adj.;
fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust &c. (render, equal) 27;
dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize,. reconcile; fadge[obs3],
dovetail, square. Adj. agreeing, suiting &c. v.; in accord, accordant,
concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous[obs3], correspondent,
congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in
accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with, &c.
n.; at one with, of one mind, of a piece[Fr]; consistent, compatible,
proportionate; commensurate; on all fours. apt, apposite, pertinent,
pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad
rem[Lat], in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon,
applicable, relevant, admissible. fit adapted, in loco, a propos[Fr],
appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous[obs3], deft; meet
&c. (expedient) 646.
at home, in one's proper element.
Adv. a propos of[Fr]; pertinently &c. adj.
Phr. rem acu tetigisti[Lat][obs3]; if the shoe fits, wear it; the
cap
fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Lat][Syrus]; discers
concordia
[Lat][Ovid].
#24. Disagreement.—N. disagreement; discord, discordance;
dissonance, dissidence, discrepancy; unconformity &c. 83; incongruity,
incongruence[obs3]; discongruity[obs3], mesalliance; jarring &c. v.;
dissension &c. 713; conflict &c. (opposition) 708; bickering, clashing,
misunderstanding, wrangle. disparity, mismatch, disproportion;
dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness &c. adj[obs3].;
variance, divergence, repugnance. unfitness &c. adj.; inaptitude,
impropriety; inapplicability &c. adj.; inconsistency,
inconcinnity[obs3]; irrelevancy &c. (irrelation) 10[obs3].
misjoining[obs3], misjoinder[obs3]; syncretism[obs3], intrusion,
interference; concordia discors[Lat]. fish out of water. V. disagree;
clash, jar &c. (discord) 713; interfere, intrude, come amiss; not
concern &c. 10; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere equinam[Lat].
Adj. disagreeing &c. v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war;
hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable,
inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional &c. 83; intrusive,
incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated[obs3]; inharmonious,
unharmonious[obs3]; inconsonant, unconsonant[obs3]; divergent,
repugnant to. inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited,
unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting,
unbefitting; unbecoming; ill-timed, unseasonable, mal a propos[Fr],
inadmissible; inapposite &c. (irrelevant) 10. uncongenial;
ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined[obs3], misplaced,
misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable,
uncommensurable[obs3]; unsympathetic. out of character, out of
keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place,
out of season, out of its element; at odds with, at variance with.
Adv. in defiance, in contempt, in spite of; discordantly &c. adj.; a
tort et a travers[obs3]. Phr. asinus ad lyram[Lat].
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