Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
300. V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on,
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saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft[obs3]; saddle with; sprinkle;
introduce &c. (interpose) 228; insert &c. 300. become added, accrue;
advene[obs3], supervene. reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen[obs3];
swell the ranks of; augment &c. 35. Adj. added &c. v.; additional;
supplemental, supplementary; suppletory[obs3], subjunctive;
adjectitious[obs3], adscititious[obs3], ascititious[obs3]; additive,
extra, accessory. Adv. au reste[Fr], in addition, more, plus, extra;
and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and
eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera; &c.; and so on, and so forth;
into the bargain, cum multis aliis[Lat], over and above, moreover.
with, withal; including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let
alone; together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with;
conjointly; jointly &c. 43. Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus
erit[Lat].
#38. Nonaddition. Subtraction.—N. subtraction, subduction|!;
deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation,
sublation[obs3]; abstraction &c. (taking) 789; garbling,, &c. v.
mutilation, detruncation[obs3]; amputation; abscission, excision,
recision; curtailment &c. 201; minuend, subtrahend; decrease &c. 36;
abrasion. V. subduct, subtract; deduct, deduce; bate, retrench; remove,
withdraw, take from, take away; detract. garble, mutilate, amputate,
detruncate[obs3]; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind[obs3], excise;
pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate;
eliminate. diminish &c. 36; curtail &c. (shorten) 201; deprive of &c.
(take) 789; weaken. Adj. subtracted &c. v.; subtractive. Adv. in
deduction &c. n.; less; short of; minus, without, except, except for,
excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and
except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count.
#39. [Thing added] Adjunct.—N. adjunct; addition, additament[obs3];
additum[Lat], affix, appelidage[obs3], annexe[obs3], annex; augment,
augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item;
garnish, sauce; accompaniment &c. 88; adjective, addendum; complement,
supplement; continuation. rider, offshoot, episode, side issue,
corollary; piece[Fr]; flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings,
cortege; tail, suffix &c. (sequel) 65; wing. Adj. additional &c. 37.
alate[obs3], alated[obs3]; winged. Adv. in addition &c. 37.
#40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder.—N.
remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic;
leavings, heeltap[obs3], odds and ends, cheesepairings[obs3],
candle ends, orts[obs3]; residuum; dregs &c. (dirt) 653; refuse
&c. (useless) 645; stubble, result, educt[obs3]; fag-end; ruins,
wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium. surplus, overplus[obs3],
excess; balance, complement; superplus[obs3], surplusage[obs3];
superfluity &c.(redundancy) 641; survival, survivance[obs3]. V.
remain; be left &c. adj.; exceed, survive; leave.
Adj. remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary;
over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and
above; outlying, outstanding; cast off &c. 782; superfluous &c.
(redundant) 641.
#40a. [Thing deducted.] Decrement.—N. decrement, discount, defect,
loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction[obs3]; waste.
#41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture.—N. mixture,
admixture, commixture, commixtion[obs3]; commixion[obs3],
intermixture, alloyage[obs3], matrimony; junction &c. 43; combination
&c. 48; miscegenation. impregnation; infusion, diffusion suffusion,
transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding;
interpolation &c. 228 adulteration, sophistication. [Thing mixed]
tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning,
infusion, soupcon. [Compound resulting from mixture] alloy, amalgam;
brass, chowchow[obs3], pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium
quid[Lat], miscellany, ambigu|, medley, mess, hotchpot[obs3],
pasticcio[obs3], patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble &c.
(disorder) 59; salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum[Lat], gallimaufry,
olla-podrida[obs3], olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron
texture, mingled yarn; mosaic &c. (variegation) 440.
half-blood, half-caste, mulatto; terceron[obs3], quarteron[obs3],
quinteron &c.[obs3]; quadroon, octoroon; griffo[obs3],
zambo[obs3]; cafuzo[obs3]; Eurasian; fustee[obs3], fustie[obs3];
griffe, ladino[obs3], marabou, mestee[obs3], mestizo, quintroon,
sacatra zebrule[obs3][U. S.]; catalo[obs3]; cross, hybrid,
mongrel.
V. mix; join &c. 43; combine &c. 48; commix, immix[obs3],
intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle,
bemingle[obs3]; shuffle &c. (derange) 61; pound together; hash up,
stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard &c. (interpolate)
228; intertwine, interweave &c. 219; associate with;
miscegenate[obs3]. be mixed &c.; get among, be entangled with.
instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash,
tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper[obs3],
medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate,
sophisticate, infect.
Adj. mixed &c. v.; implex[obs3], composite, half-and-half, linsey-
woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley &c.
(variegated) 440; miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate;
miscible. Adv. among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst
of, in the crowd.
#42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness.—N. simpleness &c. adj.;
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purity, homogeneity.
elimination; sifting &c. v.; purification &c. (cleanness) 652.
V. render simple &c. adj.; simplify.
sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify
&c.
(clean) 652; disentangle &c. (disjoin) 44.
Adj. simple, uniform, of a piece[Fr], homogeneous, single, pure,
sheer, neat.
unmixed, unmingled[obs3], unblended, uncombined, uncompounded;
elementary, undecomposed; unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed,
untinged[obs3], unfortified, pur et simple[Fr]; incomplex[obs3].
free from, exempt from; exclusive.
Adv. simple &c. adj. only.
#43. Junction.—N. junction; joining &c. v.; joinder[Law], union
connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion[obs3], annexation,
annexment[obs3]; astriction[obs3], attachment, compagination[obs3],
vincture[obs3], ligation, alligation[obs3]; accouplement[obs3];
marriage &c. (wedlock,) 903; infibulation[obs3], inosculation[obs3],
symphysis[Anat], anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation;
meeting, reunion; assemblage &c. 72. coition, copulation; sex, sexual
congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making. joint,
joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure[obs3], seam,
gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link &c. 45; miter mortise. closeness,
tightness, &c. adj.; coherence &c. 46; combination &c. 48.
annexationist. V. join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put
together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together,
hold together, piece together[Fr], tack together, fix together, bind up
together together; embody, reembody[obs3]; roll into one. attach, fix,
affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast &c.
adj.; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit,
button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe,
gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter &c. (restrain) 751;
lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple,
accouple[obs3], link, yoke, bracket; marry &c. (wed) 903; bridge over,
span. braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet;
impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet,
mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase[obs3]; graft, ingraft[obs3],
inosculate[obs3]; entwine, intwine[obs3]; interlink, interlace,
intertwine, intertwist[obs3], interweave; entangle; twine round, belay;
tighten; trice up, screw up. be joined &c.; hang together, hold
together; cohere &c. 46. Adj. joined &c. v.; joint; conjoint, conjunct;
corporate, compact; hand in hand. firm, fast, close, tight, taut,
taught, secure, set, intervolved |; inseparable, indissoluble,
insecable[obs3], severable. Adv. jointly &c. adj.; in conjunction with
&c. (in addition to) 37; fast, firmly, &c. adj.; intimately. Phr. tria
juncta in uno[Lat].
#44. Disjunction.—N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity,
disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity &c. 70;
abjunction[obs3]; cataclasm[obs3]; inconnection[obs3]; abstraction,
abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island;
separateness &c. adj.; severalty; disjecta membra[Lat]; dispersion &c.
73; apportionment &c. 786. separation; parting &c. v.; circumcision;
detachment, segregation; divorce, sejunction|, seposition|,
diduction[obs3], diremption[obs3], discerption[obs3]; elision; caesura,
break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture; compartition |;
dismemberment, dislocation; luxation[obs3]; severance, disseverance;
scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration[obs3];
disruption, abruption[obs3]; avulsion[obs3], divulsion[obs3]; section,
resection, cleavage; fission; partibility[obs3], separability.
fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision.
dissection anatomy; decomposition &c. 49; cutting instrument &c
(sharpness) 253; buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw. separatist. V. be
disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces;
peel off; get loose. disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite,
dissociate, dispair[obs3]; divorce, part, dispart[obs3], detach,
separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart;
insulate,, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose,
undo, unbind, unchain, unlock &c. (fix) 43, unpack, unravel;
disentangle; set free &c. (liberate) 750. sunder, divide,
subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind[obs3]; circumcise; cut;
incide|, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit,
split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend &c.
rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver,
cranch[obs3], crunch, craunch[obs3], chop; cut up, rip up; hack,
hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind|, lacerate,
scamble[obs3], mangle, gash, hash, slice. cut up, carve, dissect,
anatomize; dislimb[obs3]; take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to
pieces, tear to pieces; tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb
from limb; divellicate[obs3]; skin &c. 226; disintegrate,
dismember, disbranch[obs3], disband; disperse &c. 73; dislocate,
disjoint; break up; mince; comminute &c. (pulverize) 330;
apportion &c. 786. part, part company; separate, leave. Adj.
disjoined &c. v.; discontinuous &c. 70; multipartite[obs3],
abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated &c. v.; insular, separate,
disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free;
unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct;
adrift; straggling; rift, reft[obs3]. [capable of being cut]
scissile[Chem], divisible, discerptible[obs3], partible,
separable. Adv. separately &c. adj.; one by one, severally, apart;
adrift, asunder, in twain; in the abstract, abstractedly.
#45. [Connecting medium.] Connection.—N. vinculum, link;
connective, connection; junction &c. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen,
intermedium[obs3]; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus. bond,
tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy,
cable, line, halser|, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string
&c. (filament) 205. fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature;
strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces,
harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet;
inkle[obs3]; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth,
girdle, cestus[obs3], garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot,
running knot; cabestro [obs3][U. S.], cinch [U. S.], lariat,
legadero[obs3], oxreim[obs3]; suspenders.
pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated
fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet,
detent, larigo[obs3], pawl; terret[obs3], treenail, screw, button,
buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt,
latchet[obs3], tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock,
holdfast[obs3], padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron,
trennel[obs3], stake, post. cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer,
solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout;
viscum[obs3]. shackle, rein &c. (means of restraint) 752; prop &c.
(support) 215. V. bridge over, span; connect &c. 43; hang &c.
214.
#46. Coherence.—N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness;
concretion, accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration;
aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering &c.
v.; connection; dependence. tenacity, toughness; stickiness &c. 352;
inseparability, inseparableness; bur, remora. conglomerate, concrete
&c. (density) 321. V. cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take
hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang
together; twine round &c. (join) 43. stick like a leech, stick like
wax; stick close; cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a
remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt. glue; agglutinate,
conglutinate[obs3]; cement, lute, paste, gum; solder, weld; cake,
consolidate &c. (solidify) 321; agglomerate. Adj. cohesive, adhesive,
adhering, cohering &c. v.; tenacious, tough; sticky &c. 352. united,
unseparated, unsessile[obs3], inseparable, inextricable,
infrangible[obs3]; compact &c. (dense) 321.
#47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence.—N.
nonadhesion[obs3]; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness &c. adj.;
laxity; relaxation; loosening &c. v.; freedom; disjunction &c. 44; rope
of sand. V. make loose &c. adj.; loosen, slacken, relax; unglue &c. 46;
detach &c. (disjoin) 44. Adj. nonadhesive, immiscible; incoherent,
detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming;
disheveled; segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c. 231,
uncombined &c. 48; noncohesive[obs3].
#48. Combination.—N. combination; mixture &c. 41; junction &c. 43;
union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment,
coalescence, crasis[obs3], fusion, blending, absorption,
centralization. alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium
quid[Lat]; resultant, impregnation. V. combine, unite, incorporate,
amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody[obs3], blend, merge, fuse, melt
into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together,
lump together; cement a union, marry. Adj. combined &c. v.; impregnated
with, ingrained; imbued inoculated.
#49. Decomposition.—N. decomposition, analysis, dissection,
resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c. (uncleanness) 653;
dispersion &c. 73; disjunction &c. 44; disintegration. V. decompose,
decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements,
separate into its elements; electrolyze[Chem]; dissect, decentralize,
break up; disperse &c. 73; unravel &c. (unroll) 313; crumble into dust.
Adj. decomposed &c. v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative,
solvent.
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