Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
4. CONCRETE QUANTITY
1205 words | Chapter 16
#50. Whole. [Principal part.]—N. whole, totality, integrity;
totalness &c. adj[obs3].; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness[obs3];
unity &c. 87; completeness &c. 52; indivisibility,
indiscerptibility[obs3]; integration, embodiment; integer. all, the
whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total,
tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, "be all and end
all"; complex, complexus [obs3]; lock stock and barrel. bulk, mass,
lump, tissue, staple, body, compages[obs3]; trunk, torso, bole, hull,
hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part,
main part; essential part &c. (importance). 642; lion's share,
Benjamin's mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all. V.
form a whole, constitute a whole; integrate, embody, amass; aggregate
&c. (assemble) 72; amount to, come to. Adj. whole, total, integral,
entire; complete &c. 52; one, individual. unbroken, intact, uncut,
undivided, unsevered[obs3], unclipped[obs3], uncropped, unshorn;
seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed,
unbruised. indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable[obs3],
indiscerptible[obs3]. wholesale, sweeping; comprehensive. Adv. wholly,
altogether; totally &c. (completely) 52; entirely, all, all in all, as
a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the
aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the
long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily|!, en bloc, in
extenso[Lat], throughout, every inch; substantially. Phr. tout bien ou
rien[Fr].
#51. Part.—N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any;
division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count,
paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction,
fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel. piece[Fr], lump, bit
cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop[obs3], slice, scale; lamina &c. 204;
small part; morsel, particle &c. (smallness) 32; installment, dividend;
share &c. (allotment) 786. debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus;
excerpta[obs3]; member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch,
bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig;
runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part &c. 56; sarmentum[obs3].
compartment; department &c. (class) 75; county &c. (region) 181. V.
part, divide, break &c. (disjoin) 44; partition &c. (apportion) 786.
Adj. fractional, fragmentary; sectional, aliquot; divided &c. v.; in
compartments, multifid[obs3]; disconnected; partial. Adv. partly, in
part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by installments, by snatches,
by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by
drop; in detail, in lots.
#52. Completeness.—N. completeness &c. adj.; completion &c. 729;
integration; allness[obs3]. entirety; perfection &c. 650; solidity,
solidarity; unity; all; ne plus ultra[Lat], ideal, limit. complement,
supplement, make-weight; filling, up &c. v. impletion[obs3];
saturation, saturity|; high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide;
fill, load, bumper, bellyful[obs3]; brimmer[obs3]; sufficiency &c. 639.
V. be complete &c. adj.; come to a head. render complete &c. adj.;
complete &c. (accomplish) 729; fill, charge, load, replenish; make up,
make good; piece out[Fr], eke out; supply deficiencies; fill up, fill
in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of; saturate. go the whole hog,
go the whole length; go all lengths. Adj. complete, entire; whole &c.
50; perfect &c. 650; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid,
undivided; with all its parts; all- sided. exhaustive, radical,
sweeping, thorough-going; dead. regular, consummate, unmitigated,
sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free; abundant &c. (sufficient) 639.
brimming; brimful, topful, topfull; chock full, choke full; as full as
an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch; saturated, crammed; replete &c.
(redundant) 641; fraught, laden; full-laden, full-fraught,
full-charged; heavy laden. completing &c. v.; supplemental,
supplementary; ascititious[obs3]. Adv. completely &c. adj.; altogether,
outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears;
effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin,
head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in
every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes;
toto coelo[Lat]; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to
the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and
branch, down to the ground. to the top of one's bent, as far as
possible, a outrance[obs3]. throughout; from first to last, from
beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan
to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom,
de fond en comble[Fr]; a fond, a capite ad calcem [Lat], ab ovo usque
ad mala[Lat], fore and aft; every, whit, every inch; cap-a-pie, to the
end of the chapter; up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes; as
. . . as can be. on all accounts; sous tous les rapports[Fr]; with a
vengeance, with a witness. Phr. falsus in uno falsus in omnibus [Latin:
false in one thing, false in everything]; omnem movere lapidem[Lat];
una scopa nuova spazza bene [Italian].
#53. Incompleteness.—N. incompleteness &c. adj.; deficiency, short
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measure; shortcoming &c. 304; insufficiency &c. 640; imperfection &c.
651;
immaturity &c. (nonpreparation) 674; half measures.
[part wanting] defect, deficit, defalcation, omission; caret;
shortage; interval &c. 198; break &c. (discontinuity) 70; noncompletion
&c.
730; missing link.
missing piece, missing part, gap, hole, lacuna.
V. be incomplete &c. adj.; fall short of &c. 304; lack &c. (be
insufficient) 640; neglect &c. 460.
Adj. incomplete; imperfect &c. 651; unfinished; uncompleted &c.
(see
complete &c. 729); defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in
default, in arrear[obs3]; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half,
perfunctory, sketchy; crude &c. (unprepared) 674.
mutilated, garbled, docked, lopped, truncated.
in progress, in hand; going on, proceeding.
Adv. incompletely &c. adj.; by halves.
Phr. caetera desunt[Lat]; caret.
#54. Composition.—N. composition, constitution, crasis[obs3];
combination &c. 48; inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception;
embodiment; formation. V. be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be
made up of; consist of, be resolved into. include &c. (in a class) 76;
contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody; involve,
implicate; drag into. compose, constitute, form, make; make up, fill
up, build up; enter into the composition of &c. (be a component) 56.
Adj. containing, constituting &c.v.
#55. Exclusion.—N. exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception,
rejection, repudiation; exile &c. (seclusion) 893; noninclusion[obs3],
preclusion, prohibition. separation, segregation, seposition[obs3],
elimination, expulsion; cofferdam. V. be excluded from &c. exclude,
bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay
apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate;
throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect &c. 460; banish &c.
(seclude) 893; separate.&c. (disjoin) 44. pass over, omit; garble;
eliminate, weed, winnow. Adj. excluding &c. v.; exclusive, excluded &c.
v.; unrecounted[obs3], not included in; inadmissible. Adv. exclusive
of, barring; except; with the exception of; save; bating.
#56. Component.—N. component; component part, integral part,
integrant part[obs3]; element, constituent, ingredient, leaven; part
and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member &c. (part) 51;
personnel. V. enter into, enter into the composition of; be a component
&c. n; be part of, form part of &c. 51; merge in, be merged in; be
implicated in; share in &c. (participate) 778; belong to, appertain to;
combine, inhere in, unite. form, make, constitute, compose. Adj.
forming &c. v. inclusive.
#57. Extraneousness.—N. extraneousness &c. adj.; extrinsicality &c.
6[obs3]; exteriority &c. 220[obs3]; alienage[obs3], alienism; foreign
body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder,
interloper, foreigner, novus homo[Lat], newcomer, immigrant, emigrant;
creole, Africander[obs3]; outsider; Dago*, wop, mick, polak, greaser,
slant, Easterner [U.S.], Dutchman, tenderfoot. Adj. extraneous,
foreign, alien, ulterior; tramontane, ultramontane. excluded &c. 55;
inadmissible; exceptional. Adv. in foreign parts, in foreign lands;
abroad, beyond seas; over sea on one's travels.
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