Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. COMPLEX CHANGE
949 words | Chapter 35
#149. Changeableness.窶年. changeableness &c. adj.; mutability,
inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium;
vacillation &c. (irresolution) 605; fluctuation, vicissitude;
alternation &c. (oscillation) 314. restlessness &c. adj. fidgets,
disquiet; disquietude, inquietude; unrest; agitation &c. 315. moon,
Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock,
harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers[obs3]; wheel of
Fortune; transientness &c. 111[obs3]. V. fluctuate, vary, waver,
flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake,
totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble[obs3], turn and turn about, ring the
changes; sway to and fro, shift to and fro; change and change about;
waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605; oscillate &c. 314;
vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes;
alternate; have as many phases as the moon. Adj. changeable, changeful;
changing &c. 140; mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing; protean,
proteiform|; versatile. unstaid[obs3], inconstant; unsteady, unstable,
unfixed, unsettled; fluctuating &c. v.; restless; agitated &c. 315;
erratic, fickle; irresolute &c. 605; capricious &c. 608; touch and go;
inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic; vibratory; vagrant, wayward; desultory;
afloat; alternating; alterable, plastic, mobile; transient &c. 111;
wavering. Adv. seesaw &c. (oscillation) 314; off and on. Phr. "a
rolling stone gathers no moss"; pictra mossa non fa muschis[It];
honores mutant mores[Lat]; varium et mutabile semper femina
[Lat][Vergil].
#150. Stability.窶年. stability; immutability &c. adj.;
unchangeability, &c. adj.; unchangeableness|!; constancy; stable
equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment[obs3],
stiffness, ankylosis[obs3], solidity, aplomb. establishment, fixture;
rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin.
permanence &c. 141; obstinacy &c. 606. V. be firm &c. adj.; stick fast;
stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course,
stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle
under. settle, establish, stablish[obs3], ascertain, fix, set,
stabilitate[obs3]; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten &c.
(join) 43; set on its legs, float; perpetuate. settle down; strike
roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode &c. 184; build
one's house on a rock. Adj. unchangeable, immutable; unaltered,
unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent &c. 141;
invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial &c. (diuturnal)
110[obs3]. fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed,
valid; fiducial[obs3]; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted;
settled, established &c. v.; vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped,
indeclinable. tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock
solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established &c. v.;
deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate &c. 606. transfixed,
stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded. [movable object rendered
unmovable] stuck, jammed; unremovable; quiescent &c. 265; deterioration
&c. 659. indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable[obs3],
incommutable[obs3], irresoluble[obs3], irrevocable, irreversible,
reverseless[obs3], inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble,
indissolvable[obs3]; indestructible, undying, imperishable,
incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous[obs3]; insusceptible,
insusceptible of change. Int. stet. Phr. littera scripta manet[Lat].
_Present Events_
#151. Eventuality.窶年. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident,
affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency,
juncture, experience, fact; matter of fact; naked fact, bare facts,
just the facts; phenomenon; advent. business, concern, transaction,
dealing, proceeding; circumstance, particular, casualty, accident,
adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence;
opportunity (occasion) 143. the world, life, things, doings, affairs in
general; things in general, affairs in general; the times, state of
affairs, order of the day; course of things, tide of things, stream of
things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of
events; ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life; chapter of
accidents &c. (chance) 156; situation &c. (circumstances) 8. V. happen,
occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off,
comeabout[obs3], come round, come into existence, come forth, come to
pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be
on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance[obs3]; prove, eventuate,
draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its
face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene[obs3]; issue,
arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off &c. (be
past) 122. meet with; experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer,
pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to; fall to the
lot of; be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot; find; endure
&c. (feel) 821. Adj. happening &c. v; going on, doing, current; in the
wind, in the air, afloat; on foot, afoot, on the tapis[obs3]; at issue,
in question; incidental. eventful, stirring, bustling, full of
incident; memorable, momentous, signal. Adv. eventually; in the event
of, in case, just in case; in the course of things; as things, times
go; as the world goes, wags; as the tree falls, cat jumps; as it may
turn out, happen. Phr. that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way
the cookie crumbles; you never know what may turn up, you never know
what the future will bring; the plot thickens; "breasts the blows of
circumstance" [Tennyson]; "so runs round of life from hour to hour"
"sprinkled along the waste of years" [Tennyson][Keble].
_Future Events_
#152. Destiny.窶年. destiny &c. (necessity) 601; future existence,
post existence; hereafter; future state, next world, world to come,
after life; futurity &c. 121; everlasting life, everlasting death;
life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave; prospect &c.
(expectation) 507. V. impend; hang over, lie over; threaten, loom,
await, come on, approach, stare one in the face; foreordain, preordain;
predestine, doom, have in store for. Adj. impending &c. v.; destined;
about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen,
instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over
one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; in the wind, on
the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect &c. (expected)
507; looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; in
the womb of time, futurity; pregnant &c. (producing) 161. Adv. in time,
the long run; all in good time; eventually &c. 151; whatever may happen
&c. (certainly) 474; as chance &c. 156 would have it.
SECTION VIII. CAUSATION
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