Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
717. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile[obs3]; tiling,
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slates, slating, leads; barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment
[obs3][U.S.], tiling, shed &c. (abode) 189. top, lid, covercle|, door,
operculum; bulkhead [U.S.]. bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping,
dossil[obs3], finger stall. coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt,
tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget[obs3]; housing; antimacassar,
eiderdown, numdah[obs3], pillowcase, pillowslip[obs3]; linoleum; saddle
cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah [obs3][U.S.], apishamore
[obs3][U.S.]. integument, tegument; skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur,
leather, shagreen[obs3], hide; pelt, peltry[obs3]; cordwain[obs3];
derm[obs3]; robe, buffalo robe [U.S.]; cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis.
clothing &c. 225; mask &c. (concealment) 530. peel, crust, bark, rind,
cortex, husk, shell, coat; eggshell, glume[obs3]. capsule; sheath,
sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca[obs3]; elytron[obs3];
elytrum[obs3]; involucrum[Lat]; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle;
corn husk, corn shuck [U.S.]; dermatology, conchology;
testaceology[obs3]. inunction[obs3]; incrustation, superimposition,
superposition, obduction|; scale &c. (layer) 204. [specific coverings:
list] veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper
plate; engobe[obs3]; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement; coating, paint;
varnish &c. (resin) 356a; plating, barrel plating, anointing &c. v.;
enamel; epitaxial deposition[Engin], vapor deposition; ground,
whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment &c.
(grease) 356. V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread;
wrap &c. 225; encase, incase[obs3]; face, case, veneer, pave, paper;
tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.]. coat, paint,
varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear,
bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker[obs3],
enamel, whitewash; parget[obs3]; lay it on thick. overlie,
overarch[obs3]; endome[obs3]; conceal &c. 528. [of aluminum] anodize.
[of steel] galvanize. Adj. covering &c. v.; superimposed, overlaid,
plated &c. v.; cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular,
tegumentary[obs3], skinny, scaly, squamous[Anat]; covered &c. v.;
imbricated, loricated[obs3], armor plated, ironclad; under cover;
cowled, cucullate[obs3], dermatoid[obs3], encuirassed[obs3], hooded,
squamiferous[obs3], tectiform[obs3]; vaginate[obs3].
#224. Lining.—N. lining, inner coating; coating &c. (covering) 223;
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stalactite, stalagmite.
filling, stuffing, wadding, padding.
wainscot, parietes[Lat], wall.
V. line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill.
Adj. lined &c. v..
#225. Clothing.—N. clothing, investment; covering &c. 223; dress,
raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim;
habiliment; vesture, vestment; garment, garb, palliament|, apparel,
wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothes, things; underclothes. array;
tailoring, millinery; finery &c. (ornament) 847; full dress &c. (show)
882; garniture; theatrical properties. outfit, equipment, trousseau;
uniform, regimentals; continentals [Am. Hist.]; canonicals &c. 999;
livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit,
rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery[obs3]; day wear, night
wear, zoot suit; designer clothes; masquerade. dishabille, morning
dress, undress. kimono; lungi[obs3]; shooting-coat; mufti; rags,
tatters, old clothes; mourning, weeds; duds; slippers. robe, tunic,
paletot[obs3], habit, gown, coat, frock, blouse, toga, smock frock,
claw coat, hammer coat, Prince Albert coat[obs3], sack coat, tuxedo
coat, frock coat, dress coat, tail coat. cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet
mantua[obs3], shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet,
kirtle[obs3], plaid, muffler, comforter, haik[obs3], huke|,
chlamys[obs3], mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose,
burnous, roquelaure[obs3]; houppelande[Fr]; surcoat, overcoat, great
coat; surtout[Fr], spencer[obs3]; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat;
ulster, P- coat, dreadnought, wraprascal[obs3], poncho, cardinal,
pelerine[obs3]; barbe[obs3], chudder[obs3], jubbah[obs3], oilskins,
pajamas, pilot jacket, talma jacket[obs3], vest, jerkin, waistcoat,
doublet, camisole, gabardine; farthingale, kilt, jupe[obs3], crinoline,
bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore; bloomer, bloomers;
chaqueta[obs3], songtag[Ger], tablier[obs3]. pants, trousers,
trowsers[obs3]; breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles|!, overalls,
smalls, small clothes; shintiyan|!; shorts, jockey shorts, boxer
shorts; tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables; knickers,
knickerbockers; philibeg[obs3], fillibeg[obs3]; pants suit; culottes;
jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims. [brand names for jeans] Levis,
Calvin Klein, Calvins, Bonjour, Gloria Vanderbilt. headdress, headgear;
chapeau[Fr], crush hat, opera hat; kaffiyeh; sombrero, jam,
tam-o-shanter, tarboosh[obs3], topi, sola topi[Lat], pagri[obs3],
puggaree[obs3]; cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap; castor, bonnet,
tile, wideawake, billycock[obs3], wimple; nightcap, mobcap[obs3],
skullcap; hood, coif; capote[obs3], calash; kerchief, snood, babushka;
head, coiffure; crown &c. (circle) 247; chignon, pelt, wig, front,
peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako[obs3], busby;
kepi[obs3], forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet &c.
717; mask, domino. body clothes; linen; hickory shirt [U.S.]; shirt,
sark[obs3], smock, shift, chemise; night gown, negligee, dressing gown,
night shirt; bedgown[obs3], sac de nuit[Fr]. underclothes
[underclothing], underpants, undershirt; slip [for women], brassiere,
corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle &c. (circle)
247; stomacher; petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock [for men],
athletic supporter, jockstrap. sweater, jersey; cardigan; turtleneck,
pullover; sweater vest. neckerchief, neckcloth[obs3]; tie, ruff,
collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf; bib, tucker; boa;
cummerbund, rumal[obs3], rabat[obs3]. shoe, pump, boot, slipper,
sandal, galoche[obs3], galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes,
hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot,
jack boot, top boot; Balmoral[obs3]; arctics, bootee, bootikin[obs3],
brogan, chaparajos[obs3]; chavar[obs3], chivarras[obs3],
chivarros[obs3]; gums [U.S.], larrigan [obs3][N. Am.], rubbers,
showshoe, stogy[obs3], veldtschoen[Ger], legging, buskin, greave[obs3],
galligaskin[obs3], gamache[obs3], gamashes[obs3], moccasin, gambado,
gaiter, spatterdash[obs3], brogue, antigropelos[obs3]; stocking, hose,
gaskins[obs3], trunk hose, sock; hosiery. glove, gauntlet, mitten,
cuff, wristband, sleeve. swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette; ice
wool; taffeta. pocket handkerchief, hanky[obs3], hankie. clothier,
tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress[obs3], snip; dressmaker,
habitmaker[obs3], breechesmaker[obs3], shoemaker; Crispin; friseur[Fr];
cordwainer[obs3], cobbler, hosier[obs3], hatter; draper, linen draper,
haberdasher, mercer. [underpants for babies] diaper, nappy[obs3][Brit];
disposable diaper, cloth diaper; Luvs[brand names for diapers],
Huggies. V. invest; cover &c. 223; envelope, lap, involve;
inwrap[obs3], enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up;
overlap; sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest. vest, clothe,
array, dress, dight[obs3], drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel,
accounter[obs3], rig, fit out; deck &c. (ornament) 847; perk, equip,
harness, caparison. wear; don; put on, huddle on, slip on; mantle. Adj.
invested &c. v.; habited; dighted[obs3]; barbed, barded; clad, costume,
shod, chausse[Fr]; en grande tenue &c. (show) 882[Fr]. sartorial. Phr.
"the soul of this man is his clothes" [All's Well].
#226. Divestment.—N. divestment; taking off &c. v..
nudity; bareness &c. adj.; undress; dishabille &c. 225; the
altogether; nudation[obs3], denudation; decortication, depilation,
excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis[Med].
V. divest; uncover &c. (cover &c. 223); denude, bare, strip;
disfurnish[obs3]; undress, disrobe &c. (dress, enrobe &c. 225);
uncoif[obs3]; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel,
pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open;
exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin. Adj. divested &c. v.; bare,
naked, nude; undressed, undraped; denuded; exposed; in dishabille;
bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless. in a state of nature,
in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit;
in puris naturalibus[Lat]; with nothing on, stark naked, stark
raving naked [joc.]; bald as a coot, bare as the back of one's
hand; out at elbows; barefoot; bareback, barebacked; leafless,
napless[obs3], hairless.
#227. Circumjacence.—N. circumjacence[obs3], circumambience[obs3];
environment, encompassment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings. outpost;
border &c. (edge) 231; girdle &c. (circumference) 230; outskirts,
boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs[obs3], environs,
entourage, banlieue[obs3]; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity. V. lie
around &c. adv.; surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose,
enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird,
engird[obs3]; skirt, twine round; hem in &c. (circumscribe) 229. Adj.
circumjacent, circumambient[obs3], circumfluent[obs3]; ambient;
surrounding &c. v.; circumferential, suburban. Adv. around, about;
without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round
about.
#228. Interposition.—N. interposition, interjacence[obs3],
intercurrence[obs3], intervenience[obs3], interlocation[obs3],
interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation,
interspersion, intercalation. [interposition at a fine-grained level]
interpenetration; permeation; infiltration. [interposition by one
person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative]
intervention, interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation.
insertion &c. 300; dovetailing; embolism. intermediary,
intermedium[obs3]; go between, bodkin|!, intruder, interloper;
parenthesis, episode, flyleaf. partition, septum, diaphragm; midriff;
dissepiment[obs3]; party wall, panel, room divider. halfway house. V.
lie between, come between, get between; intervene, slide in,
interpenetrate, permeate. put between, introduce, import, throw in,
wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in;
interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave,
intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in,
squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle;
infiltrate, ingrain. interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in;
intrude, obtrude; have a finger in the pie; introduce the thin end of
the wedge; thrust in &c. (insert) 300. Adj. interjacent[obs3],
intercurrent[obs3], intervenient[obs3], intervening &c. v.,
intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial;
embolismal[obs3]. parenthetical, episodic; mediterranean; intrusive;
embosomed[obs3]; merged. Adv. between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst;
amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between;
sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum.
#229. Circumscription.—N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure;
confinement &c. (restraint) 751; circumvallation[obs3]; encincture;
envelope &c. 232. container (receptacle) 191. V. circumscribe, limit,
bound, confine, inclose; surround &c. 227; compass about; imprison &c.
(restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in,
hedge round; picket; corral. enfold, bury, encase, incase[obs3], pack
up, enshrine, inclasp[obs3]; wrap up &c. (invest) 225; embay[obs3],
embosom[obs3]. containment (inclusion) 76. Adj. circumscribed &c. v.;
begirt[obs3], lapt[obs3]; buried in, immersed in; embosomed[obs3], in
the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned &c. 751;
landlocked, in a ring fence.
#230. Outline.—N. outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery,
ambit, circuit, lines tournure[obs3], contour, profile, silhouette;
bounds; coast line. zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle,
tyre[Brit], cingle[obs3], clasp, girt; cordon &c. (inclosure) 232;
circlet, &c. 247..
#231. Edge.—N. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border,
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confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces;
lip,
muzzle.
threshold, door, porch; portal &c. (opening) 260; coast, shore.
frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting,
hem,
selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp.
Adj. border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated[obs3],
marginated[obs3].
#232. Inclosure.—N. inclosure, envelope; case &c. (receptacle) 191;
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wrapper; girdle &c. 230.
pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, sheep fold; paddock, pound; corral;
yard; net, seine net.
wall, hedge, hedge row; espalier; fence &c. (defense) 717; pale,
paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling,
circumvallation[obs3], enceinte, ring fence.
barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle [U.S.]; door,
hatch,
cordon; prison &c. 752.
dike, dyke, ditch, fosse[obs3], moat.
V. inclose, circumscribe &c. 229.
#233. Limit.—N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term,
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bourn, verge, curbstone[obs3], but, pale, reservation; termination,
terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.
boundary line, landmark; line of demarcation, line of
circumvallation[obs3]; pillars of Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne
plus
ultra[Lat]; sluice, floodgate.
Adj. definite; conterminate|, conterminable[obs3]; terminal,
frontier;
bordering.
Adv. thus far, thus far and no further.
Phr. stick to the reservation; go beyond the pale.
_Special_
#234. Front.—N. front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk,
disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia[Lat], frontispiece;
anteriority[obs3]; obverse [of a medal or coin]. fore rank, front rank;
van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout. brow,
forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz[obs3], countenance, mut*[obs3];
rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore[obs3], jib. pioneer &c.
(precursor) 64; metoposcopy[obs3]. V. be in front, stand in front &c.
adj.; front, face, confront; bend forwards; come to the front, come to
the fore. Adj. fore, anterior, front, frontal. Adv. before; in front,
in the van, in advance; ahead, right ahead; forehead, foremost; in the
foreground, in the lee of; before one's face, before one's eyes; face
to face, vis-a-vis; front a front. Phr. formosa muta commendatio est
[Lat][Syrus]; frons est animi janua [Lat][Cicero]; "Human face divine"
[Milton]; imago animi vultus est indices oculi [Lat][Cicero]; "sea of
upturned faces" [Scott].
#235. Rear.—N. rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard;
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background, hinterland.
occiput[Anat], nape, chine; heels; tail, rump, croup, buttock,
posteriors, backside scut[obs3], breech, dorsum, loin; dorsal region,
lumbar region; hind quarters; aitchbone[obs3]; natch, natch bone.
stern, poop, afterpart[obs3], heelpiece[obs3], crupper.
wake; train &c. (sequence) 281.
reverse; other side of the shield.
V. be behind &c. adv.; fall astern; bend backwards; bring up the
rear.
Adj. back, rear; hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost[obs3];
postern,
posterior; dorsal, after; caudal, lumbar; mizzen, tergal[obs3].
Adv. behind; in the rear, in the background; behind one's back; at
the
heels of, at the tail of, at the back of; back to back.
after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost[obs3], aback, rearward.
Phr. ogni medaglia ha il suo rovescio[It][obs3]; the other side of
the
coin.
#236. Laterality.—N. laterality[obs3]; side, flank, quarter, lee;
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hand; cheek, jowl, jole[obs3], wing; profile; temple, parietes[Lat],
loin,
haunch, hip; beam.
gable, gable end; broadside; lee side.
points of the compass; East, Orient, Levant; West; orientation.
V. be on one side &c. adv.; flank, outflank; sidle; skirt;
orientate.
Adj. lateral, sidelong; collateral; parietal, flanking, skirting;
flanked; sideling.
many sided; multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral.
Eastern; orient, oriental; Levantine; Western, occidental,
Hesperian.
Adv. sideways, sidelong; broadside on; on one side, abreast,
alongside, beside, aside; by the side of; side by side; cheek by jowl
&c.
(near) 197; to windward, to leeward; laterally &c. adj.; right and
left; on
her beam ends.
Phr. "his cheek the may of days outworn" [Shakespeare].
#237. Contraposition.—N. contraposition[obs3], opposition;
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polarity; inversion &c. 218; opposite side; reverse, inverse;
counterpart;
antipodes; opposite poles, North and South.
antonym, opposite (contrariety) 14.
V. be opposite &c. adj.; subtend.
Adj. opposite; reverse, inverse; converse, antipodal,
subcontrary[obs3]; fronting, facing, diametrically opposite.
Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic; Southern, Austral,
antarctic.
Adv. over, over the way, over against; against; face to face,
vis-a-
vis; as poles asunder.
#238. Dextrality.—N. dextrality[obs3]; right, right hand; dexter,
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offside, starboard.
Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal[obs3],
dextrorse[obs3];
ambidextral[obs3], ambidextrous; dextro-.
Adv. dextrad[obs3], dextrally[obs3].
#239. Sinistrality.—N. sinistrality[obs3]; left, left hand, a
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gauche; sinister, nearside[obs3], larboard, port.
Adj. left-handed; sinister; sinistral, sinistrorsal[obs3],
sinistrorse[obs3], sinistrous[obs3];
Pref. laevo-.
Adv. sinistrally, sinistrously[obs3].
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