Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
1. ABSOLUTE RELATION
1067 words | Chapter 6
#9. Relation.—N. relation, bearing, reference, connection,
concern, cognation; correlation &c. 12; analogy; similarity &c. 17;
affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation
&c. (nearness) 197; filiation &c. (consanguinity) 11[obs3]; interest;
relevancy &c. 23; dependency, relationship, relative position.
comparison &c. 464; ratio, proportion. link, tie, bond of union. V. be
related &c. adj.; have a relation &c. n.; relate to, refer to; bear
upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with; pertain to,
belong to, appertain to; answer to; interest. bring into relation with,
bring to bear upon; connect, associate, draw a parallel; link &c. 43.
Adj. relative; correlative &c. 12; cognate; relating to &c. v.;
relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to[obs3];
belonging to &c. v.; appurtenant to, in common with. related,
connected; implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to; en rapport,
in touch with. approximative[obs3], approximating; proportional,
proportionate, proportionable; allusive, comparable. in the same
category &c. 75; like &c. 17; relevant &c. (apt) 23; applicable,
equiparant[obs3]. Adv. relatively &c. adj.; pertinently &c. 23.
thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning &c.
v.; anent; relating to, as relates to; with relation, with reference
to, with respect to, with regard to; in respect of; while speaking of,
a propos of[Fr]; in connection with; by the way, by the by; whereas;
for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of,
on the score of; quoad hoc[Lat]; pro re nata[Lat]; under the head of
&c. (class) 75 of; in the matter of, in re. Phr. "thereby hangs a
tale" [Taming of the Shrew].
#10. [Want, or absence of relation.] Irrelation.—N.
irrelation[obs3], dissociation; misrelation[obs3]; inapplicability;
inconnection[obs3]; multifariousness; disconnection &c. (disjunction)
44; inconsequence, independence; incommensurability; irreconcilableness
&c. (disagreement) 24; heterogeneity; unconformity &c. 83; irrelevancy,
impertinence, nihil ad rem[Lat]; intrusion &c. 24; non-pertinence. V.
have no relation to &c. 9; have no bearing upon, have no concern with
&c. 9, have no business with; not concern &c. 9; have no business
there, have nothing to do with, intrude &c. 24. bring in head and
shoulders, drag in head and shoulders, lug in head and shoulders. Adj.
irrelative[obs3], irrespective, unrelated; arbitrary; independent,
unallied; unconnected, disconnected; adrift, isolated, insular;
extraneous, strange, alien, foreign, outlandish, exotic. not
comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable &c. 83.
irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose;
impertinent, inapposite, beside the mark, a propos de bottes[Fr]; aside
from the purpose,, away from the purpose,, foreign to the purpose,
beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction,
beside the point; misplaced &c. (intrusive) 24; traveling out of the
record. remote, far-fetched, out of the way, forced, neither here nor
there, quite another thing; detached, segregate; disquiparant[obs3].
multifarious; discordant &c. 24. incidental, parenthetical, obiter
dicta, episodic. Adv. parenthetically &c. adj.; by the way, by the by;
en passant[Fr], incidentally; irrespectively &c. adj.; without
reference to, without regard to; in the abstract &c. 87; a se.
#11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity.—N. consanguinity,
relationship, kindred, blood; parentage &c. (paternity) 166;
filiation[obs3], affiliation; lineage, agnation[obs3], connection,
alliance; family connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism.
kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection;
sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-
german[obs3]; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin
twice &c. removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister,
one's own flesh and blood. family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood,
cousinhood[obs3]. race, stock, generation; sept &c. 166; stirps, side;
strain; breed, clan, tribe, nation. V. be related to &c. adj. claim
relationship with &c. n. with. Adj. related, akin, consanguineous, of
the blood, family, allied, collateral; cognate, agnate, connate;
kindred; affiliated; fraternal.
intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely
related, distantly related, allied; german.
#12. [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation.—N.
reciprocalness &c. adj[obs3].; reciprocity, reciprocation; mutuality,
correlation, interdependence, interrelation, connection, link,
association; interchange &c. 148; exchange, barter. reciprocator,
reprocitist. V. reciprocate, alternate; interchange &c. 148; exchange;
counterchange[obs3]. Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual[obs3],
correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related; alternate;
interchangeable; interdependent; international; complemental,
complementary. Adv. mutually, mutatis mutandis[Lat]; vice versa; each
other, one another; by turns &c. 148; reciprocally &c. adj. Phr. "happy
in our mutual help" [Milton].
#13. Identity.—N. identity, sameness; coincidence, coalescence;
convertibility; equality &c. 27; selfness[obs3], self, oneself;
identification. monotony, tautology &c. (repetition) 104. facsimile &c.
(copy) 21; homoousia; alter ego &c. (similar) 17[obs3]; ipsissima verba
&c. (exactness) 494[Lat]; same; self, very, one and the same; very
thing, actual thing; real McCoy; no other; one and only; in the flesh.
V. be identical &c. adj.; coincide, coalesce, merge. treat as the same,
render the same, identical; identify; recognize the identity of. Adj.
identical; self, ilk; the same &c. n. selfsame, one and the same,
homoousian[obs3]. coincide, coalescent, coalescing; indistinguishable;
one; equivalent &c. (equal) 27; tweedle dee and tweedle dum[Lat]; much
the same, of a muchness[obs3]; unaltered. Adv. identically &c. adj.;
on all fours.
#14. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety.—N. contrariety, contrast, foil,
antithesis, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism &c. (opposition)
708; clashing, repugnance. inversion &c. 218; the opposite, the
reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the
other extreme. V. be contrary &c. adj.; contrast with, oppose; diller
toto coelo[Lat]. invert, reverse, turn the tables; turn topsy-turvy,
turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out. contradict,
contravene; antagonize &c. 708. Adj. contrary, contrarious[obs3],
contrariant[obs3]; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse;
opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing;
conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes; negative;
hostile &c. 703. differing toto coelo[Lat]; diametrically opposite;
diametrically opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as
light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the
poles; as different as night and day; "Hyperion to a satyr"[ Hamlet];
quite the contrary, quite the reverse; no such thing, just the other
way, tout au contraire[Fr]. Adv. contrarily &c. adj.; contra,
contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather; vice versa; on
the other hand &c. (in compensation) 30. Phr. "all concord's born of
contraries" [B. Jonson]. Thesis, antithesis, synthesis [Marx].
#15. Difference.—N. difference; variance, variation, variety;
diversity, dissimilarity &c. 18; disagreement &c. 24; disparity &c.
(inequality) 28; distinction, contradistinction; alteration.
modification, permutation, moods and tenses. nice distinction, fine
distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction; shade of
difference, nuance; discrimination &c. 465; differentia. different
thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes;
horse of a different color; this that or the other. V. be different &c.
adj.; differ, vary, ablude|, mismatch, contrast; divaricate; differ
toto coelo[Lat], differ longo intervallo[It]. vary, modify &c. (change)
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