Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
113. under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail
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and steam; velis et remis[Lat], on eagle's wing, in double quick time;
with rapid strides, with giant strides; a pas de geant[Fr]; in seven
league boots; whip and spur; ventre a terre[Fr]; as fast as one's legs
will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one; as fast as one
can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed; by leaps and
bounds; with haste &c. 684. Phr. vires acquirit eundo[Lat]; "I'll put a
girdle about the earth in forty minutes" [M.N.D.]; "swifter than arrow
from the Tartar's bow" [M.N.D.]; go like a bat out of hell; tempus
fugit[Lat].
#275. Slowness.—N. slowness &c. adj.; languor &c. (inactivity) 683;
drawl; creeping &c. v., lentor[obs3]. retardation; slackening &c. v.;
delay &c. (lateness) 133; claudication|. jog trot, dog trot; mincing
steps; slow march, slow time. slow goer[obs3], slow coach, slow back;
lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail; poke* [U.S.]; dawdle &c.
(inactive) 683. V. move slowly &c. adv.; creep, crawl, lag, slug,
drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber;
trail, drag; dawdle &c. (be inactive) 683; grovel, worm one's way,
steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble[obs3],
slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate|,
shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in
slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire &c.
(be late) 133. retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb;
reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail; put on the drag, apply
the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed, slacken
one's pace; lose ground. Adj. slow, slack; tardy; dilatory &c.
(inactive) 683; gentle, easy; leisurely; deliberate, gradual;
insensible, imperceptible; glacial, languid, sluggish, slow paced,
tardigrade|!, snail-like; creeping &c. v.; reptatorial[obs3]. Adv.
slowly &c. adj.; leisurely; piano, adagio; largo, larghetto; at half
speed, under easy sail; at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a
funeral pace; in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings;
haud passibus aequis [Lat][Vergil]. gradually &c. adj.; gradatim[Lat];
by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little; step by
step, one step at a time; inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little,
seriatim; consecutively. Phr. dum Roma deliberat Saguntum perit[Lat];
at a glacial pace.
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. 1. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT
3. 2. BEING, IN THE CONCRETE
4. 3. FORMAL EXISTENCE
5. 4. MODAL EXISTENCE
6. 1. ABSOLUTE RELATION
7. 140. discriminate &c. 465. Adj. differing &c. v.; different, diverse,
8. 2. CONTINUOUS RELATION
9. 3. PARTIAL RELATION
10. 4. GENERAL RELATION
11. 1. SIMPLE QUANTITY
12. 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
13. 642. great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world;
14. 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
15. 300. V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on,
16. 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY
17. 1. ORDER IN GENERAL
18. 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER
19. 280. place before; prefix; premise, prelude, preface. Adj. preceding
20. 280. Phr. seniores priores[Lat]; prior tempore prior jure[Lat].
21. 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER
22. 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER
23. 5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES
24. 240. Phr. "harmoniously confused" [Pope]; "variety's the very spice of
25. 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT
26. 86. [Operations] notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication,
27. 2. DETERMINATE NUMBER
28. 3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER
29. 1. ABSOLUTE TIME
30. 2. RELATIVE TIME
31. 152. Adj. future, to come; coming &c. (impending) 152; next, near;
32. 3. RECURRENT TIME
33. 1. SIMPLE CHANGE
34. 270. changeableness &c. 149; tergiversation &c. (change of mind) 607.
35. 2. COMPLEX CHANGE
36. 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS
37. 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT
38. 683. anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood.
39. 3. POWER IN OPERATION
40. 729. flowering, fructification; inflorescence. bringing forth &c. v.:
41. 4. INDIRECT POWER
42. 5. COMBINATIONS OF CAUSES
43. 14. V. counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict
44. 1. ABSTRACT SPACE
45. 2. RELATIVE SPACE
46. 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE
47. 1000. hamlet, village, thorp[obs3], dorp[obs3], ham, kraal; borough,
48. 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS
49. 53. [interval of time] period &c. 108; interim (time) 106. V. gape &c.
50. 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS
51. 3. CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS
52. 717. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile[obs3]; tiling,
53. 1. General Form
54. 2. Special Form
55. 3. Superficial Form
56. 1. Motion in General
57. 683. pause, lull &c. (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still &c.
58. 285. [Thing transferred] drift. V. transfer, transmit, transport,
59. 2. Degrees of Motion
60. 113. under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail
61. 3. Motion conjoined with Force
62. 972. come into a collision, enter into collision; collide; sideswipe;
63. 4. Motion with reference to Direction
64. introduction; insinuation &c. (intervention) 228; planting, &c. v.;
65. 629. Adj. turning &c. v.; circuitous; circumforaneous[obs3],
66. 1. Solid Matter
67. 2. FLUID MATTER
68. 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS
69. 1. VITALITY
70. 193. [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur [extinct];
71. 2. SENSATION
72. 954. treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice[Fr]; dainty &c. 394;
73. 225. still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower,
74. 382. Adj. heated &c. v.; molten, sodden; rchauff; heating &c. v.;
75. 581. soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible &c.
76. 445. [Science of light] optics; photology[obs3], photometry;
77. 431. Adj. gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid,
78. 193. [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer,
79. 463. testimony, testification[obs3], expert testimony; attestation;
80. 156. V. be probable &c. adj.; give color to, lend color to; point to;
81. 484. dogmatize, lay down the law. Adj. certain, sure, assured &c. v.;
82. 480. prosyllogism[obs3], syllogism; enthymeme[obs3], sorites[obs3],
83. 544. beg the question, reason in a circle, reason in circles, assume
84. 10. weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague. irrational; nonsensical
85. 537. credibility &c. (probability) 472. V. believe, credit; give faith
86. 514. get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an
87. 535. Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true;
88. 484. tree of knowledge; republic of letters &c. (language) 560.
89. 541. Adj. learned &c. 490; brought up at the feet of Gamaliel. Phr. "he
90. 497. Adj. unintelligent[Applied to persons], unintellectual,
91. 503. greenhorn &c (dupe) 547; dunce &c (ignoramus) 493; lubber &c
92. 475. mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter; of unsound mind &c. n.;
93. 883. make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum &c. (record) 551.
94. 918. Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone,
95. 524. [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor,
96. 525. Adv. to that effect; that is to say &c. (being interpreted) 522.
97. 475. not understand &c. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what
98. 27. Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to
99. 457. announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword[obs3],
100. 519. irrevealable[obs3], inviolable; confidential; esoteric; not to be
101. 768. Adj. asserting &c.v.; declaratory, predicatory[obs3],
102. 535. Phr. di il vero a affronterai il diavolo[It][obs3]; Dichtung und
103. 545. Adj. false, deceitful, mendacious, unveracious, fraudulent,
104. 549. myth, moonshine, bosh, all my eye and Betty Martin, mare's nest,
105. 1. Natural Means
106. 636. burn into memory; carve in stone. Adv. on record. Phr. exegi
107. 2. Conventional Means
108. 566. Adj. lingual, linguistic; dialectic; vernacular, current;
109. 569. V. express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression
110. episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness &c. 577. V. be diffuse &c.
111. 588. fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words;
112. 1. Acts of Volition
113. 324. geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness,
114. 748. Adv. willingly &c. adj.; fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul;
115. 150. constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose;
116. 550. prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy &c. (desire) 865; be
117. 2. Causes of Volition
118. 620. inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet,
119. 766. disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's
120. 3. Objects of Volition
121. 648. Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis[Fr]; all
122. 1. Conceptional Volition
123. 610. lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent,
124. 2. Subservience to Ends
125. 780. mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage;
126. 637. storehouse, storeroom, storecloset[obs3]; depository, depot,
127. 168. adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient
128. 82. Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth
129. 907. corrupting &c. (corrupt &c. 659); virulent, venomous, envenomed,
130. 932. hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable,
131. 657. phr. bibere venenum in auro[Lat].
132. 3. Precursory Measures
133. 62. prepared &c. v.; in readiness; ready, ready to one's band,
134. 1. Simple voluntary Action
135. 170. Adj. doing &c. v.; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in
136. 684. officiousness; dabbling, meddling; interference, interposition,
137. 459. Adv. actively &c. adj.; with life and spirit, with might and main
138. 2. Complex Voluntary Action
139. 545. seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship; rope-dancing.
140. 626. V. be skillful &c. adj.; excel in, be master of; have a turn for
141. 501. V. be unskillful &c. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose;
142. 1. Conditional Antagonism
143. 2. Active Antagonism
144. 632. ministry, ministration; subministration[obs3]; accommodation.
145. 706. parry, repel, propugn[obs3], put to flight; give a warm reception
146. 59. V. resist; not submit &c. 725; repugn[obs3], reluct,
147. 775. continued success; good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; time well
148. 698. conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the
149. 693. [nations] national government, nation, state, country,
150. 914. V. be -lenient &c. adj.; tolerate, bear with; parcere
151. 744. claim, lay claim to, revendicate[obs3], reclaim. cite, summon;
152. 773. revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising,
153. 1. Property in general
154. 2. Transfer of Property
155. 3. Interchange of Property
156. 4. Monetary Relations
157. 797. financier. Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer,
158. 906. V. be liberal &c.adj.; spend freely, bleed freely; shower down
159. 816. penny wise and pound foolish. Adv. with an unsparing hand; money
160. 897. soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's
161. 1. Passive Affections
162. 982. hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond &c.
163. 840. attraction &c. (motive) 615; attractiveness, attractability[obs3];
164. 648. refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet,
165. 883. bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday; gala day,
166. 621. toy, plaything, bauble; doll &c. (puppet ) 554; teetotum[obs3];
167. 2. Discriminative Affections
168. 853. particular; affected &c. 855; meretricious; extravagant,
169. 225. custom &c. 613; mode, vogue, go; rage &c. (desire) 865; prevailing
170. 577. mannerism, simagree, grimace. conceit, foppery, dandyism, man
171. 3. PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS
172. 507. hope for &c. (desire) 865; anticipate. be hopeful &c. adj.;
173. 909. Adj. fearing &c. v.; frightened &c. v.; in fear, in a fright &c.
174. 4. CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS
175. 5. EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS[1]
176. 880. stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait-
177. 884. render vain &c. adj.; inspire with vanity &c. n.; inflate, puff
178. 1. SOCIAL AFFECTIONS
179. 919. excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker,
180. 895. huff &c. (resentment) 900; a word and a blow. Sir Fretful
181. 900. Adj. irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable,
182. 2. DIFFUSIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
183. 900. uncharitableness &c. adj.; incompassionateness &c. 914a[obs3];
184. 919. cruel; brutal, brutish; savage, savage as a bear, savage as a
185. 942. Adv. pro bono publico[Lat], pro aris et focis [Lat][obs3][Cicero].
186. 3. SPECIAL SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
187. 4. RETROSPECTIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
188. 1. MORAL OBLIGATIONS
189. 2. MORAL SENTIMENTS
190. 936. V. detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run
191. 3. MORAL CONDITIONS
192. 949. [Resorts] brothel &c. 961; gambling house &c. 621; joint*, opium
193. 4. MORAL PRACTICE
194. 5. INSTITUTIONS
195. 1. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS
196. 2. Mythological and other fabulous Deities and Powers
197. 2. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES
198. 3. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS
199. 4. ACTS OF RELIGION
200. 998. worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant. V. worship, lift
201. 5. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
202. 990. ministration; preaching, preachment; predication, sermon, homily,
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