Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
505. Memory — N. memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness;
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tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.]; tablets of the memory;
readiness.
reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration†; recurrence,
flashback; retrospect, retrospection.
afterthought, post script, PS.
suggestion &c (information) 527; prompting &c v.; hint, reminder;
remembrancer†, flapper; memorial &c (record) 551; commemoration &c
(celebration) 883.
[written reminder] note, memo, memorandum; things to be
remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic,
memorabilia.
art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica [Lat.];
mnemonics, mnemotechnics†; phrenotypics†; Mnemosyne.
prompt-book; crib sheet, cheat sheet.
retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green
memory†, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct
memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate
recollection; perfect memory, total recall.
celebrity, fame, renown, reputation &c (repute) 873.
V. remember, mind; retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of;
keep in view.
recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace;
look back, trace back, trace backwards; think back, look back upon;
review; call upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrance;
carry one's thoughts back; rake up the past.
have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts,
carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts,
have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in
the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind,
hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the
mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be in one's thoughts,
live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's
thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's
mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind,
haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory.
sink in the mind; run in the head; not be able to get out of one's
head; be deeply impressed with; rankle &c (revenge) 919.
recur to the mind; flash on the mind, flash across the memory.
[cause to remember] remind; suggest &c (inform ) 527; prompt; put
in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind; fan the embers; call up, summon
up, rip up; renew; infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]; jog the memory,
flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the
memory; pull by the sleeve; bring back to the memory, put in
remembrance, memorialize.
task the memory, tax the memory.
get at one's fingers' ends, have at one's fingers', learn at one's
fingers', know one's lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat
by rote; say one's lesson; repeat, repeat as a parrot; have at one's
fingers' ends, have at one's finger tips; commit to memory, memorize;
con over, con; fix in the memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the
memory, impress in the memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the
memory, engrave in the memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the
memory, bottle up in the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the
memory; load the memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory
with, burden the memory with.
redeem from oblivion; keep the memory alive, keep the wound green,
pour salt in the wound, reopen old wounds'; tangere ulcus [Lat.]; keep
up the memory of; commemorate &c (celebrate) 883.
make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum &c (record) 551.
Adj. remembering, remembered &c v.; mindful, reminiscential†; retained
in the memory &c v.; pent up in one's memory; fresh; green, green in
remembrance; unforgotten, present to the mind; within one's memory &c
n.; indelible; uppermost in one's thoughts; memorable &c (important)
642.
Adv. by heart, by rote; without book, memoriter†.
in memory of; in memoriam; memoria in aeterna [Lat.]; suggestive.
Phr. manet alta mente repostum [Lat.] [Vergil]; forsan et haec olim
meminisse juvabit [Lat.] [Vergil]; absens haeres non erit [Lat.];
beatae memoriae [Lat.]; briefly thyself remember [Lear]; mendacem
memorem esse oportet [Lat.] [Quintilian]; memory the warder of the
brain [Macbeth]; parsque est meminisse doloris [Lat.] [Ovid]; to live
in hearts we leave behind is not to die [Campbell]; vox audita peril
littera scripta manet [Lat.]; out of sight, out of mind.
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2. 1. Existence — N. existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.],
3. 2. Inexistence — N. inexistence†; nonexistence, nonsubsistence;
4. 3. Substantiality — N. substantiality, hypostasis; person, being,
5. 4. Unsubstantiality — N. unsubstantiality†, insubstantiality;
6. 3. FORMAL EXISTENCE
7. 5. Intrinsicality — N. intrinsicality†, inbeing†, inherence, inhesion†;
8. 6. Extrinsicality — N. extrinsicality†, objectiveness, non ego;
9. 4. MODAL EXISTENCE
10. 7. State — N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim,
11. 8. Circumstance — N. circumstance, situation, phase, position,
12. 9. Relation — N. relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,
13. 10. [Want, or absence of relation.] Irrelation — N. irrelation†,
14. 11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity — N. consanguinity,
15. 12. [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation — N. reciprocalness
16. 13. Identity — N. identity, sameness; coincidence, coalescence;
17. 14. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety — N. contrariety, contrast, foil,
18. 15. Difference — N. difference; variance, variation, variety;
19. 16. Uniformity — N. uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness;
20. 17. Similarity — N. similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude,
21. 18. Dissimilarity — N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude†; unlikeness,
22. 19. Imitation — N. imitation; copying &c v.; transcription;
23. 20. Nonimitation — N. no imitation; originality; creativeness.
24. 21. [Result of imitation.] Copy — N. copy, facsimile, counterpart,
25. 22. [Thing copied.] Prototype — N. prototype, original, model,
26. 23. Agreement — N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony;
27. 24. Disagreement — N. disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance,
28. 25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity — N. quantity, magnitude; size &c
29. 26. [Relative quantity.] Degree — N. degree, grade, extent, measure,
30. 27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality — N. equality, parity,
31. 28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality — N. inequality;
32. 29. Mean — N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium,
33. 30. Compensation — N. compensation, equation; commutation;
34. 31. Greatness — N. greatness &c adj.; magnitude; size &c (dimensions)
35. 32. Smallness — N. smallness &c adj.; littleness &c (small size) 193;
36. 33. [Supremacy.] Superiority — N. superiority, majority; greatness &c
37. 34. Inferiority — N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy; shortcoming,
38. 35. Increase — N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension;
39. 36. Nonincrease, Decrease — N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c v.;
40. 37. Addition — N. addition, annexation, adjection†; junction &c 43;
41. 38. Nonaddition. Subtraction — N. subtraction, subduction†; deduction,
42. 39. [Thing added] Adjunct — N. adjunct; addition, additament†; additum
43. 40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder — N. remainder, residue; remains,
44. 41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture — N. mixture,
45. 42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness — N. simpleness &c adj.;
46. 43. Junction — N. junction; joining &c v.; joinder [Law], union
47. 44. Disjunction — N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion,
48. 45. [Connecting medium.] Connection — N. vinculum, link; connective,
49. 46. Coherence — N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness;
50. 47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence — N.
51. 48. Combination — N. combination; mixture &c 41; junction &c 43;
52. 49. Decomposition — N. decomposition, analysis, dissection,
53. 50. [Principal part.] Whole — N. whole, totality, integrity; totalness
54. 51. Part — N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any;
55. 52. Completeness — N. completeness &c adj.; completion &c 729;
56. 53. Incompleteness — N. incompleteness &c adj.; deficiency, short
57. 54. Composition — N. composition, constitution, crasis†; combination &c
58. 55. Exclusion — N. exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception,
59. 56. Component — N. component; component part, integral part, integrant
60. 57. Extraneousness — N. extraneousness &c adj.; extrinsicality &c 6;
61. 58. Order — N. order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo
62. 59. [Absence, or want of Order, &c] Disorder — N. disorder;
63. 60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement — N. arrangement; plan &c 626;
64. 61. [Subversion of Order; bringing into disorder.] Derangement — N.
65. 62. Precedence — N. precedence; coming before &c v.; the lead, le pas;
66. 63. Sequence — N. sequence, coming after; going after &c (following)
67. 64. Precursor — N. precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor;
68. 65. Sequel — N. sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake,
69. 66. Beginning — N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset,
70. 67. End — N. end, close, termination; desinence†, conclusion, finis,
71. 68. Middle — N. middle, midst, mediety†, mean &c 29; medium, middle
72. 69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity — N. continuity; consecution,
73. 70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity — N. discontinuity;
74. 71. Term — N. term, rank, station, stage, step; degree &c 26; scale,
75. 72. Assemblage — N. {opp.
76. 73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion — N. {opp.
77. 74. [Place of meeting.] Focus — N. focus; point of convergence &c 290;
78. 75. Class — N. class, division, category, categorema†, head, order,
79. 76. [Comprehension under, or reference to a class.] Inclusion — N.
80. 77. Exclusion — N. {opp.
81. 78. Generality — N. {opp.
82. 79. Speciality — N. {opp.
83. 80. Normality — N. normality, normalcy, normalness†; familiarity,
84. 81. Multiformity — N. multiformity, omniformity†; variety, diversity;
85. 82. Conformity — N. {opp.
86. 83. Unconformity — N. {opp.
87. 84. Number — N. number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit,
88. 85. Numeration — N. numeration; numbering &c v.; pagination; tale,
89. 86. List — N. list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register &c
90. 87. Unity — N. unity; oneness &c adj.; individuality; solitude &c
91. 88. Accompaniment — N. accompaniment; adjunct &c 39; context;
92. 89. Duality — N. duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity†, biformity†;
93. 90. Duplication — N. duplication; doubling &c v.; gemination,
94. 91. [Division into two parts.] bisection — N. bisection, bipartition;
95. 92. Triality — N. Triality†, trinity; triunity†.
96. 93. Triplication — N. triplication, triplicity†; trebleness†, trine.
97. 94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection — N. trisection,
98. 95. Four — N. quaternity†, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square,
99. 96. Quadruplication — N. quadruplication.
100. 97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection — N. quadrisection,
101. 98. Five &c — N. five, cinque [Fr.], quint, quincux†; six, half-a-
102. 99. Quinquesection &c — N. division by five &c 98; quinquesection &c;
103. 100. {opp.
104. 3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER
105. 101. Zero — N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher,
106. 102. Multitude — N. multitude; numerous &c adj.; numerosity,
107. 103. Fewness — N. fewness &c adj.; paucity, small number; small
108. 104. Repetition — N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping,
109. 105. Infinity — N. infinity, infinitude, infiniteness &c adj.;
110. 106. Time — N. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span,
111. 107. Neverness — N. neverness; absence of time, no time; dies non;
112. 108. [Definite duration, or portion of time.] Period — N. period, age,
113. 109. [Indefinite duration.] Course — N. corridors of time, sweep of
114. 110. [Long duration.] Diuturnity — N. diuturnity†; a long time, a
115. 111. [Short duration.] Transientness — N. transience, transientness &c
116. 112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity — N. perpetuity, eternity,
117. 113. [Point of time] Instantaneity — N. instantaneity,
118. 114. [Estimation, measurement, and record of time.] Chronometry — N.
119. 115. [False estimate of time.] Anachronism — N. anachronism,
120. 116. Priority — N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence,
121. 117. Posteriority — N. posteriority; succession, sequence; following
122. 118. The Present Time — N. the present, the present time, the present
123. 119. [Time different from the present.] Different time — N. different
124. 120. Synchronism — N. synchronism; coexistence, coincidence;
125. 121. [Prospective time.] Futurity — N. futurity, futurition; future,
126. 122. [Retrospective time.] The Past — N. the past, past time; days of
127. 123. Newness — N. newness &c adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth
128. 124. Oldness — N. oldness &c adj.†; age, antiquity; cobwebs of
129. 125. Morning [Noon.] — N. morning, morn, forenoon, a.m., prime, dawn,
130. 126. Evening [Midnight.] — N. evening, eve; decline of day, fall of
131. 127. Youth — N. youth; juvenility, juvenescence†; juniority†; infancy;
132. 128. Age — N. age; oldness† &c adj.; old age, advanced age, golden
133. 129. Infant — N. infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling,
134. 130. Veteran — N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard;
135. 131. Adolescence — N. adolescence, pubescence, majority; adultism;
136. 132. Earliness — N. {ant.
137. 133. Lateness — N. {ant.
138. 134. Occasion — N. {ant.
139. 135. Untimeliness — N. {ant.
140. 136. Frequency — N. frequency, oftness†, oftenness†, commonness;
141. 137. Infrequency — N. infrequency, rareness, rarity; fewness &c 103;
142. 138. Periodicity [Regularity of recurrence] — N. periodicity,
143. 139. Irregularity of recurrence — N. irregularity, uncertainty,
144. 140. [Difference at different times.] Change — N. change, alteration,
145. 141. [Absence of change.] Permanence — N. stability &c 150; quiescence
146. 142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation — N. cessation,
147. 143. Continuance in action — N. continuance, continuation; run;
148. 144. [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion — N.
149. 145. Reversion — N. reversion, return; revulsion.
150. 146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution — N. revolution,
151. 147. [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution — N.
152. 148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange — N. interchange,
153. 149. Changeableness — N. changeableness &c adj.; mutability,
154. 150. Stability — N. stability; immutability &c adj.; unchangeability,
155. 151. Eventuality — N. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident,
156. 152. Destiny — N. destiny &c (necessity) 601; future existence, post
157. 153. [Constant antecedent]. Cause — N. cause, origin, source,
158. 154. [Constant sequent.] Effect — N. effect, consequence; aftergrowth†,
159. 155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution — N. attribution, theory,
160. 156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance — N. chance,
161. 157. Power — N. power; potency, potentiality; jiva†; puissance, might,
162. 158. Impotence — N. impotence; inability, disability; disablement,
163. 159. [Degree of power.] Strength — N. strength; power &c 157; energy
164. 160. Weakness — N. weakness &c adj.; debility, atony†, relaxation,
165. 161. Production — N. {ant.
166. 162. [Nonproduction.] Destruction — N. {ant.
167. 163. Reproduction — N. reproduction, renovation; restoration &c 660;
168. 164. Producer — N. producer, originator, inventor, author, founder,
169. 165. Destroyer — N. destroyer &c (destroy) &c 162; cankerworm &c
170. 166. Paternity — N. paternity; parentage; consanguinity &c 11.
171. 167. Posterity — N. posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring,
172. 168. Productiveness — N. productiveness &c adj.; fecundity, fertility,
173. 169. Unproductiveness — N. unproductiveness &c adj.; infertility,
174. 170. Agency — N. agency, operation, force, working, strain, function,
175. 171. Physical Energy — N. energy, physical energy, force, power &c
176. 172. Physical Inertness — N. inertness, dullness &c adj.; inertia, vis
177. 173. Violence — N. violence, inclemency, vehemence, might,
178. 174. Moderation — N. moderation, lenity &c 740; temperateness,
179. 175. Influence — N. influence; importance &c 642; weight, pressure,
180. 176. Tendency — N. tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity,
181. 177. Liability — N. liability, liableness†; possibility, contingency;
182. 178. Concurrence — N. concurrence, cooperation, coagency†; union;
183. 179. Counteraction — N. counteraction, opposition; contrariety &c 14;
184. 180. [Indefinite space.] Space — N. space, extension, extent,
185. 181. [Definite space.] Region — N. region, sphere, ground, soil, area,
186. 182. [Limited space.] Place — N. place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche,
187. 183. Situation — N. situation, position, locality, locale, status,
188. 184. Location — N. location, localization; lodgment; deposition,
189. 185. Displacement — N. displacement, elocation†, transposition.
190. 186. Presence — N. presence; occupancy, occupation; attendance;
191. 187. [Nullibiety.1] Absence — N. absence; inexistence &c 2 [Obs.];
192. 188. Inhabitant — N. inhabitant; resident, residentiary†; dweller,
193. 189. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode — N. abode, dwelling,
194. 190. [Things contained.] Contents — N. contents; cargo, lading,
195. 191. Receptacle — N. receptacle; inclosure &c 232; recipient,
196. 192. Size — N. size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness &c
197. 193. Littleness — N. littleness &c adj.; smallness &c (of quantity)
198. 194. Expansion — N. expansion; increase of size &c 35; enlargement,
199. 195. Contraction — N. contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of
200. 196. Distance — N. distance; space &c 180; remoteness, farness†, far-
201. 197. Nearness — N. nearness &c adj.; proximity, propinquity; vicinity,
202. 198. Interval — N. interval, interspace†; separation &c 44; break, gap,
203. 199. Contiguity — N. contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition,
204. 200. Length — N. length, longitude, span; mileage; distance &c 196.
205. 201. Shortness — N. shortness &c adj.; brevity; littleness &c 193; a
206. 202. Breadth, Thickness, — N. breadth, width, latitude, amplitude;
207. 203. Narrowness. Thinness — N. narrowness &c adj.; closeness, exility†;
208. 204. Layer — N. layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum,
209. 205. Filament — N. filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle†, vein; hair,
210. 206. Height — N. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch;
211. 207. Lowness — N. lowness &c adj.; debasement, depression, prostration
212. 208. Depth — N. depth; deepness &c adj.; profundity, depression &c
213. 209. Shallowness — N. shallowness &c adj.; shoals; mere scratch.
214. 210. Summit — N. summit, summity†; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith,
215. 211. Base — N. base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard,
216. 212. Verticality — N. verticality; erectness &c adj.; perpendicularity
217. 213. Horizontality — N. horizontality†; flatness; level, plane; stratum
218. 214. Pendency — N. pendency†, dependency; suspension, hanging &c v.;
219. 215. Support — N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra
220. 216. Parallelism — N. {ant.
221. 217. Obliquity — N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness
222. 218. Inversion — N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion,
223. 219. Crossing — N. crossing &c v.; intersection, interdigitation;
224. 220. Exteriority — N. exteriority†; outside, exterior; surface,
225. 221. Interiority — N. interiority; inside, interior; interspace†,
226. 222. Centrality — N. centrality, centricalness†, center; middle &c 68;
227. 223. Covering — N. covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino†, baldaquin†;
228. 224. Lining — N. lining, inner coating; coating &c (covering) 223;
229. 225. Clothing — N. clothing, investment; covering &c 223; dress,
230. 226. Divestment — N. divestment; taking off &c v.. nudity; bareness &c
231. 227. Circumjacence — N. circumjacence†, circumambience†; environment,
232. 228. Interposition — N. interposition, interjacence†, intercurrence†,
233. 229. Circumscription — N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure;
234. 230. Outline — N. outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit,
235. 231. Edge — N. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border,
236. 232. Inclosure — N. inclosure, envelope; case &c (receptacle) 191;
237. 233. Limit — N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term,
238. 234. Front — N. front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc,
239. 235. Rear — N. rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard;
240. 236. Laterality — N. laterality†; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand;
241. 237. Contraposition — N. contraposition†, opposition; polarity;
242. 238. Dextrality — N. dextrality†; right, right hand; dexter, offside,
243. 239. Sinistrality — N. sinistrality†; left, left hand, a gauche;
244. 240. Form — N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make,
245. 241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism — N. amorphism†, informity†; unlicked
246. 242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry — N. symmetry, shapeliness,
247. 243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion — N. distortion, detortion†,
248. 244. Angularity — N. angularity, angularness†; aduncity†; angle, cusp,
249. 245. Curvature — N. curvature, curvity†, curvation†; incurvature†,
250. 246. Straightness — N. straightness, rectilinearity†, directness;
251. 247. [Simple circularity.] Circularity — N. circularity, roundness;
252. 248. [Complex curvature.] Convolution — N. winding &c v.; convolution,
253. 249. Rotundity — N. rotundity; roundness &c adj.; cylindricity†;
254. 250. Convexity — N. convexity, prominence, projection, swelling,
255. 251. Flatness — N. flatness &c adj.; smoothness &c 255.
256. 252. Concavity — N. concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness;
257. 253. Sharpness — N. sharpness &c adj.; acuity, acumination†;
258. 254. Bluntness — N. bluntness &c adj..
259. 255. Smoothness — N. smoothness &c adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity,
260. 256. Roughness — N. roughness &c adj.; tooth, grain, texture, ripple;
261. 257. Notch — N. notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple.
262. 258. Fold — N. fold, plicature†, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck,
263. 259. Furrow — N. furrow, groove, rut, sulcus [Anat.], scratch, streak,
264. 260. Opening — N. hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel†;
265. 261. Closure — N. closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up &c v.;
266. 262. Perforator — N. perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel,
267. 263. Stopper — N. stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill,
268. 264. [Successive change of place.] Motion — N. motion, movement, move;
269. 265. Quiescence — N. rest; stillness &c adj.; quiescence; stagnation,
270. 266. [Locomotion by land.] Journey — N. travel; traveling &c v..
271. 267. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation — N. navigation;
272. 268. Traveler — N. traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger,
273. 269. Mariner — N. sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer,
274. 270. Transference — N. transfer, transference; translocation,
275. 271. Carrier — N. carrier, porter, bearer, tranter†, conveyer;
276. 272. Vehicle — N. vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common
277. 273. Ship — N. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom.
278. 274. Velocity — N. velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness &c adj.;
279. 275. Slowness — N. slowness &c adj.; languor &c (inactivity) 683;
280. 276. Impulse — N. impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push,
281. 277. Recoil — N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce,
282. 278. Direction — N. direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift,
283. 279. Deviation — N. deviation; swerving &c v.; obliquation†, warp,
284. 280. [Going before.] Precession — N. precession, leading, heading;
285. 281. [Going after.] Sequence — N. sequence; coming after &c (order)
286. 282. [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression — N. progress,
287. 283. [Motion backwards.] Regression — N. regress, regression;
288. 284. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion — N.
289. 285. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction — N.
290. 286. [Motion towards.] Approach — N. approach, approximation,
291. 287. [Motion from.] Recession — N. recession, retirement, withdrawal;
292. 288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer.]
293. 289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion — N.
294. 290. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence — N. convergence, confluence,
295. 291. [Motion further off.] Divergence — N. divergence, divergency†;
296. 292. [Terminal motion at.] Arrival — N. arrival, advent; landing;
297. 293. [Initial motion from.] Departure — N. departure, decession†,
298. 294. [Motion into.] Ingress — N. ingress; entrance, entry;
299. 295. [Motion out of.] Egress — N. egress, exit, issue; emersion,
300. 296. [Motion into, actively.] Reception — N. reception; admission,
301. 297. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection — N. ejection, emission,
302. 298. [Eating.] Food — N. eating &c v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation†,
303. 299. Excretion — N. excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation,
304. introduction; insinuation &c (intervention) 228; planting, &c v.;
305. 301. [Forcible egress.] Extraction — N. extraction; extracting &c v.;
306. 302. [Motion through.] Passage — N. passage, transmission; permeation;
307. 303. [Motion beyond] Transcursion — N. transcursion†, transiliency†,
308. 304. [motion short of] Shortcoming — N. shortcoming, failure; falling
309. 305. [Motion upwards] Ascent — N. ascent, ascension; rising &c 309;
310. 306. [Motion downwards] Descent — N. descent, descension†, declension,
311. 307. Elevation — N. elevation; raising &c v.; erection, lift;
312. 308. Depression — N. lowering &c v.; depression; dip &c (concavity)
313. 309. Leap — N. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation†.
314. 310. Plunge — N. plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking &c v.; diver.
315. 311. [Curvilinear motion.] Circuition — N. circuition†, circulation;
316. 312. [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation — N. rotation,
317. 313. [Motion in the reverse circle.] Evolution — N. evolution,
318. 314. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation — N.
319. 315. [Irregular motion] Agitation — N. agitation, stir, tremor, shake,
320. 316. Materiality — N. materiality, materialness; corporeity†,
321. 317. Immateriality — N. immateriality, immaterialness; incorporeity†,
322. 318. World — N. world, creation, nature, universe; earth, globe, wide
323. 319. Gravity — N. gravity, gravitation; weight; heaviness &c adj.;
324. 320. Levity — N. levity; lightness &c adj.; imponderability, buoyancy,
325. 321. Density — N. density, solidity; solidness &c adj.;
326. 322. Rarity — N. rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity &c 321;
327. 323. Hardness — N. hardness &c adj.; rigidity; renitence†, renitency;
328. 324. Softness — N. softness, pliableness &c adj.; flexibility;
329. 325. Elasticity — N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience,
330. 326. Inelasticity — N. want of elasticity, absence of elasticity &c
331. 327. Tenacity — N. {ant.
332. 328. Brittleness — N. {ant.
333. 329. [Structure.] Texture — N. structure (form) 240, organization,
334. 330. Pulverulence — N. powderiness† [State of powder.], pulverulence†;
335. 331. Friction — N. friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping &c
336. 332. [Absence of friction. Prevention of friction.] Lubrication — N.
337. 333. Fluidity — N. fluidity, liquidity; liquidness &c adj.†; gaseity &c
338. 334. Gaseity — N. gaseity†; vaporousness &c adj.; flatulence,
339. 335. Liquefaction — N. liquefaction; liquescence†, liquescency†;
340. 336. Vaporization — N. vaporization, volatilization; gasification,
341. 337. Water — N. water; serum, serosity†; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua
342. 338. Air — N. air &c (gas) 334; common air, atmospheric air;
343. 339. Moisture — N. moisture; moistness &c adj.; humidity, humectation†;
344. 340. Dryness — N. dryness &c adj.; siccity†, aridity, drought, ebb
345. 341. Ocean — N. sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves,
346. 342. Land — N. land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.
347. 343. Gulf. Lake — N. land covered with water, gulf, gulph†, bay, inlet,
348. 344. Plain — N. plain, table-land, face of the country; open country,
349. 345. Marsh — N. marsh, swamp, morass, marish†, moss, fen, bog,
350. 346. Island — N. island, isle, islet, eyot†, ait†, holf†, reef, atoll,
351. 347. [Fluid in motion.] Stream — N. stream &c (of water) 348, (of air)
352. 348. [Water in motion.] River — N. running water.
353. 349. [Air in motion] Wind — N. wind, draught, flatus, afflatus,
354. 350. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit — N. conduit,
355. 351. [Channel for the passage of air.] Airpipe — N. air pipe, air
356. 352. Semiliquidity — N. semiliquidity; stickiness &c adj.; viscidity,
357. 353. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.] — N. bubble, foam,
358. 354. Pulpiness — N. pulpiness &c adj.; pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap,
359. 355. Unctuousness — N. unctuousness &c adj.; unctuosity†, lubricity;
360. 356. Oil — N. oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard,
361. 357. Organization — N. organized world, organized nature; living
362. 358. Inorganization — N. mineral world, mineral kingdom; unorganized
363. 359. Life — N. life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark,
364. 360. Death — N. death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit,
365. 361. [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing — N. killing &c v.;
366. 362. Corpse — N. corpse, corse†, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry
367. 363. Interment — N. interment, burial, sepulture†; inhumation†;
368. 364. Animality — N. animal life; animation, animality†, animalization†;
369. 365. Vegetability† — N. vegetable life; vegetation, vegetability†;
370. 366. Animal — N. animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.
371. 367. Vegetable — N. vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure.
372. 368. [The science of animals.] Zoology — N. zoology, zoonomy†,
373. 369. [The science of plants.] Botany — N. botany; physiological
374. 370. [The economy or management of animals.] Husbandry — N. husbandry,
375. 371. [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture — N.
376. 372. Mankind — N. man, mankind; human race, human species, human kind,
377. 373. Man — N. man, male, he, him; manhood &c (adolescence) 131;
378. 374. Woman — N. woman, she, her, female, petticoat.
379. 375. Physical Sensibility — N. sensibility; sensitiveness &c adj.;
380. 376. Physical Insensibility — N. insensibility, physical
381. 377. Physical Pleasure — N. pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual
382. 378. Physical Pain — N. pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance†; bodily
383. 2. Special Sensation
384. 379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch — N. touch; tact, taction†,
385. 380. Sensations of Touch — N. itching, pruritis [Med.] &c v.;
386. 381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness — N. numbness &c (physical
387. 382. Heat — N. heat, caloric; temperature, warmth, fervor, calidity†;
388. 383. Cold — N. cold, coldness &c adj.; frigidity, inclemency, fresco.
389. 384. Calefaction — N. increase of temperature; heating &c v.;
390. 385. Refrigeration — N. refrigeration, infrigidation†, reduction of
391. 386. Furnace — N. furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth, focus,
392. 387. Refrigerator — N. refrigerator, refrigeratory†; frigidarium†; cold
393. 388. Fuel — N. fuel, firing, combustible.
394. 389. Thermometer — N. thermometer, thermometrograph†, mercury
395. 390. Taste — N. taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish;
396. 391. Insipidity — N. insipidity, blandness; tastelessness &c adj..
397. 392. Pungency — N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout,
398. 393. Condiment — N. condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish,
399. 394. Savoriness — N. savoriness &c adj.; good taste, deliciousness,
400. 395. Unsavoriness — N. unsavoriness &c adj.; amaritude†; acrimony,
401. 396. Sweetness — N. sweetness, dulcitude†.
402. 397. Sourness — N. sourness &c adj.; acid, acidity, low pH; acetous
403. 398. Odor — N. odor, smell, odorament†, scent, effluvium; emanation,
404. 399. Inodorousness — N. inodorousness†; absence of smell, want of
405. 400. Fragrance — N. fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet,
406. 401. Fetor — N. fetor†; bad &c adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink;
407. 402. Sound — N. sound, noise, strain; accent, twang, intonation, tone;
408. 403. Silence — N. silence; stillness &c (quiet) 265; peace, hush,
409. 404. Loudness — N. loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang,
410. 405. Faintness — N. faintness &c adj.; faint sound, whisper, breath;
411. 406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap — N. snap &c v.; rapping &c v.;
412. 407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll — N. roll &c v.; drumming
413. 408. Resonance — N. resonance; ring &c v.; ringing, tintinabulation &c
414. 409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation — N. sibilance, sibilation; zip;
415. 410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor — N. creak &c v.; creaking &c v.;
416. 411. Cry — N. cry &c v.; voice &c (human) 580; hubbub; bark &c
417. 412. [Animal sounds.] Ululation — N. cry &c v.; crying &c v.; bowwow,
418. 413. Melody. Concord — N. melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme &c (poetry)
419. 414. Discord — N. discord, discordance; dissonance, cacophony, want of
420. 415. Music — N. music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody &c 413;
421. 416. Musician [Performance of Music.] — N. musician, artiste,
422. 417. Musical Instruments — N. musical instruments; band; string-band,
423. 418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing — N. hearing &c v.; audition,
424. 419. Deafness — N. deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity†;
425. 420. Light — N. light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil;
426. 421. Darkness — N. darkness &c adj., absence of light; blackness &c
427. 422. Dimness — N. dimness &c adj.; darkness &c 421; paleness &c (light
428. 423. [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary — N. luminary;
429. 424. Shade — N. shade; awning &c (cover) 223; parasol, sunshade,
430. 425. Transparency — N. transparence, transparency; clarity;
431. 426. Opacity — N. opacity; opaqueness &c adj.. film; cloud &c 353.
432. 427. Semitransparency — N. semitransparency, translucency,
433. 428. Color — N. color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade,
434. 429. [Absence of color.] Achromatism — N. achromatism†; decoloration†,
435. 430. Whiteness — N. whiteness &c adj.; argent.
436. 431. Blackness — N. blackness, &c adj.; darkness, &c (want of light)..
437. 432. Gray — N. gray &c adj.; neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt,
438. 433. Brown — N. brown &c adj.. [Pigments],, bister ocher, sepia,
439. 434. Redness — N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink,
440. 435. Greenness — N. green &c adj.; blue and yellow; vert [Heral.].
441. 436. Yellowness — N. yellow &c adj.; or.
442. 437. Purple — N. purple &c adj.; blue and red, bishop's purple;
443. 438. Blueness — N. blue &c adj.; garter-blue; watchet†.
444. 439. Orange — N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color &c
445. 440. Variegation — N. variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism;
446. 441. Vision — N. vision, sight, optics, eyesight.
447. 442. Blindness — N. blindness, cecity†, excecation†, amaurosis†,
448. 443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.] — N.
449. 444. Spectator — N. spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on,
450. 445. Optical Instruments — N. optical instruments; lens, meniscus,
451. 446. Visibility — N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness,
452. 447. Invisibility — N. invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance,
453. 448. Appearance — N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show,
454. 449. Disappearance — N. disappearance, evanescence, eclipse,
455. 450. Intellect — N. intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking
456. 451. Thought — N. thought; exercitation of the intellect†, exercise of
457. 452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy — N. incogitancy†,
458. 453. [Object of thought.] Idea — N. idea, notion, conception, thought,
459. 454. [Subject of thought] Topic — N. subject of thought, material for
460. 455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity — N. interest, thirst for
461. 456. [Absence of curiosity.] Incuriosity — N. incuriosity,
462. 457. Attention — N. attention; mindfulness, presence of mind &c adj.;
463. 458. Inattention — N. inattention, inconsideration; inconsiderateness
464. 459. Care [Vigilance.] — N. care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness &c
465. 460. Neglect — N. neglect; carelessness &c adj.; trifling &c v.;
466. 461. Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question] — N. inquiry; request &c
467. 462. Answer — N. answer, response, reply, replication, riposte,
468. 463. Experiment — N. experiment; essay &c (attempt) 675; analysis &c
469. 464. Comparison — N. comparison, collation, contrast; identification;
470. 465. [results of comparison. 1] Discrimination — N. discrimination,
471. 466. Measurement — N. measurement, admeasurement†, mensuration, survey,
472. 467. Evidence [On one side.] — N. evidence; facts, premises, data,
473. 468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence
474. 469. Qualification — N. qualification, limitation, modification,
475. 470. Possibility — N. possibility, potentiality; what may be, what is
476. 471. Impossibility — N. impossibility &c adj.; what cannot, what can
477. 472. Probability — N. probability, likelihood; credibleness†;
478. 473. Improbability — N. improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable
479. 474. Certainty — N. certainty; necessity &c 601; certitude, surety,
480. 475. Uncertainty — N. uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness &c
481. 476. Reasoning, — N. {ant.
482. 477. Intuition. & Sophistry [The absence of reasoning.] [False or
483. 478. Demonstration — N. {ant.
484. 479. Confutation — N. {ant 478} confutation, refutation; answer,
485. 480. Judgment [Conclusion.] — N. result, conclusion, upshot;
486. 481. Misjudgment — N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment;
487. 482. Overestimation — N. overestimation &c v.; exaggeration &c 549;
488. 483. Underestimation — N. underestimation; depreciation &c
489. 484. Belief — N. belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust,
490. 485. Unbelief. Doubt — N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit,
491. 486. Credulity — N. credulity, credulousness &c adj.; cullibility†,
492. 487. Incredulity — N. incredulousness†, incredulity; skepticism,
493. 488. Assent — N. assent, assentment†; acquiescence, admission; nod;
494. 489. Dissent — N. dissent; discordance &c (disagreement) 24;
495. 490. Knowledge — N. knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence†;
496. 491. Ignorance — N. ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa [Lat.], crass
497. 492. Scholar — N. scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman†,
498. 493. Ignoramus — N. ignoramus, dunce; wooden spoon; no scholar.
499. 494. [Object of knowledge.] Truth — N. fact, reality &c (existence) 1;
500. 495. Error — N. error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension,
501. 496. Maxim — N. maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm†; dictum, saying,
502. 497. Absurdity — N. absurdity, absurdness &c adj.; imbecility &c 499;
503. 498. Intelligence, Wisdom — N. intelligence, capacity, comprehension,
504. 499. Imbecility. Folly — N. want of intelligence &c 498, want of
505. 500. Sage — N. sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of
506. 501. Fool — N. fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling†,
507. 502. Sanity — N. sanity; soundness &c adj.; rationality, sobriety,
508. 503. Insanity — N. disordered reason, disordered intellect; diseased
509. 504. Madman — N. madman, lunatic, maniac, bedlamite†, candidate for
510. 505. Memory — N. memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness;
511. 506. Oblivion — N. oblivion, obliviousness, lethe; forgetfulness &c
512. 507. Expectation — N. expectation, expectance, expectancy;
513. 508. Inexpectation — N. inexpectation†, non-expectation; false
514. 509. [Failure of expectation.] Disappointment — N. disappointment;
515. 510. Foresight — N. foresight, prospicience†, prevision, long-
516. 511. Prediction — N. prediction, announcement; program, programme
517. 512. Omen — N. omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice;
518. 513. Oracle — N. oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur,
519. 514. Supposition — N. supposition, assumption, assumed position,
520. 515. Imagination — N. imagination; originality; invention; fancy;
521. 516. [Idea to be conveyed.] Meaning [Thing signified.] — N. meaning;
522. 517. [Absence of meaning.] Unmeaningness — N. meaninglessness,
523. 518. Intelligibility — N. intelligibility; clearness, explicitness &c
524. 519. Unintelligibility — N. unintelligibility; incomprehensibility,
525. 520. [Having a double sense] Equivocalness — N. equivocalness &c adj.;
526. 521. Metaphor — N. figure of speech; facon de parler [Fr.], way of
527. 522. Interpretation — N. interpretation, definition; explanation,
528. 523. Misinterpretation — N. misinterpretation, misapprehension,
529. 524. Interpreter — N. interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent,
530. 525. Manifestation — N. {ant.
531. 526. Latency. Implication — N. {ant.
532. 527. Information — N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance,
533. 528. Concealment — N. concealment; hiding &c v.; occultation,
534. 529. Disclosure — N. disclosure; retection†; unveiling &c v.;
535. 530. Ambush [Means of concealment]. — N. camouflage; mimicry; hiding
536. 531. Publication — N. publication; public announcement &c 527;
537. 532. News — N. news; information &c 527; piece of news [Fr.], budget
538. 533. Secret — N. secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum†,
539. 534. Messenger — N. messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio,
540. 535. Affirmation — N. affirmance, affirmation; statement, allegation,
541. 536. Negation — N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal,
542. 537. Teaching — N. teaching &c v.; instruction; edification;
543. 538. Misteaching — N. misteaching†, misinformaton, misintelligence†,
544. 539. Learning — N. learning; acquisition of knowledge &c 490,
545. 540. Teacher — N. teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master,
546. 541. Learner — N. learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice,
547. 542. School — N. school, academy, university, alma mater, college,
548. 543. Veracity — N. veracity; truthfulness, frankness, &c adj.; truth,
549. 544. Falsehood — N. falsehood, falseness; falsity, falsification;
550. 545. Deception — N. deception; falseness &c 544; untruth &c 546;
551. 546. Untruth — N. untruth, falsehood, lie, story, thing that is not,
552. 547. Dupe — N. dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche†, cull [Slang], cully†,
553. 548. Deceiver — N. deceiver &c (deceive) &c 545; dissembler,
554. 549. Exaggeration — N. exaggeration; expansion &c 194; hyperbole,
555. 550. Indication — N. indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology,
556. 551. Record — N. trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix;
557. 552. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration — N. obliteration; erasure,
558. 553. Recorder — N. recorder, notary, clerk; registrar, registrary†,
559. 554. Representation — N. representation, representment†; imitation &c
560. 555. Misrepresentation — N. misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura†,
561. 556. Painting — N. painting; depicting; drawing &c v.; design;
562. 557. Sculpture — N. sculpture, insculpture†; carving &c v.; statuary.
563. 558. Engraving — N. engraving, chalcography†; line engraving, mezzotint
564. 559. Artist — N. artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer,
565. 560. Language — N. language; phraseology &c 569; speech &c 582;
566. 561. Letter — N. letter; character; hieroglyphic &c (writing) 590;
567. 562. Word — N. word, term, vocable; name &c 564; phrase &c 566; root,
568. 563. Neologism — N. neology, neologism; newfangled expression, nonce
569. 564. Nomenclature — N. nomenclature; naming &c v.; nuncupation†,
570. 565. Misnomer — N. misnomer; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]; Mrs.
571. 566. Phrase — N. phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph;
572. 567. Grammar — N. grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation;
573. 568. Solecism — N. solecism; bad grammar, false grammar, faulty
574. 569. Style — N. style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner, strain;
575. 570. Perspicuity — N. perspicuity, perspicuousness &c
576. 571. Obscurity — N. obscurity &c (unintelligibility) 519; involution;
577. 572. Conciseness — N. conciseness &c adj.; brevity, the soul of wit,
578. 573. Diffuseness — N. diffuseness &c adj.; amplification &c v.;
579. 574. Vigor — N. vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness &c adj.;
580. 575. Feebleness — N. feebleness &c adj..
581. 576. Plainness — N. plainness &c adj.; simplicity, severity; plain
582. 577. Ornament — N. ornament; floridness c†.
583. 578. Elegance — N. elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness,
584. 579. Inelegance — N. inelegance; stiffness &c adj.; unlettered Muse
585. 580. Voice — N. voice; vocality†; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice,
586. 581. Aphony — N. aphony†, aphonia†; dumbness &c adj.; obmutescence†;
587. 582. Speech — N. speech, faculty of speech; locution, talk, parlance,
588. 583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering — N. inarticulateness; stammering
589. 584. Loquacity — N. loquacity, loquaciousness; talkativeness &c adj.;
590. 585. Taciturnity — N. silence, muteness, obmutescence†; taciturnity,
591. 586. Allocution — N. allocution, alloquy†, address; speech &c 582;
592. 588. Conversation — N. conversation, interlocution; collocution†,
593. 589. Soliloquy — N. soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe; monology†.
594. 590. Writing — N. writing &c v.; chirography, stelography†,
595. 591. Printing — N. printing; block printing, type-printing; plate
596. 592. Correspondence — N. correspondence, letter, epistle, note,
597. 593. Book — N. booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule†; tract,
598. 594. Description — N. description, account, statement, report; expose
599. 595. Dissertation — N. dissertation, treatise, essay; thesis, theme;
600. 596. Compendium — N. compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome,
601. 597. Poetry — N. poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine,
602. 598. Prose — N. prose, prose writer.
603. 599. The Drama — N. the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film
604. 600. Will — N. will, volition, conation†, velleity; liberum arbitrium
605. 601. Necessity — N. involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn
606. 602. Willingness — N. willingness, voluntariness &c adj.†; willing
607. 603. Unwillingness — N. unwillingness &c adj.; indisposition,
608. 604. Resolution — N. determination, will; iron will, unconquerable
609. 605. Irresolution — N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision;
610. 606. Obstinacy — N. obstinateness &c adj.; obstinacy, tenacity;
611. 607. Tergiversation — N. change of mind, change of intention, change
612. 608. Caprice — N. caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey†,
613. 609. Choice — N. choice, option; discretion &c (volition) 600;
614. 610. Rejection — N. rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal &c 764;
615. 611. Predetermination — N. predestination, preordination,
616. 612. Impulse — N. impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation;
617. 613. Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence] — N.
618. 614. Desuetude — N. desuetude, disusage†; obsolescence, disuse &c 678;
619. 615. Motive — N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.
620. 616. Dissuasion — N. dissuasion, dehortation†, expostulation,
621. 617. [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext — N.
622. 618. Good — N. good, benefit, advantage; improvement &c 658; greatest
623. 619. Evil — N. evil, ill, harm, hurt., mischief, nuisance;
624. 620. Intention — N. intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo
625. 621. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance — N.
626. 622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit — N. pursuit; pursuing &c v.;
627. 623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance — N. abstention, abstinence; for
628. 624. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment; desertion,
629. 625. Business — N. business, occupation, employment; pursuit &c 622;
630. 626. Plan — N. plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition,
631. 627. Method [Path.] — N. method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode,
632. 628. Mid-course — N. middle course, midcourse; mean &c 29; middle &c
633. 629. Circuit — N. circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour,
634. 630. Requirement — N. requirement, need, wants, necessities;
635. 631. Instrumentality — N. instrumentality; aid &c 707; subservience,
636. 632. Means — N. means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital
637. 633. Instrument — N. machinery, mechanism, engineering.
638. 635. Materials — N. material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple;
639. 636. Store — N. stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount,
640. 637. Provision — N. provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill;
641. 638. Waste — N. consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion &c
642. 639. Sufficiency — N. sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal,
643. 640. Insufficiency — N. insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness;
644. 641. Redundancy — N. redundancy, redundance†; too much, too many;
645. 642. Importance — N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence,
646. 643. Unimportance — N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness,
647. 644. Utility — N. utility; usefulness &c adj.; efficacy, efficiency,
648. 645. Inutility — N. inutility; uselessness &c adj.; inefficacy†,
649. 646. [Specific subservience.] Expedience — N. expedience, expediency;
650. 647. Inexpedience — N. inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness,
651. 648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness — N.
652. 649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness — N.
653. 650. Perfection — N. perfection; perfectness &c adj.; indefectibility†;
654. 651. Imperfection — N. imperfection; imperfectness &c adj.;
655. 652. Cleanness — N. cleanness, cleanliness &c adj.; purity; cleaning
656. 653. Uncleanness — N. uncleanness &c adj.; impurity; immundity†,
657. 654. Health — N. health, sanity; soundness &c adj.; vigor; good
658. 655. Disease — N. disease; illness, sickness &c adj.; ailing &c; all
659. 656. Salubrity — N. salubrity; healthiness &c adj.. fine air, fine
660. 657. Insalubrity — N. insalubrity; unhealthiness &c adj.; nonnaturals†;
661. 658. Improvement — N. improvement; amelioration, melioration;
662. 659. Deterioration — N. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb;
663. 660. Restoration — N. restoration, restoral; reinstatement,
664. 661. Relapse — N. relapse, lapse; falling back &c v.; retrogradation
665. 662. Remedy — N. remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament;
666. 663. Bane — N. bane, curse; evil &c 619; hurtfulness &c (badness) 649
667. 664. Safety — N. safety, security, surety, impregnability;
668. 665. Danger — N. danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard,
669. 666. [Means of safety.] Refuge — N. refuge, sanctuary, retreat,
670. 667. [Source of danger.] Pitfall — N. rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken
671. 668. Warning — N. warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice &c
672. 669. [Indication of danger.] Alarm — N. alarm; alarum, larum†, alarm
673. 670. Preservation — N. preservation; safe-keeping; conservation &c
674. 671. Escape — N. escape, scape; avolation†, elopement, flight; evasion
675. 672. Deliverance — N. deliverance, extrication, rescue; reprieve,
676. 673. Preparation — N. preparation; providing &c v.; provision,
677. 674. Nonpreparation — N. non-preparation, absence of preparation, want
678. 675. Essay — N. essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle,
679. 676. Undertaking — N. undertaking; compact &c 769; adventure, venture;
680. 677. Use — N. use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation†;
681. 678. Disuse — N. forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment &c
682. 679. Misuse — N. misuse, misusage, misemployment†, misapplication,
683. 680. Action — N. action, performance; doing, &c v.; perpetration;
684. 681. Inaction — N. inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action;
685. 682. Activity — N. activity; briskness, liveliness &c adj.; animation,
686. 683. Inactivity — N. inactivity; inaction &c 681; inertness &c 172;
687. 684. Haste — N. haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration,
688. 685. Leisure — N. leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare
689. 686. Exertion — N. exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw,
690. 687. Repose — N. repose, rest, silken repose; sleep &c 683.
691. 688. Fatigue — N. fatigue; weariness &c 841; yawning, drowsiness &c
692. 689. Refreshment — N. bracing &c v.; recovery of strength,
693. 690. Agent — N. doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator;
694. 691. Workshop — N. workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of
695. 692. Conduct — N. conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior;
696. 693. Direction — N. direction; management, managery†; government,
697. 694. Director — N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller.
698. 695. Advice — N. advice, counsel, adhortation†; word to the wise;
699. 696. Council — N. council, committee, subcommittee, comitia [Lat.],
700. 697. Precept — N. precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript,
701. 698. Skill — N. skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity,
702. 699. Unskillfulness — N. unskillfulness &c adj.; want of skill &c 698;
703. 700. Proficient — N. proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster†,
704. 701. Bungler — N. bungler; blunderer, blunderhead†; marplot, fumbler,
705. 702. Cunning — N. cunning, craft; cunningness†, craftiness &c adj.;
706. 703. Artlessness — N. artlessness &c adj.; nature, simplicity;
707. 704. Difficulty — N. difficulty; hardness &c adj.; impracticability &c
708. 705. Facility — N. facility, ease; easiness &c adj.; capability;
709. 706. Hindrance — N. prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage;
710. 707. Aid — N. aid, aidance†; assistance, help, opitulation†, succor;
711. 708. Opposition — N. opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy†, oppugnation†;
712. 709. Cooperation — N. cooperation; coadjuvancy†, coadjutancy†;
713. 710. Opponent — N. opponent, antagonist, adversary; adverse party,
714. 711. Auxiliary — N. auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant;
715. 712. Party — N. party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set,
716. 713. Discord — N. disagreement &c 24; discord, disaccord†, dissidence,
717. 714. Concord — N. concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue;
718. 715. Defiance — N. defiance; daring &c v.; dare; challenge, cartel†;
719. 716. Attack — N. attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,
720. 717. Defense — N. defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding &c v.;
721. 718. Retaliation — N. retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter-
722. 719. Resistance — N. resistance, stand, front, oppugnation†;
723. 720. Contention — N. contention, strife; contest, contestation†;
724. 721. Peace — N. peace; amity &c (friendship) 888; harmony &c (concord)
725. 722. Warfare — N. warfare; fighting &c v.; hostilities; war, arms, the
726. 723. Pacification — N. pacification, conciliation; reconciliation,
727. 724. Mediation — N. mediation, mediatorship†, mediatization†;
728. 725. Submission — N. submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience &c
729. 726. Combatant — N. combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic,
730. 727. Arms — N. arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments,
731. 728. Arena — N. arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater;
732. 729. Completion — N. completion, accomplishment, achievement,
733. 730. Noncompletion — N. noncompletion, nonfulfillment; shortcoming &c
734. 731. Success — N. success, successfulness; speed; advance &c
735. 732. Failure — N. failure; nonsuccess†, nonfulfillment; dead failure,
736. 733. Trophy — N. trophy; medal, prize, palm, award; laurel, laurels;
737. 734. Prosperity — N. prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence &c
738. 735. Adversity — N. adversity, evil &c 619; failure &c 732; bad luck,
739. 736. Mediocrity — N. moderate circumstances, average circumstances;
740. 737. Authority — N. authority; influence, patronage, power,
741. 738. [Absence of authority] Laxity — N. laxity; laxness, looseness,
742. 739. Severity — N. severity; strictness, harshness &c adj.; rigor,
743. 740. Lenity — N. lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation &c 174;
744. 741. Command — N. command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm†, bidding,
745. 742. Disobedience — N. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy;
746. 743. Obedience — N. obedience; observance &c 772; compliance;
747. 744. Compulsion — N. compulsion, coercion, coaction†, constraint,
748. 745. Master — N. master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander,
749. 746. Servant — N. subject, liegeman†; servant, retainer, follower,
750. 747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter — N. scepter, regalia, caduceus;
751. 748. Freedom — N. freedom, liberty, independence; license &c
752. 749. Subjection — N. subjection; dependence, dependency;
753. 750. Liberation — N. liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement,
754. 751. Restraint — N. restraint; hindrance &c 706; coercion &c
755. 752. [Means of restraint.] Prison — N. prison, prison house; jail,
756. 753. Keeper — N. keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.], ranger, warder,
757. 754. Prisoner — N. prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate,
758. 755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission — N. commission, delegation;
759. 756. Abrogation — N. abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision;
760. 757. Resignation — N. resignation, retirement, abdication,
761. 758. Consignee — N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.
762. 759. Deputy — N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli†,
763. 760. Permission — N. permission, leave; allowance, sufferance;
764. 761. Prohibition — N. prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance;
765. 762. Consent — N. consent; assent &c 488; acquiescence; approval &c
766. 763. Offer — N. offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture;
767. 764. Refusal — N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance†;
768. 765. Request — N. request, requisition; claim &c (demand) 741;
769. 766. [Negative request.] Deprecation — N. deprecation, expostulation;
770. 767. Petitioner — N. petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant,
771. 768. Promise — N. promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge,
772. 769. Compact — N. compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation†;
773. 770. Conditions — N. conditions, terms; articles, articles of
774. 771. Security — N. security; guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty,
775. 772. Observance — N. observance, performance, compliance,
776. 773. Nonobservance — N. nonobservance &c 772; evasion, inobservance,
777. 774. Compromise — N. compromise, commutation, composition; middle
778. 775. Acquisition — N. acquisition; gaining &c v.; obtainment;
779. 776. Loss — N. loss; deperdition†, perdition; forfeiture, lapse.
780. 777. Possession — N. possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership
781. 778. [Joint possession.] Participation — N. participation; cotenancy†,
782. 779. Possessor — N. possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant;
783. 780. Property — N. property, possession, suum cuique [Lat.], meum et
784. 781. Retention — N. retention; retaining &c v.; keep, detention,
785. 782. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment &c (of a course)
786. 783. Transfer — N. transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation,
787. 784. Giving — N. giving &c v.; bestowal, bestowment†, donation;
788. 785. Receiving — N. receiving &c v.; acquisition &c 775; reception &c
789. 786. Apportionment — N. apportionment, allotment, consignment,
790. 787. Lending — N. lending &c v.; loan, advance, accommodation,
791. 788. Borrowing — N. borrowing, pledging.
792. 789. Taking — N. taking &c v.; reception &c (taking in) 296;
793. 790. Restitution — N. restitution, return; rendition, reddition†;
794. 791. Stealing — N. stealing &c v.; theft, thievery, latrociny†,
795. 792. Thief — N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer,
796. 793. Booty — N. booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag [Slang],
797. 794. Barter — N. barter, exchange, scorse†, truck system; interchange
798. 795. Purchase — N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping;
799. 796. Sale — N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction;
800. 797. Merchant — N. merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler,
801. 798. Merchandise — N. merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods,
802. 799. Mart — N. mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple,
803. 800. Money — N. money, legal tender; money matters, money market;
804. 801. Treasurer — N. treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer;
805. 802. Treasury — N. treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper†; cash
806. 803. Wealth — N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence,
807. 804. Poverty — N. poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution,
808. 805. Credit — N. credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account.
809. 806. Debt — N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment†, debit, score.
810. 807. Payment — N. payment, defrayment†; discharge; acquittance,
811. 808. Nonpayment — N. nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest,
812. 809. Expenditure — N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out
813. 810. Receipt — N. receipt, value received, money coming in; income,
814. 811. Accounts — N. accounts, accompts†; commercial arithmetic, monetary
815. 812. Price — N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge,
816. 813. Discount — N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction,
817. 814. Dearness — N. dearness &c adj.; high price, famine price, fancy
818. 815. Cheapness — N. cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain; good
819. 816. Liberality — N. liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty,
820. 817. Economy — N. economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care,
821. 818. Prodigality — N. prodigality, prodigence†; unthriftiness†, waste;
822. 819. Parsimony — N. parsimony, parcity†; parsimoniousness†, stinginess
823. 820. Affections — N. affections, affect; character, qualities,
824. 821. Feeling — N. feeling; suffering &c v.; endurance, tolerance,
825. 822. Sensibility — N. sensibility, sensibleness, sensitiveness; moral
826. 823. Insensibility — N. insensibility, insensibleness†; moral
827. 824. Excitation — N. excitation of feeling; mental excitement;
828. 825. [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability — N. excitability,
829. 826. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability — N.
830. 827. Pleasure — N. pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition;
831. 828. Pain — N. mental suffering, pain, dolor; suffering, sufferance;
832. 829. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.]
833. 830. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain]. Painfulness
834. 831. Content — N. content, contentment, contentedness; complacency,
835. 832. Discontent — N. discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction;
836. 833. Regret — N. regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du
837. 834. Relief — N. relief; deliverance; refreshment &c 689; easement,
838. 835. Aggravation — N. aggravation, worsening, heightening;
839. 836. Cheerfulness — N. cheerfulness &c adj.; geniality, gayety,
840. 837. Dejection — N. dejection; dejectedness &c adj.; depression,
841. 838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing — N. rejoicing, exultation,
842. 839. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation — N. lament, lamentation; wail,
843. 840. Amusement — N. amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game,
844. 841. Weariness — N. weariness, defatigation†; lassitude &c (fatigue)
845. 842. Wit — N. wit, humor, wittiness; sense of humor; attic wit, attic
846. 843. Dullness — N. dullness, heaviness, flatness; infestivity† &c 837,
847. 844. Humorist — N. humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist†, epigrammatist,
848. 845. Beauty — N. beauty, the beautiful, to kalon [Gr.], le beau ideal.
849. 846. Ugliness — N. ugliness &c adj.; deformity, inelegance; acomia†;
850. 847. Ornament — N. ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature†,
851. 848. Blemish — N. blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism†; flaw,
852. 849. Simplicity — N. simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress,
853. 850. [Good taste.] Taste — N. taste; good taste, refined taste,
854. 851. [Bad taste.] Vulgarity — N. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism,
855. 852. Fashion — N. fashion, style, ton, bon ton†, society; good society,
856. 853. Ridiculousness — N. ridiculousness &c adj.; comicality, oddity &c
857. 854. Fop — N. fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat†; exquisite,
858. 855. Affectation — N. affectation; affectedness &c adj.; acting a part
859. 856. Ridicule — N. ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin;
860. 857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock — N. laughingstock,
861. 858. Hope — N. hope, hopes; desire &c 865; fervent hope, sanguine
862. 859. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness — N. hopelessness
863. 860. Fear — N. fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence;
864. 861. [Absence of fear.] Courage — N. courage, bravery, valor;
865. 862. [Excess of fear.] Cowardice — N. cowardice, pusillanimity;
866. 863. Rashness — N. rashness &c adj.; temerity, want of caution,
867. 864. Caution — N. caution; cautiousness &c adj.; discretion, prudence,
868. 865. Desire — N. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.
869. 866. Indifference — N. indifference, neutrality; coldness &c adj.;
870. 867. Dislike — N. dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination,
871. 868. Fastidiousness — N. fastidiousness &c adj.; nicety,
872. 869. Satiety — N. satiety, satisfaction, saturation, repletion, glut,
873. 870. Wonder — N. wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment,
874. 871. [Absence of wonder.] Expectance — N. expectance &c (expectation)
875. 872. Prodigy — N. prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel,
876. 873. Repute — N. distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation;
877. 874. Disrepute — N. disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad
878. 875. Nobility — N. nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy†,
879. 876. Commonalty — N. commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition,
880. 877. Title — N. title, honor; knighthood &c (nobility) 875.
881. 878. Pride — N. dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.]
882. 879. Humility — N. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness; lowliness,
883. 880. Vanity — N. vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit, self-
884. 881. Modesty — N. modesty; humility &c 879; diffidence, timidity;
885. 882. Ostentation — N. ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade,
886. 883. Celebration — N. celebration, solemnization, jubilee,
887. 884. Boasting — N. boasting &c v.; boast, vaunt, crake†; pretense,
888. 885. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence — N. insolence;
889. 886. Servility — N. servility; slavery &c (subjection) 749;
890. 887. Blusterer — N. blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer†, brawler;
891. 888. Friendship — N. friendship, amity; friendliness &c adj.;
892. 889. Enmity — N. enmity, hostility; unfriendliness &c adj.; discord &c
893. 890. Friend — N. friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best
894. 891. Enemy — N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman†; open enemy, bitter
895. 892. Sociality — N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c adj.;
896. 893. Seclusion. Exclusion — N. seclusion, privacy; retirement;
897. 894. Courtesy — N. courtesy; respect &c 928; good manners, good
898. 895. Discourtesy — N. discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad
899. 896. Congratulation — N. congratulation, gratulation†; felicitation;
900. 897. Love — N. love; fondness &c adj.; liking; inclination &c (desire)
901. 898. Hate — N. hate, hatred, vials of hate.
902. 899. Favorite — N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled
903. 900. Resentment — N. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath,
904. 901. Irascibility — N. irascibility, irascibleness, temper; crossness
905. 902. [Expression of affection or love.] Endearment — N. endearment,
906. 903. Marriage — N. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage,
907. 904. Celibacy — N. celibacy, singleness, single blessedness;
908. 905. Divorce — N. divorce, divorcement; separation; judicial
909. 906. Benevolence — N. benevolence, Christian charity; God's love,
910. 907. Malevolence — N. malevolence; bad intent, bad intention;
911. 908. Malediction — N. malediction, malison†, curse, imprecation,
912. 909. Threat — N. threat, menace; defiance &c 715; abuse, minacity†,
913. 910. Philanthropy — N. philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism
914. 911. Misanthropy — N. misanthropy, incivism; egotism &c (selfishness)
915. 912. Benefactor — N. benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint,
916. 913. [Maleficent being] Evil doer — N. evil doer, evil worker;
917. 914. Pity — N. pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion;
918. 915. Condolence — N. condolence; lamentation &c 839; sympathy,
919. 916. Gratitude — N. gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation,
920. 917. Ingratitude — N. ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion of
921. 918. Forgiveness — N. forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace,
922. 919. Revenge — N. revenge, revengement†; vengeance; avengement†,
923. 920. Jealousy — N. jealousy, jealousness; jaundiced eye; envious
924. 921. Envy — N. envy; enviousness &c adj.; rivalry; jalousie de milier
925. 922. Right — N. right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness &c
926. 923. Wrong — N. wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum
927. 924. Dueness — N. due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative,
928. 925. [Absence of right.] Undueness — N. undueness &c adj.; malum
929. 926. Duty — N. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation,
930. 927. Dereliction of Duty — N. dereliction of duty; fault &c (guilt)
931. 928. Respect — N. respect, regard, consideration; courtesy &c 894;
932. 929. Disrespect — N. disrespect, disesteem, disestimation†;
933. 930. Contempt — N. contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt;
934. 931. Approbation — N. approbation; approval, approvement†; sanction,
935. 932. Disapprobation — N. disapprobation, disapproval; improbation†;
936. 933. Flattery — N. flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment,
937. 934. Detraction — N. detraction, disparagement, depreciation,
938. 935. Flatterer — N. flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist;
939. 936. Detractor — N. detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic,
940. 937. Vindication — N. vindication, justification, warrant;
941. 938. Accusation — N. accusation, charge, imputation, slur,
942. 939. Probity — N. probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness &c adj.;
943. 940. Improbity — N. improbity†; dishonesty, dishonor; deviation from
944. 941. Knave — N. knave, rogue; Scapin†, rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad
945. 942. Disinterestedness — N. disinterestedness &c adj.; generosity;
946. 943. Selfishness — N. selfishness &c adj.; self-love, self-indulgence,
947. 944. Virtue — N. virtue; virtuousness &c adj.; morality; moral
948. 945. Vice — N. vice; evil-doing, evil courses; wrongdoing; wickedness,
949. 946. Innocence — N. innocence; guiltlessness &c adj.; incorruption,
950. 947. Guilt — N. guilt, guiltiness; culpability; criminality,
951. 948. Good Man — N. good man, honest man, worthy.
952. 949. Bad Man — N. bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer &c
953. 950. Penitence — N. penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance,
954. 951. Impenitence — N. impenitence, irrepentance†, recusance†; lack of
955. 952. Atonement — N. atonement, reparation; compromise, composition;
956. 953. Temperance — N. temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness.
957. 954. Intemperance — N. intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality;
958. 955. Asceticism — N. asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism†;
959. 956. Fasting — N. fasting; xerophagy†; famishment, starvation.
960. 957. Gluttony — N. gluttony; greed, avarice; greediness &c adj.;
961. 958. Sobriety — N. sobriety; teetotalism.
962. 959. Drunkenness — N. drunkenness &c adj.; intemperance; drinking &c
963. 960. Purity — N. purity; decency, decorum, delicacy; continence,
964. 961. Impurity — N. impurity; uncleanness &c (filth) 653; immodesty;
965. 962. Libertine — N. libertine; voluptuary &c 954.1; rake, debauchee,
966. 963. Legality — N. legality; legitimacy, legitimateness.
967. 964. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality — N. lawlessness;
968. 965. Jurisdiction [Executive.] — N. jurisdiction, judicature,
969. 966. Tribunal — N. tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory†; court of
970. 967. Judge — N. judge; justice, justiciar†, justiciary†; chancellor;
971. 968. Lawyer — N. lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor,
972. 969. Lawsuit — N. lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in
973. 970. Acquittal — N. acquittal, acquitment†; clearance, exculpation;
974. 971. Condemnation — N. condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty,
975. 972. Punishment — N. punishment, punition†; chastisement, chastening;
976. 973. Reward — N. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon†,
977. 974. Penalty — N. penalty; retribution &c (punishment) 972; pain,
978. 975. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge — N. scourge, rod, cane,
979. 976. Deity — N. Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship†; Omnipotence,
980. 977. [Beneficent spirits] Angel — N. angel, archangel; guardian angel;
981. 978. [Maleficent spirits.] Satan — N. Satan, the Devil, Lucifer,
982. 979. Jupiter — N. god, goddess; heathen gods and goddesses; deva†;
983. 980. Demon — N. demon, daemon, demonry†, demonology; evil genius,
984. 981. Heaven — N. heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly
985. 982. Hell — N. hell, bottomless pit, place of torment; habitation of
986. 983. [Religious Knowledge.] Theology — N. theology (natural and
987. 984. Heterodoxy [Sectarianism.] — N. heterodoxy; error &c 495; false
988. 985. Judeo-Christian Revelation — N. revelation, inspiration,
989. 986. Pseudo-Revelation — N. the Koran, the Alcoran†; Lyking†, Vedas,
990. 987. Piety — N. piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness,
991. 988. Impiety — N. impiety; sin &c 945; irreverence; profaneness &c
992. 989. Irreligion — N. irreligion†, indevotion†; godlessness, ungodliness
993. 990. Worship — N. worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage,
994. 991. Idolatry — N. idolatry, idolism†; demonism†, demonolatry†; idol-
995. 992. Sorcery — N. sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the
996. 993. Spell — N. spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala†,
997. 994. Sorcerer — N. sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist†, theurgist;
998. 995. Churchdom — N. church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship†,
999. 996. Clergy — N. clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery,
1000. 997. Laity — N. laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren,
1001. 998. Rite — N. rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance,
1002. 999. Canonicals — N. canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown
1003. 1000. Temple — N. place of worship; house of God, house of prayer.
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