Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
3. Superficial Form
#250. Convexity.—N. convexity, prominence, projection, swelling,
gibbosity[obs3], bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot
[obs3][N. Am.], thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.]. swell. intumescence;
tumour[Brit], tumor; tubercle, tuberosity[Anat]; excrescence; hump,
hunch, bunch. boss, embossment, hub, hubble [convex body parts]
tooth[U.S.], knob, elbow, process, apophysis[obs3], condyle, bulb,
node, nodule, nodosity[obs3], tongue, dorsum, bump, clump; sugar loaf
&c. (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon[obs3]; molar; belly, corporation|!,
pot belly, gut[coll]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange.
[convexities on skin] pimple, zit [slang]; wen, wheel, papula[Med],
pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle[obs3], corn,
wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus[obs3], fungus, fungosity[obs3],
exostosis[obs3], bleb, blister, blain[obs3]; boil &c. (disease) 655;
airbubble[obs3], blob, papule, verruca. [convex body parts on chest]
papilla, nipple, teat, tit [vulgar], titty [vulgar], boob [vulgar],
knocker[vulgar], pap, breast, dug, mammilla[obs3]. [prominent convexity
on the face] proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz[coll].
peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag. cupola, dome,
arch, balcony, eaves; pilaster. relief, relievo[It], cameo;
bassorilievo[obs3], mezzorilevo[obs3], altorivievo; low relief, bas
relief[Fr], high relief. hill &c. (height) 206; cape, promontory, mull;
forehead, foreland[obs3]; point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge,
spur; naze[obs3], ness. V. be prominent &c. adj.; project, bulge,
protrude, pout, bouge|[Fr], bunch; jut out, stand out, stick out, poke
out; stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up; swell over,
hang over, bend over; beetle. render prominent &c. adj.; raise 307;
emboss, chase. [become convex] belly out. Adj. convex, prominent,
protuberant, projecting &c. v.; bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular,
bunchy; clavate, clavated[obs3], claviform; hummocky[obs3],
moutonne[obs3], mammiliform[obs3]; papulous[obs3], papilose[obs3];
hemispheric, bulbous; bowed, arched; bold; bellied; tuberous,
tuberculous; tumous[obs3]; cornute[obs3], odontoid[obs3];
lentiform[obs3], lenticular; gibbous; club shaped, hubby [obs3][U.S.],
hubbly [obs3][U.S.], knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform[obs3],
subclavate[obs3], torose[obs3], ventricose[obs3], verrucose[obs3].
salient, in relief, raised, repousse; bloated &c, (expanded) 194.
#251. Flatness.—N. flatness &c. adj.; smoothness &c. 255.
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plane; level &c. 213; plate, platter, table, tablet, slab.
V. render flat, flatten; level &c. 213.
Adj. flat, plane, even, flush, scutiform[obs3], discoid; level &c.
(horizontal) 213; flat as a pancake, flat as a fluke, flat as a
flounder,
flat as a board, flat as my hand.
#252. Concavity.—N. concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness;
indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit,
sinus, alveolus[obs3], lacuna; excavation, strip mine; trough &c.
(furrow) 259; honeycomb. cup, basin, crater, punch bowl; cell &c.
(receptacle) 191; socket. valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle,
combe[obs3], bottom, slade[obs3], strath[obs3], glade, grove, glen,
cave, cavern, cove; grot[obs3], grotto; alcove, cul-de-sac; gully &c.
198; arch &c. (curve) 245; bay &c. (of the sea) 343. excavator, sapper,
miner. honeycomb (sponge) 252a. V. be concave &c. adj.; retire, cave
in. render concave &c. adj.; depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge,
gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine,
burrow, tunnel, stave in. Adj. depressed &c. v.; alveolate[obs3],
calathiform[obs3], cup-shaped, dishing; favaginous[obs3],
faveolate[obs3], favose[obs3]; scyphiform[obs3], scyphose[obs3];
concave, hollow, stove in; retiring; retreating; cavernous; porous &c.
(with holes) 260; infundibul[obs3], infundibular[obs3],
infundibuliform[obs3]; funnel shaped, bell shaped; campaniform[obs3],
capsular; vaulted, arched.
252a Sponge—N. sponge, honeycomb, network; frit[Chem], filter.
sieve, net, screen (opening) 260.
Adj. cellular, spongy, spongious[obs3]; honeycombed, alveolar;
sintered; porous (opening) 260.
#253. Sharpness.—N. sharpness &c. adj.; acuity, acumination[obs3];
spinosity[obs3]. point, spike, spine, spicule[Biol], spiculum[obs3];
needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur,
rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's
needle[obs3], bear grass [U.S.], tine, yucca. nib, tooth, tusk; spoke,
cog, ratchet. crag, crest, arete[Fr], cone peak, sugar loaf, pike,
aiguille[obs3]; spire, pyramid, steeple. beard, chevaux de frise[Fr],
porcupine, hedgehog, brier, bramble, thistle; comb; awn, beggar's lice,
bur, burr, catchweed[obs3], cleavers, clivers[obs3], goose, grass,
hairif[obs3], hariff, flax comb, hackle, hatchel[obs3], heckle. wedge;
knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife,
whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric
razor; scalpel; bistoury[obs3], lancet; plowshare, coulter,
colter[obs3]; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook,
cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears,
cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword &c. (arms)
727; bodkin &c. (perforator) 262; belduque[obs3], bowie knife[obs3],
paring knife; bushwhacker [U.S.]; drawing knife, drawing shave;
microtome[Microbiol]; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade;
guillotine. sharpener, hone, strop; grindstone, whetstone;
novaculite[obs3]; steel, emery. V. be sharp &c. adj.; taper to a point;
bristle with. render sharp &c. adj.; sharpen, point, aculeate, whet,
barb, spiculate[obs3], set, strop, grind; chip [flint]. cut &c.
(sunder) 44. Adj. sharp, keen; acute; acicular, aciform[obs3];
aculeated[obs3], acuminated[obs3]; pointed; tapering; conical,
pyramidal; mucronate[obs3], mucronated[obs3]; spindle shaped, needle
shaped; spiked, spiky, ensiform[obs3], peaked, salient; cusped,
cuspidate, cuspidated[obs3]; cornute[obs3], cornuted[obs3],
cornicultate[obs3]; prickly; spiny, spinous[obs3], spicular; thorny,
bristling, muricated[obs3], pectinated[obs3], studded, thistly,
briary[obs3]; craggy &c. (rough) 256; snaggy, digitated[obs3],
two-edged, fusiform[Microb]; dentiform[obs3], denticulated; toothed;
odontoid[obs3]; starlike; stellated[obs3], stelliform[obs3];
sagittate[obs3], sagittiform[obs3]; arrowheaded[obs3]; arrowy[obs3],
barbed, spurred. acinaciform; apiculate[obs3], apiculated[obs3];
aristate[obs3], awned, awny[obs3], bearded, calamiform[obs3],
cone-shaped, coniform[obs3], crestate[obs3], echinate[obs3],
gladiate[obs3]; lanceolate[obs3], lanciform; awl, awl-shaped,
lance-shaped, awl-shaped, scimitar-shaped, sword-shaped;
setarious[obs3], spinuliferous[obs3], subulate[obs3], tetrahedral,
xiphoid[obs3]. cutting; sharp edged, knife edged; sharp as a razor,
keen as a razor; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; sharpened &c. v.;
set.
#254. Bluntness.—N. bluntness &c. adj.
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V. be blunt, render blunt &c. adj.; obtund[obs3], dull; take off
the
point, take off the edge; turn.
Adj. blunt, obtuse, dull, bluff; edentate, toothless.
#255. Smoothness.—N. smoothness &c. adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity,
lubrication. [smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin;
velveteen, velour, velours, velumen[obs3]; glass, ice. slide; bowling
green &c. (level) 213; asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags.
[objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn
roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery
cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax;
polish, shoe polish. [art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary.
[person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian. V. smooth,
smoothen[obs3]; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize;
polish, burnish, calender[obs3], glaze; iron, hot-press, mangle;
lubricate &c. (oil) 332. Adj. smooth; polished &c. v.;
leiodermatous[obs3], slick, velutinous[obs3]; even; level &c. 213;
plane &c. (flat) 251; sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate[obs3],
downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft,
unwrinkled[obs3]; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental
alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel; woolly
&c. (feathery) 256. Phr. smooth as silk; slippery as coonshit on a
pump handle; slippery as a greased pig.
#256. Roughness.—N. roughness &c. adj.; tooth, grain, texture,
ripple; asperity, rugosity[obs3], salebrosity|, corrugation,
nodosity[obs3]; arborescence[obs3] &c. 242; pilosity[obs3]. brush,
hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock,
curl, ringlet; fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi; lovelock;
beaucatcher[obs3]; curl paper; goatee; papillote, scalp lock. plumage,
plumosity[obs3]; plume, panache, crest; feather, tuft, fringe, toupee.
wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down; byssus[obs3], moss,
bur; fluff. knot (convolution) 248. V. be rough &c. adj.; go against
the grain. render-rough &c. adj.; roughen, ruffle, crisp, crumple,
corrugate, set on edge, stroke the wrong way, rumple. Adj. rough,
uneven, scabrous, scaly ,knotted; rugged, rugose[obs3], rugous[obs3];
knurly[obs3]; asperous[obs3], crisp, salebrous|, gnarled, unpolished,
unsmooth[obs3], roughhewn[obs3]; craggy, cragged; crankling[obs3],
scraggy; prickly &c. (sharp) 253; arborescent &c. 242[obs3]; leafy,
well-wooded; feathery; plumose, plumigerous[obs3]; laciniate[obs3],
laciniform[obs3], laciniose[obs3]; pappose[obs3]; pileous[obs3],
pilose[obs3]; trichogenous[obs3], trichoid[Med]; tufted, fimbriated,
hairy, ciliated, filamentous, hirsute; crinose[obs3], crinite[obs3];
bushy, hispid, villous, pappous[obs3], bearded, pilous[obs3], shaggy,
shagged; fringed, befringed[obs3]; setous|, setose[obs3], setaceous;
"like quills upon the fretful porcupine" [Hamlet]; rough as a nutmeg
grater, rough as a bear. downy, velvety, flocculent, woolly;
lanate[obs3], lanated[obs3]; lanuginous[obs3], lanuginose[obs3];
tomentose[obs3]; fluffy. Adv. against the grain. Phr. cabello luengo y
corto el seso[Sp].
#257. Notch.—N. notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation;
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dimple.
embrasure, battlement, machicolation[obs3]; saw, tooth,
crenelle[obs3], scallop, scollop[obs3], vandyke; depression; jag.
V. notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp,
scallop, scollop[obs3], crenulate[obs3], vandyke.
Adj. notched &c. v.; crenate[obs3], crenated[obs3]; dentate,
dentated;
denticulate, denticulated; toothed, palmated[obs3], serrated.
#258. Fold.—N. fold, plicature[obs3], plait, pleat, ply, crease;
tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling,
duplicature[obs3], gather, wrinkle, rimple[obs3], crinkle,
crankle[obs3], crumple, rumple, rivel[obs3], ruck[obs3], ruffle, dog's
ear, corrugation, frounce[obs3], flounce, lapel; pucker, crow's feet;
plication[obs3]. V. fold, double, plicate[obs3], plait, crease,
wrinkle, crinkle, crankle[obs3], curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple[obs3],
rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce[obs3], rivel[obs3], twill, corrugate,
ruffle, crimple|, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under;
tuck, ruck[obs3], hem, gather. Adj. folded, fluted, pleated &c. v..
#259. Furrow.—N. furrow, groove, rut, sulcus[Anat], scratch,
streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting;
corduroy road, cradle hole. channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke;
moat, fosse[obs3], trough, kennel; ravine &c. (interval) 198; tajo
[obs3][U.S.], thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.]. V. furrow &c. n.; flute, plow;
incise, engrave, etch, bite in. Adj. furrowed &c. v.; ribbed, striated,
sulcated[Anat], fluted, canaliculated[obs3]; bisulcous[obs3],
bisulcate[obs3], bisulcated[obs3]; canaliferous[obs3];
trisulcate[obs3]; corduroy; unisulcate[obs3]; costate[obs3],
rimiform[obs3].
#260. Opening—N. hole, foramen; puncture, perforation;
fontanel[obs3]; transforation[obs3]; pinhole, keyhole, loophole,
porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet;
slot. opening; aperture, apertness[obs3]; hiation[obs3], yawning,
oscitancy[obs3], dehiscence, patefaction|, pandiculation[obs3]; chasm
&c. (interval) 198. embrasure, window, casement; abatjour[obs3]; light;
sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel[Arch];
dormer, lantern. outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice,
mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand[obs3], wizen, nozzle;
placket. portal, porch, gate, ostiary|, postern, wicket, trapdoor,
hatch, door; arcade; cellarway[obs3], driveway, gateway, doorway,
hatchway, gangway; lich gate[obs3]. way, path &c. 627; thoroughfare;
channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe &c. 350; air pipe
&c. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage[obs3],
ajutage[obs3]; ostium[obs3]; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel,
gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit[obs3], shaft; gallery. alley,
aisle, glade, vista. bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice;
fulgurite[obs3], thundertube[obs3]. porousness, porosity. sieve,
cullender[obs3], colander; cribble[obs3], riddle, screen; honeycomb.
apertion[obs3], perforation; piercing &c. v.; terebration[obs3],
empalement[obs3], pertusion|, puncture, acupuncture, penetration. key
&c. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout. V.
open, ope[obs3], gape, yawn, bilge; fly open. perforate, pierce,
empierce|, tap, bore, drill; mine &c. (scoop out) 252; tunnel;
transpierce[obs3], transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore,
spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave
in. cut a passage through; make way for, make room for. uncover,
unclose, unrip[obs3]; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop
open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open. Adj. open; perforated
&c. v.; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped;
oscitant[obs3], gaping, yawning; patent. tubular, cannular[obs3],
fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminous[obs3]; vesicular,
vasicular[obs3]; porous, follicular, cribriform[obs3], honeycombed,
infundibular[obs3], riddled; tubulous[obs3], tubulated[obs3]; piped,
tubate[obs3]. opening &c. v.; aperient[obs3]. Int. open sesame!
#261. Closure.—N. closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up &c. v.;
obstruction &c. (hindrance) 706; embolus; contraction &c. 195;
infarction; constipation, obstipation[obs3]; blind alley, blind corner;
keddah[obs3]; cul-de-sac, caecum; imperforation[obs3], imperviousness
&c. adj.; impermeability; stopper &c. 263. V. close, occlude, plug;
block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut
up, dam up; blockade, obstruct &c. (hinder) 706; bar, bolt, stop, seal,
plumb; choke, throttle; ram down, dam, cram; trap, clinch; put to the
door, shut the door. Adj. closed &c. v.; shut, operculated[obs3];
unopened. unpierced[obs3], imporous[obs3], caecal[Med]; closable;
imperforate, impervious, impermeable; impenetrable; impassable,
unpassable|2; invious|; pathless, wayless[obs3]; untrodden, untrod.
unventilated; air tight, water tight; hermetically sealed; tight, snug.
#262. Perforator.—N. perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel,
gimlet, stylet[obs3], drill, wimble[obs3], awl, bradawl, scoop,
terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar[Med], trepan, probe, bodkin, needle,
stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet; punch, puncheon; spikebit[obs3],
gouge; spear &c. (weapon) 727; puncher; punching machine, punching
press; punch pliers.
#263. Stopper.—N. stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill,
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stopcock, tap; rammer[obs3]; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding,
stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil[obs3], pledget[obs3],
tompion[obs3],
tourniquet.
cover &c. 223; valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve.
janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus,
ostiary[obs3].
SECTION IV. MOTION