Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
883. make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum &c. (record) 551.
Adj. remembering, remembered &c. v.; mindful, reminiscential[obs3];
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[obs3].
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.
#506. Oblivion.—N. oblivion, obliviousness, lethe; forgetfulness &c.
adj.; amnesia; obliteration &c. 552 of, insensibility &c. 823 to the
past. short memory, treacherous memory, poor memory, loose memory,
slippery memory, failing memory; decay of memory, failure of memory,
lapse of memory; waters of Lethe, waters of oblivion. amnesty, general
pardon. [deliberate or unconscious forgetting] repressed memory. V.
forget; be forgetful &c. adj.; fall into oblivion, sink into oblivion;
have a short memory &c. n., have no head. forget one's own name, have
on the tip of one's tongue, come in one ear and go out the other. slip
memory, escape memory, fade from memory, die away from the memory;
lose, lose sight of. fail to recall, not be able to recall. [cause
oneself to forget: transitive] unlearn; efface &c. 552, discharge from
the memory; consign to oblivion, consign to the tomb of the Capulets;
think no more of &c. (turn the attention from) 458; cast behind one's
back, wean one's thoughts from; let bygones be bygones &c.(forgive)
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- 1. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT Ch.2
- 2. BEING, IN THE CONCRETE Ch.3
- 3. FORMAL EXISTENCE Ch.4
- 4. MODAL EXISTENCE Ch.5
- 1. ABSOLUTE RELATION Ch.6
- 140. discriminate &c. 465. Adj. differing &c. v.; different, diverse, Ch.7
- 2. CONTINUOUS RELATION Ch.8
- 3. PARTIAL RELATION Ch.9
- 4. GENERAL RELATION Ch.10
- 1. SIMPLE QUANTITY Ch.11
- 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY Ch.12
- 642. great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; Ch.13
- 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY Ch.14
- 300. V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on, Ch.15
- 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY Ch.16
- 1. ORDER IN GENERAL Ch.17
- 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER Ch.18
- 280. place before; prefix; premise, prelude, preface. Adj. preceding Ch.19
- 280. Phr. seniores priores[Lat]; prior tempore prior jure[Lat]. Ch.20
- 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER Ch.21
- 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER Ch.22
- 5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES Ch.23
- 240. Phr. "harmoniously confused" [Pope]; "variety's the very spice of Ch.24
- 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT Ch.25
- 86. [Operations] notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, Ch.26
- 2. DETERMINATE NUMBER Ch.27
- 3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER Ch.28
- 1. ABSOLUTE TIME Ch.29
- 2. RELATIVE TIME Ch.30
- 152. Adj. future, to come; coming &c. (impending) 152; next, near; Ch.31
- 3. RECURRENT TIME Ch.32
- 1. SIMPLE CHANGE Ch.33
- 270. changeableness &c. 149; tergiversation &c. (change of mind) 607. Ch.34
- 2. COMPLEX CHANGE Ch.35
- 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS Ch.36
- 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT Ch.37
- 683. anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood. Ch.38
- 3. POWER IN OPERATION Ch.39
- 729. flowering, fructification; inflorescence. bringing forth &c. v.: Ch.40
- 4. INDIRECT POWER Ch.41
- 5. COMBINATIONS OF CAUSES Ch.42
- 14. V. counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict Ch.43
- 1. ABSTRACT SPACE Ch.44
- 2. RELATIVE SPACE Ch.45
- 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE Ch.46
- 1000. hamlet, village, thorp[obs3], dorp[obs3], ham, kraal; borough, Ch.47
- 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS Ch.48
- 53. [interval of time] period &c. 108; interim (time) 106. V. gape &c. Ch.49
- 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS Ch.50
- 3. CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS Ch.51
- 717. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile[obs3]; tiling, Ch.52
- 1. General Form Ch.53
- 2. Special Form Ch.54
- 3. Superficial Form Ch.55
- 1. Motion in General Ch.56
- 683. pause, lull &c. (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still &c. Ch.57
- 285. [Thing transferred] drift. V. transfer, transmit, transport, Ch.58
- 2. Degrees of Motion Ch.59
- 113. under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail Ch.60
- 3. Motion conjoined with Force Ch.61
- 972. come into a collision, enter into collision; collide; sideswipe; Ch.62
- 4. Motion with reference to Direction Ch.63
- introduction; insinuation &c. (intervention) 228; planting, &c. v.; Ch.64
- 629. Adj. turning &c. v.; circuitous; circumforaneous[obs3], Ch.65
- 1. Solid Matter Ch.66
- 2. FLUID MATTER Ch.67
- 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS Ch.68
- 1. VITALITY Ch.69
- 193. [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur [extinct]; Ch.70
- 2. SENSATION Ch.71
- 954. treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice[Fr]; dainty &c. 394; Ch.72
- 225. still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower, Ch.73
- 382. Adj. heated &c. v.; molten, sodden; rchauff; heating &c. v.; Ch.74
- 581. soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible &c. Ch.75
- 445. [Science of light] optics; photology[obs3], photometry; Ch.76
- 431. Adj. gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, Ch.77
- 193. [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, Ch.78
- 463. testimony, testification[obs3], expert testimony; attestation; Ch.79
- 156. V. be probable &c. adj.; give color to, lend color to; point to; Ch.80
- 484. dogmatize, lay down the law. Adj. certain, sure, assured &c. v.; Ch.81
- 480. prosyllogism[obs3], syllogism; enthymeme[obs3], sorites[obs3], Ch.82
- 544. beg the question, reason in a circle, reason in circles, assume Ch.83
- 10. weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague. irrational; nonsensical Ch.84
- 537. credibility &c. (probability) 472. V. believe, credit; give faith Ch.85
- 514. get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an Ch.86
- 535. Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; Ch.87
- 484. tree of knowledge; republic of letters &c. (language) 560. Ch.88
- 541. Adj. learned &c. 490; brought up at the feet of Gamaliel. Phr. "he Ch.89
- 497. Adj. unintelligent[Applied to persons], unintellectual, Ch.90
- 503. greenhorn &c (dupe) 547; dunce &c (ignoramus) 493; lubber &c Ch.91
- 475. mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter; of unsound mind &c. n.; Ch.92
- 883. make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum &c. (record) 551. Ch.93
- 918. Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, Ch.94
- 524. [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, Ch.95
- 525. Adv. to that effect; that is to say &c. (being interpreted) 522. Ch.96
- 475. not understand &c. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what Ch.97
- 27. Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to Ch.98
- 457. announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword[obs3], Ch.99
- 519. irrevealable[obs3], inviolable; confidential; esoteric; not to be Ch.100
- 768. Adj. asserting &c.v.; declaratory, predicatory[obs3], Ch.101
- 535. Phr. di il vero a affronterai il diavolo[It][obs3]; Dichtung und Ch.102
- 545. Adj. false, deceitful, mendacious, unveracious, fraudulent, Ch.103
- 549. myth, moonshine, bosh, all my eye and Betty Martin, mare's nest, Ch.104
- 1. Natural Means Ch.105
- 636. burn into memory; carve in stone. Adv. on record. Phr. exegi Ch.106
- 2. Conventional Means Ch.107
- 566. Adj. lingual, linguistic; dialectic; vernacular, current; Ch.108
- 569. V. express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression Ch.109
- episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness &c. 577. V. be diffuse &c. Ch.110
- 588. fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words; Ch.111
- 1. Acts of Volition Ch.112
- 324. geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, Ch.113
- 748. Adv. willingly &c. adj.; fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul; Ch.114
- 150. constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose; Ch.115
- 550. prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy &c. (desire) 865; be Ch.116
- 2. Causes of Volition Ch.117
- 620. inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, Ch.118
- 766. disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's Ch.119
- 3. Objects of Volition Ch.120
- 648. Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis[Fr]; all Ch.121
- 1. Conceptional Volition Ch.122
- 610. lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, Ch.123
- 2. Subservience to Ends Ch.124
- 780. mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; Ch.125
- 637. storehouse, storeroom, storecloset[obs3]; depository, depot, Ch.126
- 168. adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient Ch.127
- 82. Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth Ch.128
- 907. corrupting &c. (corrupt &c. 659); virulent, venomous, envenomed, Ch.129
- 932. hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, Ch.130
- 657. phr. bibere venenum in auro[Lat]. Ch.131
- 3. Precursory Measures Ch.132
- 62. prepared &c. v.; in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, Ch.133
- 1. Simple voluntary Action Ch.134
- 170. Adj. doing &c. v.; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in Ch.135
- 684. officiousness; dabbling, meddling; interference, interposition, Ch.136
- 459. Adv. actively &c. adj.; with life and spirit, with might and main Ch.137
- 2. Complex Voluntary Action Ch.138
- 545. seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship; rope-dancing. Ch.139
- 626. V. be skillful &c. adj.; excel in, be master of; have a turn for Ch.140
- 501. V. be unskillful &c. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; Ch.141
- 1. Conditional Antagonism Ch.142
- 2. Active Antagonism Ch.143
- 632. ministry, ministration; subministration[obs3]; accommodation. Ch.144
- 706. parry, repel, propugn[obs3], put to flight; give a warm reception Ch.145
- 59. V. resist; not submit &c. 725; repugn[obs3], reluct, Ch.146
- 775. continued success; good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; time well Ch.147
- 698. conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the Ch.148
- 693. [nations] national government, nation, state, country, Ch.149
- 914. V. be -lenient &c. adj.; tolerate, bear with; parcere Ch.150
- 744. claim, lay claim to, revendicate[obs3], reclaim. cite, summon; Ch.151
- 773. revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, Ch.152
- 1. Property in general Ch.153
- 2. Transfer of Property Ch.154
- 3. Interchange of Property Ch.155
- 4. Monetary Relations Ch.156
- 797. financier. Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ch.157
- 906. V. be liberal &c.adj.; spend freely, bleed freely; shower down Ch.158
- 816. penny wise and pound foolish. Adv. with an unsparing hand; money Ch.159
- 897. soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's Ch.160
- 1. Passive Affections Ch.161
- 982. hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond &c. Ch.162
- 840. attraction &c. (motive) 615; attractiveness, attractability[obs3]; Ch.163
- 648. refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, Ch.164
- 883. bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday; gala day, Ch.165
- 621. toy, plaything, bauble; doll &c. (puppet ) 554; teetotum[obs3]; Ch.166
- 2. Discriminative Affections Ch.167
- 853. particular; affected &c. 855; meretricious; extravagant, Ch.168
- 225. custom &c. 613; mode, vogue, go; rage &c. (desire) 865; prevailing Ch.169
- 577. mannerism, simagree, grimace. conceit, foppery, dandyism, man Ch.170
- 3. PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS Ch.171
- 507. hope for &c. (desire) 865; anticipate. be hopeful &c. adj.; Ch.172
- 909. Adj. fearing &c. v.; frightened &c. v.; in fear, in a fright &c. Ch.173
- 4. CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS Ch.174
- 5. EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS[1] Ch.175
- 880. stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait- Ch.176
- 884. render vain &c. adj.; inspire with vanity &c. n.; inflate, puff Ch.177
- 1. SOCIAL AFFECTIONS Ch.178
- 919. excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, Ch.179
- 895. huff &c. (resentment) 900; a word and a blow. Sir Fretful Ch.180
- 900. Adj. irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable, Ch.181
- 2. DIFFUSIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS Ch.182
- 900. uncharitableness &c. adj.; incompassionateness &c. 914a[obs3]; Ch.183
- 919. cruel; brutal, brutish; savage, savage as a bear, savage as a Ch.184
- 942. Adv. pro bono publico[Lat], pro aris et focis [Lat][obs3][Cicero]. Ch.185
- 3. SPECIAL SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS Ch.186
- 4. RETROSPECTIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS Ch.187
- 1. MORAL OBLIGATIONS Ch.188
- 2. MORAL SENTIMENTS Ch.189
- 936. V. detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run Ch.190
- 3. MORAL CONDITIONS Ch.191
- 949. [Resorts] brothel &c. 961; gambling house &c. 621; joint*, opium Ch.192
- 4. MORAL PRACTICE Ch.193
- 5. INSTITUTIONS Ch.194
- 1. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS Ch.195
- 2. Mythological and other fabulous Deities and Powers Ch.196
- 2. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES Ch.197
- 3. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS Ch.198
- 4. ACTS OF RELIGION Ch.199
- 998. worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant. V. worship, lift Ch.200
- 5. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS Ch.201
- 990. ministration; preaching, preachment; predication, sermon, homily, Ch.202