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