Idea Roget’s Thesaurus §453 N. idea, notion, conception, thought,
apprehension, impression, perception, image, εἴδωλον, sentiment,
reflection, observation, consideration, abstract idea,
archetype, formative notion, guiding conception, organizing conception, image in the mind, regulative principle, view, theory,
conceit, fancy,
phantasy, point of view, field of view
N. knowledge,
cognizance,
cognition, cognoscence|, acquaintance, experience,
ken,
privity, insight,
familiarity,
comprehension,
apprehension, recognition,
appreciation,
intuition, conscience, consciousness, perception,
precognition, acroamatics|, light,
enlightenment,
glimpse,
inkling,
glimmer,
glimmering,
dawn,
scent, suspicion, impression, discovery, system of knowledge, body of knowledge, science, philosophy,
pansophy, acroama|, theory,
aetiology,
etiology, circle of the sciences,
pandect, doctrine, body of doctrine,
cyclopedia,
encyclopedia, school, tree of knowledge, republic of letters,
erudition, learning,
lore,
scholarship, reading, letters, literature, book madness, book learning,
bookishness,
bibliomania,
bibliolatry, information, general information, store of knowledge &c, education, culture, menticulture, attainments, acquirements, acquisitions, accomplishments,
proficiency, practical knowledge, liberal education,
dilettantism, rudiments, deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge, acroamatic knowledge, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning,
omniscience,
pantology, march of intellect, progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning, schoolmaster abroad, scholar
V. know,
ken,
scan,
wot, wot aware, be aware, - of,
ween,
weet,
trow, have, possess, conceive,
apprehend,
comprehend, take,
realize, understand, savvy*,
appreciate,
fathom, make out, recognize,
discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience, know full well, have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of, be au courant, have in one's head, have at one' fingers ends, know by heart, know by rote, be master of, connaitre le dessous des cartes, know what's what, see one's way, discover, come to one's knowledge
Adj. knowing,
cognitive,
acroamatic, aware of, cognizant of, conscious of, acquainted with, made acquainted with, privy to, no stranger to, au -fait, au courant, in the secret, up to, alive to, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, let into, apprized of, informed of,
undeceived, proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in, conversant with, familiar with,
erudite,
instructed,
leaned, lettered, educated, well conned, well informed, well read, well grounded, well educated,
enlightened,
shrewd,
savant, blue,
bookish,
scholastic, solid, profound,
deep-read, book- learned, accomplished,
omniscient,
self-taught, known, ascertained,
well-known, recognized, received,
notorious, noted,
proverbial, familiar, familiar as household words, familiar to every schoolboy,
hackneyed,
trite,
trivial,
commonplace,
cognoscible,
cognizable Adv. to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge
Phr. one's eyes being opened, ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner, empta dolore docet experientia, γνῶθι σεαυτόν, "half our knowledge we must snatch not take", jahre lehren mehr als bucher, "knowledge comes but wisdom lingers", "knowledge is power", les affaires font les hommes, nec scire fas est omnia, "the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds", was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss
N. danger,
peril, insecurity,
jeopardy, risk,
hazard,
venture,
precariousness,
slipperiness, instability, defenselessness &c
V. be in danger, be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger, run a risk, lay oneself open to, lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed, feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it, have the chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds, be in deep trouble, be between a rock and a hard place, hang by a thread,
totter, sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano, sit on a barrel of gunpowder, live in a glass house, bring in danger, place in danger, put in danger, place in jeopardy, put in jeopardy,
endanger, expose to danger,
imperil,
jeopard,
jeopardize,
compromise, sail too near the wind,
adventure, risk,
hazard,
venture,
stake, set at hazard, run the gauntlet, engage in a forlorn hope, threaten danger, run one hard, lay a trap for
Adj. in danger, exposure,
endangered,
vulnerability, fraught with danger, vulnerable point, dangerous, heel of achilles,
hazardous, forlorn hope,
perilous, leap in the dark,
parlous, road to ruin, periculous|, faciles descensus averni, unsafe, hairbreadth escape, unprotected &c. (safe, protect ), cause for alarm, insecure, source of danger, untrustworthy, rock ahead, built upon sand, breakers ahead, on a sandy basis, storm brewing, wildcat, clouds in the horizon,
defenseless, clouds gathering,
fenceless,
warning, guardless,
alarm,
harborless,
apprehension, unshielded,
vulnerable,
expugnable, exposed, open to, aux abois, at bay, on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks, at stake, in question,
precarious, critical,
ticklish,
slippery,
slippy, hanging by a thread, with a halter round one's neck, between the hammer and the anvil, between scylla and charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between two fires, on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of a precipice, on the edge of a volcano, in the lion's den, on slippery ground, under fire, not out of the wood,
unwarned,
unadmonished,
unadvised, unprepared, off one's guard,
tottering, unstable, unsteady,
shaky,
top-heavy, tumbledown,
ramshackle,
crumbling, waterlogged, helpless, guideless, in a bad way, reduced to the last extremity, at the last extremity, trembling in the balance, nodding to its fall,
threatening,
ominous, illomened,
alarming,
explosive,
adventurous, (bold) 861
Phr. incidit in scyllam qui vult vitare charybdim, nam tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet
N. taking, reception,
deglutition,
appropriation,
prehension, prensation|, capture, caption,
apprehension, deprehension|, abreption|,
seizure,
expropriation,
abduction,
ablation,
subtraction,
withdrawal,
abstraction,
ademption, adrolepsy|, dispossession,
deprivation, deprivement,
bereavement,
divestment,
disherison,
distraint, distress,
sequestration,
confiscation,
eviction,
rapacity,
rapaciousness,
extortion,
vampirism,
theft,
resumption,
reprise,
reprisal, recovery,
clutch,
swoop,
wrench,
grip,
haul, take, catch,
scramble, taker,
captor,
subduction V. take, catch, hook,
nab,
bag,
sack,
pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept,
reap, crop,
cull,
pluck, gather, draw, appropriate,
expropriate,
impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution,
intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem|, abstract, hurry off with, run away with,
abduct,
steal,
ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault,
snatch,
reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up,
kidnap,
crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon,
grip,
grapple, embrace,
gripe,
clasp,
grab,
clutch,
collar,
throttle, take by the throat,
claw,
clinch,
clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize,
deduct,
retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from,
extort, deprive of,
bereave,
disinherit, cut off with a shilling,
oust,
divest,
levy, distrain,
confiscate,
sequester,
sequestrate,
accroach,
usurp,
despoil, strip,
fleece,
shear,
displume,
impoverish, eat out of house and home,
drain, drain to the dregs,
gut, dry,
exhaust, swallow up,
absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake,
resume, recover
Adj. taking, privative,
prehensile,
predaceous,
predal,
predatory, predatorial,
lupine,
rapacious,
raptorial,
ravenous, parasitic,
bereft Adv. at one fell swoop
Phr. give an inch and take an ell
Fear Roget’s Thesaurus §860 N. fear,
timidity,
diffidence, want of confidence,
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness,
solicitude,
anxiety, care,
apprehension, misgiving,
feeze, mistrust, suspicion,
qualm,
hesitation, nervousness,
restlessness,
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern, batophobia,
heartquake,
flutter,
trepidation, fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling, throbbing heart,
palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking,
despondency,
despair,
fright,
affright,
affrightment, boof alarm,
dread,
awe, terror,
horror, dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede,
intimidation,
terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear,
bugaboo,
scarecrow,
hobgoblin,
nightmare,
gorgon,
mormo,
ogre, hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire, enfant terrible,
alarmist V. fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms,
apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust,
hesitate,
falter,
funk, cower,
crouch,
skulk, "let 'i dare not' wait upon 'i would'", take fright, take alarm, start,
wince,
flinch,
shy,
shrink, fly,
tremble,
shake,
shiver, shiver in one's shoes,
shudder,
flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over,
quake,
quaver,
quiver,
quail, grow pale, turn pale,
blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise aprehensions, be in a daze,
bulldoze,
faze,
feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm,
alarm,
startle,
scare, cry "wolf," disquiet, dismay,
fright,
frighten,
terrify,
astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses,
awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul,
appall, unman,
petrify,
horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble &c. haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear,
terrorize,
intimidate, cow,
daunt,
overawe,
abash,
deter, discourage,
browbeat,
bully,
threaten Adj. fearing,
frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of,
afeard, afraid, fearful,
timid,
timorous, nervous,
diffident,
coy, faint- hearted,
tremulous,
shaky, afraid of one's shadow,
apprehensive, restless,
fidgety, more frightened than hurt,
aghast,
awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken,
awestruck,
awe-stricken,
horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear,
alarming, formidable, redoubtable,
perilous,
portentous, fearful,
dread,
dreadful, fell,
dire,
direful,
shocking, terrible,
terrific,
tremendous,
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
ghastly,
awful,
awe-inspiring, revolting,
gorgonian Adv. in terrorem
Phr. ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, "a dagger of the mind", expertus metuit, "fain would i climb but that i fear to fall", "fear is the parent of cruelty", "gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire", omnia tuta timens, "our fears do make us traitors"
Int. "angels and ministers of grace defend us!"
N. lawsuit, suit, action, cause,
litigation, suit in # law, dispute,
citation,
arraignment,
prosecution,
impeachment,
accusation, presentment, true bill,
indictment,
apprehension, arrest,
committal, imprisonment, writ,
summons,
subpoena,
latitat,
nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim,
proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti,
affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply,
replication,
plea,
demurrer, rebutter,
rejoinder,
surrebutter,
surrejoinder,
suitor, party to a suit,
plaintiff,
defendant,
litigant, hearing, trial,
verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error,
certiorari, case, decision,
precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books)
V. go to law, appeal to the law, bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar, put on trial, pull up,
accuse, prefer a claim, file a claim, take the law of, inform against, serve with a writ,
cite,
apprehend,
arraign,
sue,
prosecute, bring an action against,
indict,
impeach,
attach, distrain, commit, arrest,
summon,
summons, give in charge, empanel a jury,
implead, join issue, close the pleadings, set down for hearing, try, hear a cause, sit in judgment,
adjudicate Adv. pendente lite
Phr. adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum
