N. similarity, resemblance, likeness,
similitude,
semblance, affinity,
approximation,
parallelism, agreement, analogy,
analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia,
parity,
connaturalness,
connaturality,
brotherhood, family likeness,
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy,
analogue, the like,
match,
pendant, fellow companion, pair,
mate,
twin, double,
counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel,
simile, type, image,
photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance
V. be similar, look like, resemble, bear resemblance, smack of, savor of, approximate, parallel,
match, rhyme with, take after,
imitate, favor, span, render similar,
assimilate, approximate, bring near,
connaturalize, make alike,
rhyme,
pun Adj. similar, resembling, like, alike,
twin, analogous,
analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so,
homoiousian,
connatural,
congener, allied to, akin to 1, approximate, much the same, near,
close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of,
mock,
pseudo,
simulating, representing, exact,
lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like
Adv. as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were,
quasi, just as, veluti in speculum
Phr. et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block
Copy Roget’s Thesaurus §21 N. copy,
facsimile,
counterpart, # effigies,
effigy, form, likeness, image, picture,
photo, xerox,
similitude,
semblance,
ectype, photo offset,
electrotype, imitation, model, representation,
adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance,
duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing,
reflex, reflexion,
reflection, shadow,
echo,
transcript,
transcription, recording,
scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe,
apograph, fair copy,
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty, travestie,
paraphrase,
derivative,
derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation,
plagiarism,
counterfeit,
fake,
pasticcio N. junction, joining,
joinder, union connection, conjunction,
conjugation,
annexion,
annexation,
annexment,
astriction, attachment,
compagination,
vincture,
ligation,
alligation,
accouplement, marriage,
infibulation,
inosculation,
symphysis,
anastomosis,
confluence, communication,
concatenation, meeting, reunion,
assemblage,
coition,
copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse,
love-making, joint, joining,
juncture,
pivot,
hinge,
articulation,
commissure,
seam,
gore,
gusset,
suture,
stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness,
tightness,
&c. adj,
coherence, combination,
annexationist V. join, unite,
conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together,
embody,
reembody, roll into one,
attach, fix,
affix, saddle on,
fasten, bind, secure,
clinch, twist, make fast,
tie,
pinion, string,
strap,
sew, lace,
tat,
stitch,
tack,
knit,
button,
buckle,
hitch,
lash,
truss,
bandage,
braid,
splice,
swathe,
gird,
tether,
moor,
picket,
harness, chain,
fetter,
lock,
latch,
belay,
brace, hook,
grapple,
leash, couple,
accouple, link, yoke,
bracket, marry, bridge over, span,
braze, pin,
nail,
bolt,
hasp,
clasp,
clamp,
crimp, screw,
rivet,
impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together,
wedge,
rabbet,
mortise,
miter,
jam,
dovetail,
enchase,
graft,
ingraft,
inosculate,
entwine,
intwine,
interlink,
interlace,
intertwine,
intertwist,
interweave,
entangle, twine round,
belay,
tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined &c, hang together, hold together,
cohere Adj. joined, joint,
conjoint,
conjunct,
corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast,
close,
tight,
taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved |,
inseparable,
indissoluble,
insecable, severable
Adv. jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly, &c. adj, intimately
Phr. tria juncta in uno
End Roget’s Thesaurus §67 N. end,
close, termination,
desinence, conclusion,
finis,
finale, period, term,
terminus, endpoint, last,
omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end,
tip,
nib, point, tail,
verge,
tag,
peroration,
bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard,
consummation,
denouement, finish, fate,
doom,
doomsday, crack of doom, day of judgment,
dies irae, fall of the curtain,
goal,
destination, limit, determination,
expiration,
expiry,
extinction,
extermination, death, end of all things,
finality,
eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace,
deathblow, knock-out, -blow, sockdolager*
V. end,
close, finish,
terminate, conclude, be all over,
expire, die, come to a close, draw to a close, have run its course, run out, pass away, bring to an end, put an end to, make an end of, determine, get through,
achieve, stop, shut up shop, hang up one's fiddle
Adj. ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate,
hindermost, rear,
caudal, vergent,
conterminate,
conterminous,
conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest,
conclusive,
penultimate, last but one, last but two, &c. unbegun, uncommenced, fresh
Adv. finally, in fine, at the last, once for all
Phr. "as high as heaven and as deep as hell", deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus romanorum
N. region, sphere, ground, soil, # area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat,
orb, circuit, circle,
reservation, pale,
compartment, department, clearing,
[political divisions: see property &c. 780 and Government &c. 737a.],
arena, precincts,
enceinte, walk, march,
patch, plot,
parcel,
inclosure,
close, field, court,
enclave, reserve, preserve, street,
clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere
Abode Roget’s Thesaurus §189 N. abode, dwelling,
lodging,
domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs,
pad, address,
habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation,
berth, diggings, seat,
lap,
sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance|, tabernacle, throne, ark, home,
fatherland, country,
homestead,
homestall,
fireside,
hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side,
harem,
seraglio,
zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land,
habitat, range, stamping ground,
haunt, hangout, biosphere,
environment, ecological niche, nest,
nidus,
snuggery,
arbor, bower,
&c. 191,
lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum,
aerie,
eyrie,
eyry,
rookery,
hive,
covert, resort, retreat,
perch,
roost,
nidification, kala jagah,
bivouac, camp,
encampment, cantonment,
castrametation,
barrack,
casemate,
casern, tent, building, chamber,
xenodochium,
tenement,
messuage, farm,
farmhouse,
grange,
hacienda,
toft,
cot,
cabin,
hut,
chalet,
croft, shed,
booth,
stall,
hovel,
bothy,
shanty,
dugout,
wigwam, pen,
barn,
bawn,
kennel,
sty, doghold,
cote,
coop,
hutch,
byre, cow house, cow shed, stable,
dovecote,
columbary,
columbarium,
shippen,
igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house,
shack, shebang*,
tepee, topek, house,
mansion, place,
villa,
cottage, box,
lodge,
hermitage, rus in urbe, folly,
rotunda, tower,
chateau, castle,
pavilion,
hotel, court,
manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace,
kiosk,
bungalow,
casa,
country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple,
hamlet, village,
thorp,
dorp,
ham,
kraal, borough,
burgh, town, city, capital,
metropolis,
suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse,
ghetto, street, place,
terrace,
parade,
esplanade, alameda, board walk,
embankment, road, row,
lane,
alley, court,
quadrangle,
quad,
wynd,
close, yard, passage, rents, buildings,
mews, square,
polygon,
circus,
crescent,
mall,
piazza,
arcade,
colonnade,
peristyle,
cloister, gardens,
grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place,
plaza,
anchorage,
roadstead, roads,
dock, basin,
wharf,
quay, port,
harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room,
meetinghouse, pump room,
spa, watering place, inn,
hostel,
hostelry,
hotel,
tavern,
caravansary, dak bungalow, khan,
hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house*,
cabaret,
chophouse, club,
clubhouse,
cookshop,
dive, exchange, grill room,
saloon,
shebeen, coffee house, eating house,
canteen,
restaurant,
buffet,
cafe, estaminet, posada,
almshouse,
poorhouse,
townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground,
plaisance,
demesne,
cage, terrarium,
doghouse, pen,
aviary,
barn,
stall, zoo
V. take up one's abode, inhabit
Phr. eigner hert ist goldes werth, "even cities have their graves", ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home
N. nearness,
proximity,
propinquity, vicinity,
vicinage,
neighborhood,
adjacency,
contiguity, short distance, short step, short cut,
earshot, close quarters, stone's throw, bow shot, gun shot, pistol shot, hair's breadth, span, purlieus,
neighborhood,
vicinage,
environs, alentours, suburbs, confines,
banlieue, borderland,
whereabouts,
bystander,
neighbor, borderer, approach, convergence 7c, 290,
perihelion V. be near,
adjoin, hang about, trench on, border upon, verge upon, stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to,
clasp,
hug,
huddle, hang upon the skirts of, hover over, burn, touch bring near, draw near,
converge, crowd, place side by side
Adj. near,
nigh, close at hand, near at hand,
close,
neighboring, bordering upon,
contiguous, adjacent, adjoining,
proximate,
proximal, at hand,
handy, near the mark, near run, home, intimate
Adv. near,
nigh, hard by, fast by, close to, close upon, hard upon, at the point of, next door to, within reach, within call, within hearing, within earshot, within an ace of, but a step, not far from, at no great distance, on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of, in the environs, at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side, on the tip of one's tongue, under one's nose, within a stone's throw, in sight of, in presence of, at close quarters, cheek by jole, cheek by jowl, beside,
alongside, side by side,
tete-a-tete, in juxtaposition, yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of, on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to, in the way, about,
hereabouts,
thereabouts, roughly, in round numbers, approximately, approximatively, as good as,
well-nigh N. narrowness, closeness,
exility, exiguity 7c, (little) 193, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip,
streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness,
tenuity,
emaciation,
macilency, marcor|,
shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy,
spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction,
stricture, neck,
waist,
isthmus,
wasp,
hourglass, ridge,
ghaut,
ghat, pass,
ravine, narrowing,
coarctation,
angustation,
tapering, contraction
V. be narrow, narrow,
taper, contract, render narrow, waste away
Adj. narrow,
close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like,
finespun,
gossamer, paper-thin,
taper,
slim, slight-made,
scant, scanty,
spare, delicate,
incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c. (expand ), slender as a thread,
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent,
lank,
lanky,
weedy,
skinny, scrawny slinky,
starved,
starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced,
lantern-jawed,
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid, marcid|,
barebone,
rawboned, monomolecular
N. closure,
occlusion,
blockade, shutting up,
obstruction,
embolus, contraction,
infarction,
constipation,
obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah,
cul-de-sac,
caecum,
imperforation,
imperviousness,
impermeability,
stopper V. close,
occlude,
plug, block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up,
blockade,
obstruct, bar,
bolt, stop, seal,
plumb,
choke,
throttle, ram down,
dam,
cram,
trap,
clinch, put to the door, shut the door
Adj. closed, shut,
operculated, unopened, unpierced,
imporous,
caecal, closable,
imperforate,
impervious,
impermeable,
impenetrable, impassable, unpassable|2, invious|, pathless, wayless, untrodden,
untrod,
unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed,
tight,
snug Heat Roget’s Thesaurus §382 N. heat,
caloric, temperature,
warmth,
fervor,
calidity,
incalescence,
incandescence,
glow,
flush, fever,
hectic,
phlogiston, fire,
spark,
scintillation,
flash, flame,
blaze,
bonfire,
firework,
pyrotechnics,
pyrotechny,
wildfire, sheet of fire, lambent flame, devouring element, adiathermancy, recalescence, summer,
dog days, canicular days, baking heat, white heat, tropical heat, afric heat, bengal heat, summer heat, blood heat,
sirocco,
simoom, broiling sun,
insolation, warming, sun,
pyrology,
thermology,
thermotics,
thermodynamics, thermometer,
calorie, gram-calorie, small calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, british thermal unit, b, t, u, therm,
quad, degrees kelvin, kelvins, degrees centigrade, degrees celsius, degrees fahrenheit
V. be hot,
glow,
flush,
sweat,
swelter,
bask, smoke,
reek,
stew,
simmer,
seethe,
boil, burn,
blister,
broil,
blaze, flame,
smolder,
parch,
fume,
pant, heat, recalesce,
thaw, give
Adj. hot, warm, mild,
genial,
tepid,
lukewarm,
unfrozen,
thermal,
thermic,
calorific,
fervent,
fervid, ardent,
aglow,
sunny,
torrid, tropical, estival|,
canicular,
steamy,
close,
sultry,
stifling,
stuffy,
suffocating,
oppressive,
reeking,
baking, red hot, white hot, smoking hot, burning, hot, piping hot, like a furnace, like an oven, burning, hot as fire, hot as pepper, hot enough to roast an ox, hot enough to boil an egg,
fiery,
incandescent,
incalescent,
candent,
ebullient,
glowing, smoking, live, on fire,
dazzling, in flames,
blazing, in a blaze,
alight,
afire,
ablaze,
unquenched,
unextinguished,
smoldering, in a heat, in a glow, in a fever, in a perspiration, in a sweat,
sudorific,
sweltering,
sweltered, blood hot, blood warm, warm as a toast, warm as wool, volcanic,
plutonic,
igneous, isothermal|, isothermic|, isotheral|
Phr. not a breath of air, "whirlwinds of tempestuous fire"
Truth Roget’s Thesaurus §494 N. fact, reality, plain fact, plain matter of fact, nature, truth,
verity, gospel, gospel truth, god's honest truth,
orthodoxy,
authenticity,
veracity, correctness, correctitude, accuracy,
exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, delicacy,
rigor, mathematical precision,
punctuality, clockwork precision, conformity to rule,
nicety,
orthology, ipsissima verba,
realism, plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth, nuda veritas, the very thing, not an -illusion, real simon pure, unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, just the thing
V. be true, be the case, sand the test, have the true ring, hold good, hold true, hold water, render true, prove true,
substantiate, get at the truth
Adj. real, actual,
veritable, true, right, correct, certain, substantially true, categorically true, definitively true &c, true to the letter, true as gospel,
unimpeachable,
veracious, unreconfuted, unconfuted, unideal, unimagined,
realistic, exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so, strict, severe,
close,
literal, rigid,
rigorous,
scrupulous, religiously exact,
punctual, mathematical, scientific, faithful, constant,
unerring, curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine,
clean-cut,
clear-cut,
verified, empirically true, experimentally verified,
substantiated, proven (demonstrated) 478, rigorously true, unquestionably true, true by definition, genuine, authentic, legitimate, orthodox, official,
ex officio, pure, natural, sound, sterling,
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed, uncolored, in its true colors, pukka,
well-grounded, well founded, solid, substantial,
tangible,
valid,
undistorted,
undisguised, unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic,
unflattering Adv. truly,
verily, indeed, really, in reality, with truth, certainly, actually, in effect, exactly, ad amussim,
verbatim, verbatim et literatim, word for word, literally,
literatim, totidem vervis,
sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis, ad unguem, to an inch, to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a t, au pied de la lettre, neither more nor less, in every respect, in all respects, sous tous les rapports, at any rate, at all events, strictly speaking
Phr. the truth is, the fact is, rem acu tetigisti, en suivant la verite, ex facto jus oritur, la verita e figlia del empo, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, nihil est veritatis luce dulcius, veritas nunquam perit, veritatem dies aperit, "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth", "just the facts, ma'am, just the facts."
N. concealment, hiding,
occultation,
mystification, seal of secrecy, screen,
disguise,
masquerade, masked battery, hiding place,
cryptography,
steganography,
freemasonry,
stealth,
stealthiness,
sneakiness, obreption|,
slyness,
latitancy,
latitation,
seclusion,
privacy,
secrecy, secretness,
incognita,
reticence, reserve, mental reserve,
reservation, arriere pensee, suppression,
evasion, white lie,
misprision, silence, suppression of truth, underhand dealing, closeness,
secretiveness,
mystery,
latency, snake in the grass, secret,
stowaway V. conceal, hide,
secrete, put out of sight, lock up, seal up, bottle up, encrypt, encode,
cipher, cover, screen,
cloak,
veil,
shroud, cover up one's tracks, screen from sight, screen from observation, drawing the veil, draw the curtain, close the curtain,
curtain, shade,
eclipse, throw a view over,
becloud,
bemask,
mask,
disguise,
ensconce,
muffle,
smother,
befog,
whisper, keep from, keep back, keep to oneself, keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark,
bury, sink,
suppress, keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight, keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background,
stifle, hush up,
smother,
withhold, reserve, fence with a question,
ignore, keep a secret, keep one's own counsel, hold one's tongue, make no sign, not let it go further, not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about, not let the right hand know what the left is doing, hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin, keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance, blind, blind the eyes,
blindfold,
hoodwink,
mystify,
puzzle,
bamboozle, be concealed, suffer an eclipse, retire from sight,
couch, hide oneself, lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close, lie in ambush (ambush) 530, seclude oneself,
lurk,
sneak,
skulk,
slink,
prowl, steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along, play at bopeep, play at hide and seek, hide in holes and corners, still hunt
Adj. concealed, hidden, secret,
recondite,
mystic,
cabalistic,
occult, dark,
cryptic,
cryptical, private, privy, in petto,
auricular,
clandestine,
close,
inviolate,
tortuous, behind a screen, undercover, under an eclipse, in ambush, in hiding, in disguise, in a cloud, in a fog, in a mist, in a haze, in a dark corner, in the shade, in the dark, clouded, wrapped in clouds, wrapt in clouds, invisible, buried, underground,
perdu,
secluded,
undisclosed, untold,
covert, untraceable,
mysterious,
irrevealable,
inviolable,
confidential,
esoteric, not to be spoken of, unmentionable,
obreptitious,
furtive,
stealthy,
feline,
skulking,
surreptitious, underhand, hole and corner, sly &c. (cunning), 702, secretive,
evasive, reserved,
reticent, uncommunicative, buttoned up,
close, close as wax,
taciturn Adv. secretly, in secret, in private, in one's sleeve, in holes and corners, in the dark, januis clausis, with closed doors, a huis clos, hugger mugger, a la derobee, under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table, sub rosa, en tapinois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath,
sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine, behind the veil, beyond mortal ken, beyond the grave, beyond the veil, hid from mortal vision, into the eternal secret, into the realms supersensible, into the supreme mystery, in confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence,
confidentially, between ourselves, between you and me, between you and me and the bedpost, entre nous, inter nos, under the seal of secrecy, a couvert, underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night,
stealthily, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, behind one's back, behind a screen,
incognito, in camera
Phr. it must go no further, it will go no further, don't tell a soul, "tell it not in gath,"nobody the wiser, alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, "let it be tenable in your silence still", background information, deep background information, deep background, background session, backgrounder, not for attribution
N. conciseness,
brevity, "the soul of wit",
laconism,
tacitus,
ellipsis,
syncope,
abridgment, compression,
epitome,
monostich, brunch word, portmanteau word
Adj. concise, brief, short,
terse,
close, to the point, exact,
neat, compact, compressed,
condensed, pointed,
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant, summary,
pregnant,
compendious,
succinct,
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp,
sententious Adv. concisely, briefly,
summarily, in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words, for shortness sake, to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief, it comes to this, the long and the short of it is
Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio
N. completion,
accomplishment,
achievement,
fulfillment, performance, execution,
despatch,
dispatch,
consummation,
culmination, finish, conclusion,
close,
terminus, winding up,
finale,
denouement,
catastrophe, issue,
upshot, result, final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke, last finish, coup de grace, crowning of the edifice, coping-stone,
keystone, missing link,
superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli,
elaboration,
finality, completeness
V. effect,
effectuate,
accomplish,
achieve, compass,
consummate, hammer out, bring to maturity, bring to perfection, perfect, complete, elaborate, do,
execute, make, go through, get through, work out,
enact, bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head,
despatch,
dispatch, knock off, finish off, polish off, make short work of, dispose of, set at rest, perform, discharge,
fulfill,
realize, put in practice, put in force, carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution, make good, be as good as one's word, do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog, drive home, be in at the death, carry through, play out,
exhaust, fill the bill, finish, bring to a close, wind up, stamp,
clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal, give the final touch, to, put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on, crown, crown all, cap,
ripen,
culminate, come to a head, come to a crisis, come to its end, die a natural death, die of old age, run its course, run one's race, touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal, reach, get in the harvest
Adj. completing, final, concluding,
conclusive, crowning,
exhaustive, done, completed, done for,
sped, wrought out, highly wrought, thorough, ripe
Adv. completely, to crown all, out of hand
Phr. the race is run, actum est, finis coronat opus, consummatum est, c'en est fait, it is all over, the game is played out, the bubble has burst, aussitot dit aussitot fait, aut non tentaris aut perfice
