N. intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle,
rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation,
percipience, intelligence,
intellection,
intuition,
association of ideas,
instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity,
intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, vernunft, verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast,
bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the absolute,
psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought,
sensorium,
sensory, head,
headpiece,
pate,
noddle,
noggin, skull,
scull,
pericranium,
cerebrum,
cranium,
brainpan,
sconce, upper story, central processing unit, cpu, arithmetic and logical unit, alu,
metaphysics,
psychics, psychology,
ideology, mental philosophy,
moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind,
pneumatology,
phrenology,
craniology,
cranioscopy,
ideality,
idealism,
transcendentalism,
spiritualism,
immateriality, universal concept, universal conception,
metaphysician, psychologist &c
Adj. intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly,
psychical, psychological,
cerebral,
animastic,
brainy,
hyperphysical,
superphysical,
subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason
Adv. in petto
Phr. ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, "my mind is my kingdom", "stern men with empires in their brains", "the mind, the music breathing from her face", "thou living ray of intellectual fire"
N. thought, d, exercitation of the intellect, ], exercise of the intellect, "so sweet is zealous contemplation",
intellection, "the power of thought is the magic of the mind",
reflection, "those that think must govern those that toil",
cogitation, "thought is parent of the deed", consideration, "thoughts in attitudes imperious",
meditation, "thoughts that breathe and words that burn", study, vivere est cogitare,
lucubration, volk der dichter und denker, speculation,
deliberation,
pondering, head work, brain work,
cerebration, deep reflection, close study, application, abstract thought, abstraction contemplation,
musing, brown study,
reverie,
platonism, depth of thought, workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts, self-counsel self-communing, self- consultation, philosophy of the absolute, philosophy of the academy, philosophy of the garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the porch, association of thought, succession of thought, flow of thought, train of thought, current of thought,
association of ideas, succession of ideas, flow of ideas, train of ideas, current of ideas, after thought, mature thought, reconsideration, second thoughts,
retrospection,
excogitation, examination invention,
thoughtfulness V. think,
reflect,
cogitate,
excogitate, consider,
deliberate, bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon,
speculate,
contemplate,
meditate,
ponder,
muse, dream,
ruminate, brood over, con over,
animadvert, study, bend -, apply mind,
digest,
discuss, hammer at,
weigh,
perpend,
realize,
appreciate,
fancy,
trow, take into consideration, take counsel, commune with oneself, bethink oneself, collect one's thoughts, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, run over in the mind, chew the cud upon, sleep upon, take counsel of one's pillow, advise with one's pillow, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, crack one's brains, beat one's brains, cudgel one's brains, set one's brain to work, set one's wits to work, harbor an idea, entertain an idea, cherish an idea, nurture an idea, take into one's head, bear in mind, reconsider, occur, present itself, suggest itself, come into one's head, get into one's head, strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one's head, enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind, have in one's mind, make an impression, sink into the mind, penetrate into the mind, engross the thoughts
Adj. thinking, thoughtful,
pensive,
meditative,
reflective,
museful,
wistful,
contemplative, speculative,
deliberative,
studious,
sedate,
introspective,
platonic, philosophical, lost in thought, deep musing, in the mind, under consideration
Adv. all things considered
Phr. the mind being on the stretch, the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon, "divinely, bent to meditation", en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, "fresh- pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought", "go speed the stars of thought", "in maiden meditation fancy-free" [m
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. belief,
credence, credit, assurance, faith, trust,
troth, confidence,
presumption, sanguine expectation, dependence on, reliance on,
persuasion, conviction,
convincement,
plerophory, self- conviction, certainty, opinion, mind, view, conception, thinking, impression,
surmise, conclusion,
tenet,
dogma, principle, way of thinking, popular belief, firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion &c, uberrima fides, system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons, article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, tenets,
credenda, creed, thirty-nine articles,
catechism, assent,
propaganda,
credibility V. believe, credit, give faith to, give credit to, credence to, see,
realize, assume, receive, set down for, take for, have it, take it, consider, esteem,
presume, count upon, depend upon, calculate upon, pin one's faith upon, reckon upon, lean upon, build upon, rely upon, rest upon, lay one's account for, make sure of, make oneself easy about, on that score, take on trust, take on credit, take for granted, take for gospel, allow some weight to, attach some weight to, know, know for certain, have know, make no doubt, doubt not, be, rest assured, persuade oneself, assure oneself, satisfy oneself, make up one's mind, give one credit for, confide in, believe in, put one's trust in, place in, repose in, implicit confidence in, take one's word for, at one's word, place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to, think, hold, take, take it,
opine, be of opinion, conceive,
trow,
ween,
fancy,
apprehend, have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief,
hazard,
foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion, view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as,
surmise, get it into one's head, take it into one's head, come round to an opinion,
swallow, cause to be believed, satisfy,
persuade, have the ear of, gain the confidence of,
assure,
convince, convict|, convert,
wean, bring round, bring over, win over,
indoctrinate, cram down the throat, produce conviction, carry conviction, bring home to, drive home to, go down, find credence, pass current, be received, be current, possess, take hold of, take possession of the mind
Adj. believing, certain, sure,
assured, positive,
cocksure, satisfied,
confident,
unhesitating,
convinced, secure, under the impression, impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with,
confiding,
suspectless,
unsuspecting,
unsuspicious, void of suspicion,
credulous, wedded to, believed,
accredited,
putative, unsuspected, worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief,
credible, reliable,
trustworthy, to be depended on, satisfactory, probably,
fiducial,
fiduciary,
persuasive, impressive, relating to belief,
doctrinal Adv. in the opinion of, in the eyes of, me judice,
meseems,
methinks, to the best of one's belief, i dare say, i doubt not, i have no doubt, i am sure, sure enough, depend upon, rely upon it, be assured, rest assured, i'll warrant you
Phr. experto crede, fata viam invenient, justitiae soror incorrupta fides, "live to explain thy doctrine by thy life", "stands not within the prospect of belief", tarde quae credita laedunt credimus, vide et crede
N. supposition, assumption, assumed position,
postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis,
postulate,
postulatum, theory,
thesis, theorem, data, proposition, position, proposal,
presumption,
divination, conjecture,
guess,
guesswork, speculation, rough guess, shot, shot in the dark, conjecturality,
surmise, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, estimate, approximation (nearness) 197,
inkling, suggestion,
hint,
intimation, notion, impression, bare supposition, vague supposition, loose supposition, loose suggestion,
association of ideas, (analogy) 514a, metonym,
metonymy, simile (metaphor) 521,
conceit, idea, thought, original idea, invention (imagination) 515
V. suppose, conjecture,
surmise,
suspect,
guess, divine,
theorize,
presume,
presurmise, presuppose, assume,
fancy,
wis, take it, give a guess,
speculate, believe, dare say, take it into one's head, take for granted, imagine, put forth,
propound,
propose, start, put a case, submit, move, make a motion, hazard out, throw out a suggestion, put forward a suggestion, put forward conjecture, allude to, suggest,
hint, put it into one's head, suggest itself, run in the head, marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether
Adj. supposing, given,
mooted,
postulatory, assumed,
supposititious,
suppositive, suppositious,
gratuitous, speculative,
conjectural,
hypothetical, theoretical,
academic, supposable,
presumptive,
putative,
suppositional, suggestive,
allusive Adv. if, if so be, an, on the supposition, ex hypothesi, in the case, in the event of,
quasi, as if, provided, perhaps, for aught one knows
N. imagination, originality, invention,
fancy, inspiration,
verve, warm imagination, heated imagination, excited imagination, sanguine imagination, ardent imagination, fiery imagination, boiling imagination, wild imagination, bold imagination, daring imagination, playful imagination, lively imagination, fertile imagination,
fancy, "mind's eye", "such stuff as dreams are made of",
ideality,
idealism,
romanticism,
utopianism, castle-building, dreaming,
phrensy,
frenzy,
ecstasy,
extasy,
calenture,
reverie,
trance, day dream, golden dream,
somnambulism, conception, vorstellung,
excogitation, "a fine frenzy",
cloudland,
dreamland, flight of fancy, fumes of fancy, "thick coming fancies", creation of the brain, coinage of the brain,
imagery,
conceit,
maggot, figment,
myth, dream, vision, shadow,
chimera,
phantasm,
phantasy,
fantasy,
fancy,
whim,
whimsey,
whimsy,
vagary,
rhapsody, romance,
gest,
geste,
extravaganza, air drawn dagger,
bugbear,
nightmare, flying dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky, chateau en espagne,
utopia,
atlantis, happy valley,
millennium,
fairyland, land of prester john, kingdom of micomicon, work of fiction, arabian nights, le pot au lait, dream of alnashar,
illusion,
phantom,
fata morgana,
vapor, stretch of the imagination, mythogenesis,
idealist,
romanticist,
visionary,
mopus, romancer, dreamer,
somnambulist,
rhapsodist, castle-buildier, fanciful projector
V. imagine,
fancy, conceive,
idealize,
realize, dream, dream of, dream up, "give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name",
create,
originate,
devise,
invent, coin,
fabricate,
improvise, strike out something new, set one's wits to work, strain one's invention, crack one's invention, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains,
excogitate, brainstorm, give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy, indulge in reverie,
visualize, envision, conjure up a vision, fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself, vorstellen, float in the mind, suggest itself
Adj. imagined, ben trovato, air drawn, airbuilt, imagining, v,
imaginative, original,
inventive,
creative, fertile, romantic, high flown,
flighty,
extravagant,
fanatic,
enthusiastic, unrealistic,
utopian,
quixotic, ideal, unreal, in the clouds, in nubibus, unsubsantial,
illusory,
fabulous,
legendary,
mythical,
mythic,
mythological,
chimerical, imaginary,
visionary,
notional,
fancy,
fanciful,
fantastic,
fantastical,
whimsical,
fairy, fairy-like,
gestic Phr. "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream", aegri somnia vana, dolphinum appingit sylvis in fluctibus aprum, "fancy light from fancy caught", "imagination rules the world", l'imagination gallope, le jugement ne va que le pas, musaeo contingens cuncta lepore, tous songes sont mensonges, wahrheil und dichtung
N. choice,
option,
discretion,
preoption, alternative,
dilemma, embarras de choix, adoption,
cooptation,
novation, decision, election, political election (politics) 737a, selection,
excerption,
gleaning,
eclecticism, excerpta, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste,
pick, preference,
prelation, opinion poll, survey,
predilection V. offers one's choice, set before, hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative, put to the vote, use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option, adopt, take up, embrace,
espouse, choose,
elect, opt for, take one's choice, make one's choice, make choice of, fix upon, vote,
poll, hold up one's hand, divide, settle, decide, list, make up one's mind, select, pick and choose, pick out, single out,
cull,
glean,
winnow, sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat, pick up, pitch upon, pick one's way, indulge one's fancy, set apart, mark out for, mark,
prefer, have rather, have as lief,
fancy, be persuaded, take a decided step, take a decisive step, commit oneself to a course, pass the rubicon, cross the rubicon, cast in one's lot with, take for better or for worse
Adv. optionally, at pleasure, either the one or the other, or at the option of, whether or not, once and for all, for one's money, by choice, by preference, in preference, rather, before
Wit Roget’s Thesaurus §842 N. wit,
humor,
wittiness, sense of humor, attic wit, attic salt,
atticism, salt,
esprit, point,
fancy,
whim,
drollery,
pleasantry,
farce,
buffoonery,
fooling,
tomfoolery, shenanigan,
harlequinade, broad farce, broad humor,
fun, espieglerie, vis comica,
jocularity,
jocosity,
jocoseness,
facetiousness,
waggery,
waggishness,
whimsicality,
comicality,
banter,
badinage,
retort,
repartee,
smartness, ready wit, quid-pro- quo,
ridicule,
jest,
joke,
jape,
jibe,
facetiae,
levity, quips and cranks, capital joke, canorae nugae, standing jest, standing joke, private joke,
conceit,
quip,
quirk,
crank,
quiddity,
concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea, merry thought, bright thought, happy thought, sally, flash of wit, flash of merriment,
scintillation,
mot, mot pour rire,
witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,
jeu d'esprit,
epigram, jest book, dry joke,
quodlibet, cream of the jest, word-play, jeu de mots, play of words, play upon words,
pun,
punning, double entente, double entendre,
quibble, verbal quibble,
conundrum,
anagram,
acrostic, double acrostic, trifling, idle conceit, turlupinade|, old joke, tired joke, flat joke, joe miller|
V. joke,
jest, crack a joke, make a joke,
jape, cut jokes, perpetrate a joke,
pun, perpetrate a pun, make fun of, make merry with,
kid, kid around, fool around, set the table in a roar,
retort,
banter, ridentem dicere verum, joke at one's expense, take in jest,
bomb, fall flat, go over like a lead balloon
Adj. witty, attic,
quick-witted,
nimble-witted,
smart,
jocular,
jocose,
humorous,
facetious,
waggish,
whimsical,
kidding,
joking,
puckish, playful, merry and wise, pleasant,
sprightly, light, spirituel,
sparkling,
epigrammatic, full of point, ben trovato,
comic,
zany,
madcap,
funny,
amusing Adv. jokingly, in joke, in jest, in sport, in play
Phr. adhibenda est in jocando moderatio, "gentle dullness ever loves a joke", "leave this keen encounter of our wits", just joking, just kidding, "surely you jest!"
N. desire, wish,
fancy,
fantasy, want, need,
exigency, mind, inclination,
leaning, bent,
animus,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection,
propensity, willingness, liking, love, fondness,
relish, longing,
hankering,
inkling,
solicitude,
anxiety,
yearning,
coveting,
aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition, eagerness, zeal,
ardor, empressement, breathless impatience,
overanxiety,
impetuosity,
&c. 825,
appetite,
appetition,
appetence,
appetency, sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist,
thirst,
thirstiness,
drouth, mouthwatering,
itch,
itching,
prurience,
cacoethes,
cupidity,
lust,
concupiscence, edge of appetite, edge of hunger, torment of tantalus, sweet tooth, lickerish tooth, itching palm, longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye,
greed,
voracity, passion,
rage,
furore,
mania, manie|, inextinguishable desire,
dipsomania,
kleptomania, lover,
amateur,
votary,
devotee,
aspirant,
solicitant,
candidate,
applicant,
supplicant,
cormorant,
desideratum, want, "a consummation devoutly to be wished", attraction, magnet,
allurement,
fancy,
temptation,
seduction,
fascination,
prestige, height of one's ambition,
idol,
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey,
maggot,
hobby, hobby-horse, fortunatus's cap, wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well
V. desire, wish, wish for, be desirous, have a longing, hope, care for, affect, like, list, take to, cling to, take a fancy to,
fancy,
prefer, have an eye, have a mind to, find it in one's heart, have a fancy for, set one's eyes upon, cast a sheep's eye upon, look sweet upon, take into one's head, have at heart, be bent upon, set one's cap at, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon,
covet, want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do, would be glad of, be hungry, have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork, hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after, raven for, die for, burn to,
desiderate, sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for, aspire after, catch at, grasp at, jump at,
woo, court,
solicit, fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for,
ogle, cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke desire, whet the appetite,
appetize,
titillate,
allure,
attract, take one's fancy,
tempt, hold out temptation, hold out allurement,
tantalize, make one's mouth water, faire venir l'eau a la bouche, gratify desire
Adj. desirous, desiring, inclined, partial to,
fain, wishful,
optative, anxious,
wistful, curious, at a loss for,
sedulous,
solicitous,
craving,
hungry,
sharp-set,
peckish,
ravening, with an empty stomach,
esurient,
lickerish,
thirsty,
athirst, parched with thirst, pinched with hunger,
famished, dry,
drouthy, hungry as a hunter, hungry as a hawk, hungry as a horse, hungry as a church mouse, hungry as a bear,
greedy, unsatisfied, unsated,
unslaked,
unsaturated, eager,
avid, keen, burning,
fervent, ardent,
agog, all agog, breathless, impatient, bent on, intent on, set on, bent upon, intent upon, set upon, mad after,
enrage,
rabid, dying for, devoured by desire,
aspiring, ambitious,
vaulting, skyaspiring,
high-reaching, desirable, desired, in demand, pleasing,
appetizing,
appetible,
tantalizing Int. would that, would that it were, o for, esto perpetual phr, the wish being father to the thought, sua cuique voluptas, hoc erat in votis, the mouth watering, the fingers itching, aut caesar aut nullus, "cassius has a lean and hungry look", "hungry as the grave", "i was born to other things", "not what we wish but what we want", "such joy ambition finds", "the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none", ubi mel ibi apes
Love Roget’s Thesaurus §897 N. love, fondness, liking, inclination, regard, dilection|, admiration,
fancy, affection, sympathy,
fellow-feeling, tenderness, heart, brotherly love,
benevolence, attachment,
yearning, ἔρως, tender passion,
amour,
gyneolatry,
gallantry, passion, flame, devotion,
fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry,
cupid, venus,
myrtle, true lover's knot, love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story, the, old story, plighted love,
courtship, amourette, free love, maternal love, στοργή, parental love, young love, puppy love, attractiveness, popularity,
favorite, lover,
suitor, follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato,
swain, young man, flame, love,
truelove,
leman,
lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso, cavaliere servente,
captive,
cicisbeo, caro sposo,
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa,
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee,
flirt,
coquette,
amorette, pair of turtledoves, abode of love, agapemone
V. love, like, affect,
fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with, affection, be in love &c. with adj, have a love, for, entertain a love, for, harbor cherish a love, for, regard,
revere, take to, bear love to, be wedded to, set one's affections on, make much of, feast one's eyes on, hold dear, prize,
hug, cling to,
cherish,
pet, burn,
adore,
idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument, dote on, dote upon, take a fancy to, look sweet upon, become enamored, fall in love with, lose one's heart, desire, excite love, win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections, take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart,
attract,
attach,
endear, charm,
fascinate,
captivate,
bewitch,
seduce,
enamor,
enrapture, turn the head, get into favor, ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself,
propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable, set one's cap at,
flirt Adj. loving, fond of, taken with, struck with,
smitten,
bitten, attached to, wedded to,
enamored, charmed, in love,
love-sick, over head and ears in love, head over heels in love,
affectionate, tender, sweet upon,
sympathetic, loving,
amorous,
amatory, fond,
erotic,
uxorious, ardent,
passionate,
rapturous, devoted, motherly, loved, beloved well beloved, dearly beloved,
dear, precious,
darling,
pet, little,
favorite, popular,
congenial, after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart, in one's good graces, dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to one's heart, lovable,
adorable, lovely, sweet, attractive,
seductive,
winning, charming,
engaging, interesting,
enchanting,
captivating,
fascinating,
bewitching,
amiable, like an angel
Phr. amantes amentes, credula res amor est, militat omnis amasius, love conquers all, omnia vincit amor, si vis amari ama, "the sweetest joy, the wildest woe"