N. agreement,
accord, accordance,
unison, harmony,
concord,
concordance,
concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity,
conformance, uniformity,
consonance,
consentaneousness,
consistency,
congruity,
congruence, keeping,
congeniality, correspondence,
parallelism,
apposition, union, fitness, aptness,
relevancy,
pertinence, pertinencey, sortance|, case in point,
aptitude,
coaptation, propriety,
applicability,
admissibility,
commensurability,
compatibility,
cognation,
adaption,
adjustment,
graduation, accommodation,
reconciliation,
reconcilement,
assimilation, consent,
concurrence,
cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing
V. be accordant, agree,
accord,
harmonize, correspond, tally,
respond, meet, suit, fit,
befit, do, adapt itself to, fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with,
dovetail,
assimilate, fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a t,
match, become one,
homologate, consent, render accordant, fit, suit,
adapt,
accommodate,
graduate,
adjust, dress, regulate,
readjust,
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile,
fadge,
dovetail, square
Adj. agreeing, suiting, in accord,
accordant,
concordant,
consonant,
congruous,
consentaneous,
correspondent,
congenial,
coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable,
conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with,
&c. n, at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent,
compatible,
proportionate,
commensurate, on all fours, apt,
apposite,
pertinent,
pat, to the point, to the purpose,
happy,
felicitous,
germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable,
relevant,
admissible, fit adapted,
in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable,
idoneous,
deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element
Phr. rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia
N. {ant. 135} timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room, event (eventuality) 151, suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time, high time, opportuneness,
tempestivity,
crisis, turn,
juncture,
conjuncture,
crisis, turning point, given time, nick of time, golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening, clear stage, fair field, mollia tempora,
fata morgana, spare time
V. seize an opportunity, use an opportunity, give an opportunity, use an occasion, improve the occasion, suit the occasion, seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur l'enclume, make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond
Adj. opportune, timely, well-timed, timeful, seasonable,
providential,
lucky, fortunate,
happy, favorable,
propitious,
auspicious, critical, suitable, obiter dicta
Adv. opportunely, in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time, for the nonce, in the nick of time, in the fullness of time, all in good time, just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never, by the way, by the by, en passant, a propos, pro re nata, pro hac vice, par parenthese,
parenthetically, by way of parenthesis,
incidentally, while speaking of, while on the subject,
extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, on the spot
Phr. carpe diem, [Horace], occasionem cognosce, one's hour is come, the time is up, that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it, bien perdu bien connu, e sempre l'ora, ex quovis ligno non fit mercurius, nosce tempus, nunc aut nunquam
N. elegance, purity, grace, ease, gracefulness, # readiness,
concinnity,
euphony,
numerosity,
atticism,
classicalism,
classicism, well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods, the right word in the right place,
antithesis, *purist
V. point an antithesis, round a period
Adj. elegant, polished, classical, attic, correct,
ciceronian, artistic,
chaste, pure, saxon,
academical, graceful, easy, readable,
fluent, flowing,
tripping, unaffected, natural, unlabored,
mellifluous,
euphonious,
euphemism,
euphemistic, numerose|,
rhythmical,
felicitous,
happy,
neat, well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed
N. pleasure,
gratification, enjoyment,
fruition,
oblectation,
delectation, delection,
relish,
zest,
gusto, satisfaction,
complacency,
well-being, good,
snugness, comfort, ease,
cushion, sans souci, mind at ease, joy,
gladness, delight,
glee,
cheer,
sunshine,
cheerfulness, treat, refreshment,
amusement,
luxury, mens sana in corpore sano, happiness,
felicity,
bliss,
beatitude, beautification,
enchantment, transport,
rapture,
ravishment,
ecstasy, summum bonum,
paradise,
elysium, third heaven|, seventh heaven, cloud nine, unalloyed happiness &c, hedonics, hedonism,
honeymoon, palmy days, halcyon days, golden age, golden time,
dixie, dixie's land, saturnia regna,
arcadia, shangri-la, happy valley, agapemone
V. be pleased, feel pleasure, experience pleasure, joy, enjoy oneself, hug oneself, be in clover, be in elysium, tread on enchanted ground, fall into raptures, go into raptures, feel at home, breathe freely, bask in the sunshine, be pleased with, receive pleasure, derive pleasure, from, take pleasure, in, delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in, gloat over, enjoy,
relish, like, love, take to, take a fancy to, have a liking for, enter into the spirit of, take in good part, treat oneself to, solace oneself with
Adj. pleased, not sorry,
glad,
gladsome, pleased as punch,
happy,
blest, blessed,
blissful,
beatified, happy as a clam at high water, happy as a clam, happy as a king, happy as the day is long, thrice happy, ter quaterque beatus, enjoying, joyful,
hedonic, in a blissful state, in paradise, in raptures, in ecstasies, in a transport of delight, comfortable, at ease, content, sans souci, overjoyed, entranced,
enchanted, enraptures,
enravished, transported,
fascinated,
captivated, with a joyful face, with sparkling eyes, pleasing,
ecstatic, beatic, painless,
unalloyed, without alloy, cloudless
Adv. happily, with pleasure, with glee
Phr. one's heart leaping with joy, "a wilderness of sweets", "i wish you all the joy that you can wish", jour de ma vie, "joy ruled the day and love the night", "joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt", "oh happiness, our being's end and aim!", "there is a pleasure that is born of pain", "throned on highest bliss", vedi napoli e poi muori, zwischen freud und leid ist die brucke nicht weit
N. cheerfulness,
geniality,
gayety, l'allegro,
cheer, good humor, spirits, high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits,
glee, high glee, light heart, sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast, gaiete de coeur, bon naturel,
liveliness, life,
alacrity,
vivacity,
animation,
allegresse,
jocundity,
joviality,
jollity,
levity,
jocularity,
mirth,
merriment,
hilarity,
exhilaration,
laughter,
merrymaking,
heyday,
rejoicing, marriage bell,
nepenthe, euphrosyne, sweet forgetfulness,
optimism, self complacency, hedonics, hedonism
V. be cheerful, have the mind at ease,
smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits, view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose, ridentem dicere virum, cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up,
chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up, keep a stiff upper lip,
rejoice,
carol,
chirrup,
lilt,
frisk, rollick, give a loose to mirth,
cheer,
enliven,
elate,
exhilarate,
gladden, inspirit,
animate, raise the spirits,
inspire, perk up, put in good humor, cheer the heart, rejoice the heart, delight
Adj. cheerful,
happy, cheery,
cheerly, of good cheer,
smiling,
blithe, in spirits, in good spirits,
breezy,
bully,
chipper, in high spirits, in high feather, happy as the day is long, happy as a king, gay as a lark,
allegro,
debonair, light,
lightsome, light hearted,
buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy,
airy,
janty,
jaunty,
canty,
hedonic,
riant,
sprightly,
sprightful,
spry, spirited, spiritful, lively,
animated,
vivacious, brisk as a bee, sparklinly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy,
blithesome,
gleeful,
gleesome,
hilarious,
rattling,
winsome,
bonny,
hearty,
buxom, playful,
playsome, folatre, playful as a kitten,
tricksy,
frisky,
frolicsome,
gamesome,
jocose,
jocular,
waggish, mirth loving, laughter-loving,
mirthful,
rollicking,
elate,
elated,
exulting,
jubilant,
flushed,
rejoicing, cock-a- hoop,
cheering, inspiriting,
exhilarating,
cardiac,
cardiacal, pleasing,
palmy Int. never say die, come, cheer up,
hurrah,
&c. 838, "hence loathed melancholy!" begone dull care, away with melancholy, phr, "a merry heart goes all the day", "as merry as the day is long", ride si sapis
