N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude, unlikeness,
diversity,
disparity,
dissemblance,
divergence, variation, difference,
novelty,
originality,
creativeness, oogamy
V. be unlike, vary, bear no resemblance to, differ toto coelo, render unlike, vary
Adj. dissimilar, unlike,
disparate,
divergent, of a different kind unmatched, unique, new, novel,
unprecedented, original, nothing of the kind, no such thing, quite another thing, far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid, as like a dock as a daisy, "very like a whale", as different as chalk from cheese, as different as macedon and monmouth, lucus a non lucendo,
diversified Adv. otherwise
Phr. diis aliter visum, "no more like my father than i to hercules"
N. no imitation,
originality,
creativeness, # invention, creation
Adj. unimitated, uncopied,
unmatched, unparalleled,
inimitable, unique, original,
creative,
inventive, untranslated, exceptional, rare, sui generis uncommon, unexampled
N. {opp. 82} nonconformity, unconformity, disconformity, unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity,
abnormality,
anomaly,
anomalousness, exception, peculiarity, infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage, teratism,
eccentricity, bizarrerie,
oddity, je ne sais quoi,
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity,
freak, freak of nature, weirdo, mutant,
rouser, snorter*, individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism,
aberration,
irregularity, variety,
singularity,
exemption,
salvo,
nonconformist,
nondescript, character, original,
nonesuch, nonsuch,
monster,
prodigy, wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish, black sheep, black swan,
lusus naturae, rara avis, queer fish,
mongrel, random breed,
half-caste, half-blood,
half-breed,
metis,
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto, tertium quid,
hermaphrodite,
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur,
griffin,
griffon,
centaur, saggittary,
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent,
mermaid,
merman, merfolk,
unicorn,
cyclops, "men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders",
teratology, fish out of water, neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring, one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand, outcast, outlaw, off the beaten track,
oasis V. be uncomformable, abnormalize, leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path, infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom, drive a coach and six through, stretch a point, have no business there, baffle all description, beggar all description
Adj. uncomformable, exceptional,
abnormal,
abnormous,
anomalous,
anomalistic, out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element, irregular, arbitrary, teratogenic, lawless, informal,
aberrant,
stray, wandering,
wanton, peculiar, exclusive, unnatural,
eccentric,
egregious, out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run, beyond the pale of, out of the pale of, misplaced,
funny, unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary,
unwonted, uncommon, rare, curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, strange,
monstrous, wonderful, unexpected, unaccountable,
outre, out of the way, remarkable, noteworthy, queer,
quaint,
nondescript, none such,
sui generis, unfashionable,
fantastic,
grotesque,
bizarre,
outlandish,
exotic, tombe des nues,
preternatural,
denaturalized,
heterogeneous,
heteroclite,
amorphous,
mongrel,
amphibious,
epicene,
half blood,
hybrid,
androgynous,
androgynal,
asymmetric, adelomorphous,
bisexual,
hermaphrodite,
monoclinous, qualified, singular, unique, one-of-a-kind,
newfangled, novel, non-classical, original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar, undescribed,
unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled
Adv. unconformably, except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone, however, yet, but, once in a blue moon, once in a million years
Phr. never was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known the like, i could hardly believe it, i saw it, but i didn't believe it, 1, number, in the abstract
Int. what on earth, what in the world, what the devil, holy cow, can you top that?, sacre bleu
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
Will Roget’s Thesaurus §600 N. will,
volition,
conation,
velleity, liberum arbitrium, will and pleasure,
free will, freedom,
discretion,
option,
voluntariness,
spontaneity,
spontaneousness,
originality, pleasure, wish, mind, desire, frame of mind, intention, predetermination, selfcontrol &c. determination, force of will
V. will, list, see fit, think fit, determine,
enjoin, settle,
volunteer, have a will of one's own, do what one chooses, have it all one's own way, have one's will, have one's own way, use one's discretion, exercise one's discretion, take upon oneself, take one's own course, take the law into one's own hands, do of one's own accord, do upon one's own authority,
originate Adj. voluntary,
volitional, willful, free,
optional,
discretional,
discretionary,
volitient,
volitive, minded,
prepense, intended,
autocratic, unbidden &c. (bid ),
spontaneous, original,
unconstrained Adv. voluntarily, at will, at pleasure, a volonte, a discretion, al piacere,
ad libitum, ad arbitrium, as one thinks proper, as it seems good to, a beneplacito, of one's won accord, of one's own free will, proprio motu, suo motu, ex meromotu, out of one's own head, by choice, purposely,
deliberately Phr. stet pro ratione voluntas, sic volo sic jubeo, a vostro beneplacito, beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere, deus vult, was man nicht kann meiden muss man willig leiden