N. imitation, copying,
transcription, repetition,
duplication,
reduplication,
quotation, reproduction,
mimeograph, xerox,
facsimile, reprint, offprint,
mockery,
mimicry,
simulation,
impersonation,
personation, representation,
semblance, copy,
assimilation,
paraphrase,
parody,
take-off,
lampoon,
caricature,
plagiarism,
forgery,
counterfeit,
celluloid,
imitator,
echo, cuckoo|,
parrot,
ape,
monkey, mocking bird,
mime,
copyist, copycat,
plagiarist,
pirate V. imitate, copy, mirror,
reflect, reproduce,
repeat, do like,
echo,
reecho, catch,
transcribe,
match, parallel,
mock, take off,
mimic,
ape,
simulate,
impersonate,
personate, act, represent,
counterfeit,
parody,
travesty,
caricature,
lampoon,
burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after,
emulate Adj. imitated,
mock,
mimic, modelled after, molded on,
paraphrastic,
literal,
imitative,
secondhand,
imitable,
aping,
apish,
mimicking Adv. literally, to the letter,
verbatim,
literatim,
sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot, exactly, precisely
Phr. like master like man, "like - but oh! how different!", "genius borrows nobly", "pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks", "quotation confesses inferiority", "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
N. {opp. 83} conformity,
conformance,
observance,
habituation,
naturalization,
conventionality, agreement, example, instance, specimen,
sample,
quotation,
exemplification, illustration, case in point, object lesson,
elucidation, standard, model, pattern, rule, nature, principle, law, order of things, normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition, standing dish, standing order, procrustean law, law of the medes and persians, hard and fast rule
V. conform to, conform to rule, accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to, rub off corners, be regular, move in a groove, follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules, obey the rules, obey the precedents, comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with, be guided by, be regulated by, fall into a custom, fall into a usage, follow the fashion, follow the crowd, follow the multitude, pass muster, do as others do, hurler avec les loups, stand on ceremony, when in rome do as the romans do, go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind, stick to the beaten track, keep one in countenance,
exemplify, illustrate,
cite,
quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case, produce an instance,
elucidate, explain
Adj. conformable to rule, regular, according to regulation, according to rule, according to hoyle, according to cocker, according to gunter, en regle, selon les regles, well regulated, orderly,
symmetric,
conventional, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence, in the natural order of things, ordinary, common,
habitual, usual,
everyday,
workaday, in the order of the day,
naturalized, typical, normal, nominal, formal,
canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive,
uncompromising,
procrustean, secundum artem,
shipshape, technical, exemple, illustrative, in point
Adv. conformably, by rule, agreeably to, in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with, according to, consistently with, as usual, ad instar, instar omnium, more solito, more-majorum, for the sake of conformity, as a matter of course, of course, pro forma, for form's sake, by the card, invariably,
&c. (uniformly) 16, for example, exempli gratia, e, g, inter alia, among other things, for instance
Phr. cela va sans dire, ex pede herculem, noscitur a sociis, ne e quovis ligno mercurius fiat, "they are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations", "the nail that sticks up will get hammered down", "stick your neck out and it may get cut off."
N. stock market,
stock exchange, securities exchange,
bourse, board, the big board, the new york stock exchange, the market, the open market, over- the-counter market, privately traded issues, commodities exchange, futures exchange, futures market, the pit, the floor,
ticker, stock ticker,
quotation, stock index, market index, the dow jones index, the dow industrials, the transportation index, utilities, the utilities index, the new york stock exchange index, the nikkei index, the financial times index, the fti, the over-the-counter index, nasdaq index, broker,
stockbroker,
jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer,
specialist,
investor,
speculator,
operator, bull,
buyer, bear, short seller,
scalper, arbitrager, arbitrageur,
stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record, bond holder, coupon-clipper,
investment, speculation
V. speculate,
invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market, buy long, sell short, take a position,
straddle, take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier
Value Roget’s Thesaurus §812a N. {ant. to 812b} worth, rate, # value, intrinsic value, quality, par value,
valuation,
appraisal,
assessment,
appraisement, price current, market price,
quotation, fair price, going price, what it will fetch, what the market will bear, money's worth, penny &c. worth, cost (price) 812
Phr. worth the price, worth a king's ransom, accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing
