N. convexity, prominence, projection, swelling,
gibbosity,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion,
camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell,
intumescence,
tumour,
tumor,
tubercle,
tuberosity,
excrescence,
hump,
hunch,
bunch,
boss,
embossment,
hub, hubble tooth,
knob,
elbow, process,
apophysis,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity, tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump, sugar loaf, bow,
mamelon,
molar,
belly, corporation|, pot belly,
gut,
withers, back, shoulder,
lip,
flange,
pimple, zit,
wen, wheel,
papula,
pustule,
pock, proud flesh, growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle, corn,
wart, pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus,
fungus,
fungosity,
exostosis,
bleb,
blister,
blain,
boil, airbubble,
blob,
papule, verruca,
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit,
titty, boob,
knocker,
pap, breast,
dug,
mammilla,
proboscis, nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle, schnoz,
peg,
button,
stud, ridge, rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag,
cupola, dome, arch,
balcony,
eaves,
pilaster, relief,
relievo,
cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape,
promontory,
mull,
forehead,
foreland, point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur,
naze,
ness V. be prominent, project,
bulge,
protrude,
pout, bouge|,
bunch, jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out, stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up, swell over, hang over, bend over,
beetle, render prominent, raise 307,
emboss,
chase, belly out
Adj. convex, prominent,
protuberant, projecting,
bossed,
embossed,
bossy,
nodular,
bunchy,
clavate,
clavated,
claviform,
hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform,
papulous, papilose,
hemispheric,
bulbous, bowed, arched, bold,
bellied,
tuberous,
tuberculous, tumous,
cornute,
odontoid,
lentiform,
lenticular,
gibbous, club shaped,
hubby, hubbly,
knobby,
papillose,
saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate,
torose,
ventricose,
verrucose,
salient, in relief, raised,
repousse, bloated &c, (expanded) 194
N. sharpness,
acuity,
acumination,
spinosity, point,
spike,
spine,
spicule,
spiculum, needle, hypodermic needle,
tack,
nail, pin,
prick,
prickle,
spur,
rowel,
barb,
spit,
cusp, horn,
antler,
snag, tag thorn,
bristle, adam's needle, bear grass,
tine,
yucca,
nib, tooth,
tusk, spoke,
cog,
ratchet,
crag, crest, arete, cone peak, sugar loaf,
pike,
aiguille,
spire, pyramid,
steeple,
beard, chevaux de frise,
porcupine,
hedgehog,
brier,
bramble,
thistle,
comb,
awn,
beggar's lice,
bur,
burr,
catchweed,
cleavers,
clivers,
goose, grass, hairif, hariff, flax comb,
hackle,
hatchel,
heckle,
wedge, knife edge, cutting edge,
blade, edge tool,
cutlery, knife,
penknife,
whittle,
razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor,
scalpel,
bistoury,
lancet,
plowshare,
coulter,
colter,
hatchet,
ax,
pickax,
mattock,
pick,
adze, gill,
billhook,
cleaver,
cutter,
scythe,
sickle,
scissors,
shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter, sword,
bodkin, belduque,
bowie knife, paring knife,
bushwhacker,
drawing knife, drawing shave,
microtome,
chisel, screwdriver blade, flint blade,
guillotine, sharpener,
hone,
strop,
grindstone,
whetstone,
novaculite, steel,
emery V. be sharp, taper to a point, bristle with, render sharp,
sharpen, point,
aculeate,
whet,
barb,
spiculate, set,
strop,
grind,
chip, cut
Adj. sharp, keen, acute,
acicular,
aciform,
aculeated,
acuminated, pointed,
tapering, conical,
pyramidal,
mucronate,
mucronated, spindle shaped, needle shaped,
spiked,
spiky,
ensiform,
peaked,
salient,
cusped,
cuspidate,
cuspidated,
cornute,
cornuted, cornicultate,
prickly,
spiny,
spinous,
spicular,
thorny,
bristling,
muricated,
pectinated,
studded,
thistly, briary,
craggy,
snaggy,
digitated,
two-edged,
fusiform,
dentiform,
denticulated, toothed,
odontoid,
starlike,
stellated,
stelliform,
sagittate, sagittiform,
arrowheaded,
arrowy,
barbed,
spurred,
acinaciform,
apiculate,
apiculated,
aristate,
awned,
awny,
bearded, calamiform, cone-shaped,
coniform, crestate,
echinate,
gladiate,
lanceolate,
lanciform,
awl,
awl-shaped, lance-shaped,
awl-shaped, scimitar-shaped,
sword-shaped, setarious, spinuliferous,
subulate,
tetrahedral,
xiphoid, cutting, sharp edged, knife edged, sharp as a razor, keen as a razor, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, sharpened, set
N. {ant. 526} manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration|, exhibit, indication,
publicity,
disclosure, openness, (artlessness) 703, panchement, evidence
V. make manifest, render manifest, bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view, give notice, express, represent, set forth, exhibit, show, show up,
expose, produce, hold up to view, expose to view, set before one, place before one, lay before one, one's eyes, tell to one's face, trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display,
demonstrate, unroll, lay open, draw out, bring out, bring out in strong relief, call into notice, bring into notice, hold up the mirror, wear one's heart upon his sleeve, show one's face, show one's colors, manifest oneself, speak out, make no mystery, make no secret of, unfurl the flag,
proclaim, indicate, disclose,
elicit, be manifest, appear,
transpire, speak for itself, stand to reason, stare one in the face, rear its head, give token, give sign, give indication of, tell its own tale
Adj. manifest, apparent,
salient, striking,
demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced,
flagrant,
notorious,
arrant, stark staring, unshaded,
glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable,
indubitable, not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church,
explicit,
overt, patent, express,
ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric, unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken, candid (veracious) 543,
barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible,
inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret
Adv. manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush,
prima facie, on the face of, in set terms
Phr. cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, "clothing the palpable and familiar", fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness, import, significance,
concern,
emphasis, interest, greatness, superiority,
notability, weight, value, usefulness, gravity, seriousness,
solemnity, no joke, no laughing matter, pressure,
urgency, stress, matter of life and death,
memorabilia,
notabilia, great doings, red-letter day, great thing, great point, main chance, "the be all and the end all", cardinal point, substance,
gist, sum and substance,
gravamen, head and front, important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part, half the battle, sine qua non, breath of one's nostrils,
cream, salt,
core,
kernel, heart, nucleus,
keynote,
keystone, corner stone, trump card, salient points, top sawyer, first fiddle,
prima donna, chief, triton among the minnows, "it"
V. be important, be somebody, be something, import,
signify, matter,
boot, be an object, carry weight, make a figure, be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade, lie at the root of, deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration, attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to, value, care for, set store upon, set store by, mark, mark with a white stone, underline, write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters, of gold,
accentuate,
emphasize, lay stress on, make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece of work about, make much ado about, make much ado of, make much of
Adj. important, of importance,
momentous, material, to the point, not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at,
egregious,
weighty, of note, notable, prominent,
salient, signal, memorable, remarkable,
unforgettable, worthy of remark, worthy of notice, never to be forgotten,
stirring, eventful, grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing,
urgent, pressing, critical, instant,
paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling, of vital &c. importance, in the front rank,
first-rate, superior, considerable, marked, rare,
significant, telling,
trenchant,
emphatic,
pregnant, tanti
Adv. materially, in the main, above all, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, par excellence, to crown all, to beat all
Phr. expende hannibalem, [Lat] [Juvenal]
