N. existence, being,
entity,
ens, esse,
subsistence, reality,
actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence,
coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle,
[Science of existence],
ontology V. exist, be, have being,
subsist, live,
breathe, stand, obtain, be the case, occur, have place, prevail, find oneself, pass the time,
vegetate, consist in, lie in, be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by, come into existence, arise, come forth, become, bring into existence,
abide, continue,
endure, last, remain,
stay Adj. existing,
existent, under the sun, in existence, extant,
afloat,
afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial,
substantive, self-existing,
self-existent, essential, well-founded,
well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic
Adv. actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto
Phr. ens rationis; ergo sum cogito; "thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?"
N. {ant. 132} lateness,
tardiness, delay,
delation,
cunctation,
procrastination,
deferring, deferral,
postponement,
adjournment,
prorogation,
retardation, respite,
pause,
reprieve, stay of execution,
protraction,
prolongation, fabian policy, medecine expectante, chancery suit, federal case,
leeway, high time, moratorium, holdover
V. be late,
tarry, wait,
stay,
bide, take time,
dawdle,
linger,
loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off,
defer, delay, lay over,
suspend, table, shift off, stave off,
waive,
retard,
remand,
postpone,
adjourn,
procrastinate,
dally,
prolong,
protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out,
prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve,
temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently,
await, sit up, sit up at night
Adj. late,
tardy, slow,
behindhand,
serotine,
belated, postliminious,
posthumous, backward,
unpunctual, untimely, delayed,
postponed,
dilatory, delayed, in abeyance
Adv. late,
lateward, backward, late in the day, at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last, ultimately, after time, behind time, after the deadline, too late, too late for, slowly, leisurely,
deliberately, at one's leisure,
ex post facto, sine die
Phr. nonum prematur in annum, "against the sunbeams serotine and lucent", ie meglio tardi che mai, deliberando saepe perit occasio
N. stability,
quiescence,
obstinacy,
permanence,
persistence,
endurance,
durability, standing,
status quo, maintenance, preservation,
conservation,
conservation, law of the medes and persians, standing dish
V. let alone, let be, let it be,
persist, remain,
stay,
tarry, rest,
stet, hold, hold on, last,
endure,
bide,
abide,
aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast,
subsist, live, outlive,
survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good
Adj. stable,
persisting, permanent, established, unchanged &c. (change ), renewed,
intact,
inviolate,
persistent,
monotonous, uncheckered, unfailing, undestroyed,
unrepealed, unsuppressed,
conservative, qualis ab incepto,
prescriptive,
stationary Adv. in statu quo, for good, finally, at a stand, at a standstill,
uti possidetis, without a shadow of turning
Phr. esto perpetua, nolumus leges angliae mutari, j'y suis et j'y ereste
N. cessation, discontinuance,
desistance,
desinence,
intermission, remission,
suspense, suspension,
interruption, stop,
stopping,
closure,
stoppage,
halt, arrival,
pause, rest,
lull, respite,
truce, drop,
interregnum,
abeyance,
cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock,
finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown,
disintegration,
comma,
colon,
semicolon, period, full stop, end, death
V. cease, discontinue,
desist,
stay,
halt, break off, leave off, hold, stop, pull up, stop short, stick, hang fire,
halt,
pause, rest, burn out, blow out, melt down, have done with, give over,
surcease, shut up shop, give up, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels, come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock, come to a full stop, arrive, go out, die away, wear away, wear off, pass away, be at an end,
disintegrate, self-destruct,
intromit,
interrupt,
suspend,
interpel,
intermit,
remit, put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to,
derail, turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect, bring to a stand, bring to a standstill, stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent, pull the check- string, pull the plug on
Int. hold, stop, enough,
avast, have done, a truce to, soft, leave off, tenez, phr, "i pause for a reply"
N. presence,
occupancy, occupation, attendance, # whereness,
permeation,
pervasion, diffusion,
ubiety,
ubiquity,
ubiquitariness,
omnipresence,
bystander V. exist in space, be present, assister, make one of, make one at, look on, attend, remain, find oneself, present oneself, show one's face, fall in the way of, occur in a place, lie, stand, occupy, be there, people, inhabit, dwell, reside,
stay,
sojourn, live,
abide,
lodge,
nestle,
roost,
perch, take up one's abode, tenant, resort to, frequent,
haunt, revisit, fill,
pervade,
permeate, be diffused, be disseminated, be through, over spread, overrun, run through, meet one at every turn
Adj. present, occupying, inhabiting,
moored,
resiant, resident,
residentiary,
domiciled,
ubiquitous,
ubiquitary,
omnipresent, universally present, peopled,
populous, full of people, inhabited
Adv. here, there, where, everywhere,
aboard, on board, at home,
afield, here there and everywhere, in presence of, before, under the eyes of, under the nose of, in the face of, in propria persona, on the spot, in person, in the flesh
Phr. nusquam est qui ubique est
N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing,
fulcrum,
bait, caudex crib, point d’appui, ποῦ στῶ, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place,
groundwork,
substratum,
riprap,
sustentation,
subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand,
anvil, fulciment|, cue rest,
jigger,
monkey,
stay, shore,
skid, rib,
truss,
bandage, sleeper,
stirrup, stilts,
shoe, sole,
heel,
splint,
lap, bar, rod,
boom,
sprit,
outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick,
crutch,
alpenstock,
baton,
staddle,
bourdon,
cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post,
pillar, shaft,
thill, column,
pilaster,
pediment,
pedicle,
pedestal,
plinth,
shank, leg,
socle,
zocle,
buttress,
jamb,
mullion,
abutment,
baluster,
banister,
stanchion,
balustrade,
headstone, upright, door post,
jamb, door jamb, frame,
framework,
scaffold, skeleton, beam,
rafter, girder,
lintel,
joist,
travis,
trave, corner stone, summer,
transom,
rung, round, step,
sill, angle rafter, hip rafter,
cantilever,
modillion, crown post, king post,
vertebra,
columella,
backbone,
keystone,
axle,
axletree, axis, arch,
mainstay,
trunnion,
pivot,
rowlock,
peg,
tiebeam, thole pin, board,
ledge,
shelf,
hob,
bracket,
trevet,
trivet,
arbor,
rack,
mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf,
slab,
console, counter, dresser,
flange,
corbel, table,
trestle, shoulder,
perch, horse,
easel,
desk,
clotheshorse,
hatrack, retable,
teapoy, seat, throne,
dais,
divan, musnud, chair,
bench, form,
stool,
sofa,
settee,
stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair,
couch,
fauteuil,
woolsack,
ottoman, settle,
squab,
bench,
aparejo,
faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi,
saddle,
pannel,
pillion, side saddle,
pack saddle,
pommel, bed,
berth,
pallet, tester,
crib,
cot,
hammock,
shakedown, trucklebed,
cradle,
litter, stretcher,
bedstead, four poster, french bed,
bunk,
kip, palang,
bedding, bichhona,
mattress,
paillasse,
pillow,
bolster, mat,
rug,
cushion,
footstool,
hassock,
tabouret,
tripod, monopod,
atlas, persides,
atlantes,
caryatides,
hercules V. be supported &c, lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c, have at one's back,
bestride,
bestraddle, support, bear, carry, hold,
sustain, shoulder, hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up,
uphold,
upbear, prop, under prop, under pin, under set,
riprap,
bandage, give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations, bottom, found, base, ground, imbed,
embed, maintain, keep on foot, aid
Adj. supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous
N. rest, stillness,
quiescence,
stagnation,
stagnancy,
fixity,
immobility,
catalepsy, indisturbance,
quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm,
repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone|, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep,
pause,
lull, stand still, standing still,
lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix,
embargo, resting place,
gite,
bivouac, home,
pillow,
haven,
goal V. be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet,
repose, hold the breath, remain,
stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ,
tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold,
halt, stop, stop short, rest,
pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop,
stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone,
abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand,
quell,
becalm,
hush,
stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on
Adj. quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed,
stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still,
sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home,
becalmed,
stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed,
unruffled, calm, restful,
cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death,
vegetative,
vegetating Adv. at a stand, tout court, at the halt
Phr. requiescat in pace, deus nobis haec otia fecit, "the noonday quiet holds the hill"
N. repose, rest, silken repose, sleep, # relaxation, breathing time,
halt,
stay,
pause, respite, day of rest,
dies non, sabbath, lord's day,
holiday, red-letter day,
vacation,
recess V. repose, rest, rest and be thankful, take a rest, take one's ease, take it easy,
relax, unbend,
slacken, take breath, rest upon one's oars,
pause, stay one's hand, lie down,
recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair, go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep, take a holiday, shut up shop, lie fallow
Adv. at rest, phr, "the best of men have ever loved repose", "to repair our nature with comforting repose"
N. prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage,
embolus,
embolism, infarct,
interruption,
interception, interclusion|,
hindrance, impedition|,
retardment,
retardation,
embarrassment, oppilation|,
coarctation,
stricture,
restriction, restraint,
inhibition,
blockade, interference,
interposition,
obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance,
impediment, let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag, check,
hitch,
contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar,
stile, barrier,
turnstile,
turnpike, gate,
portcullis, beaver dam, trocha,
barricade, wall, dead wall,
sea wall, levee breakwater,
groyne,
bulkhead, block,
buffer,
stopper,
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock,
drawback, objection,
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone, lion in the path,
snag, snags and sawyers,
encumbrance,
incumbrance,
clog,
skid,
shoe, spoke,
drag, drag chain, drag weight,
stay, stop, preventive,
prophylactic, load, burden,
fardel,
onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight,
lumber,
pack,
nightmare,
ephialtes,
incubus, old man of the sea,
remora, difficulty,
insuperable,
obstacle,
estoppel, ill wind, head wind,
trammel,
tether, hold back,
counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer,
marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher,
interloper, trail of a red herring,
opponent V. hinder,
impede,
filibuster,
impedite,
embarrass, keep off, stave off, ward off,
obviate,
avert, antevert|, turn aside, draw off, prevent,
forefend, nip in the bud,
retard,
slacken, check, let,
counteract,
countercheck,
preclude,
debar,
foreclose,
estop,
inhibit,
shackle, restrict,
obstruct, stop,
stay, bar,
bolt,
lock, block, block up, choke off,
belay,
barricade, block the way, bar the way, stop the way,
forelay, dam up, put on the brake, scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel, put a stop to,
traverse,
contravene,
interrupt,
intercept,
oppose, hedge in, hedge round, cut off, inerclude|,
interpose,
interfere,
intermeddle,
cramp,
hamper,
clog, clog the wheels,
cumber,
encumber,
incumber,
handicap,
choke, saddle with, load with, overload, lay,
lumber,
trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience,
incommode,
discommode,
discompose,
hustle, corner, drive into a corner, run foul of, fall foul of, cross the path of, break in upon,
thwart,
frustrate,
disconcert,
balk,
foil,
faze,
feaze,
feeze,
baffle,
snub,
override,
circumvent, defeat, spike guns,
spoil,
mar, clip the wings of,
cripple, put an extinguisher on, damp,
dishearten, discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport, lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on, cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine, be in the way of, stand in the way of, act as a drag, hang like a millstone round one's neck
Adj. hindering,
obstructive,
obstruent,
impeditive, impedient, intercipient|,
prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable,
onerous,
burdensome,
cumbrous,
cumbersome,
obtrusive, hindered,
windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c. (see assist ),
single-handed, alone, deserted
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