Cause Roget’s Thesaurus §153 N. cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover,
primum mobile, vera causa, author,
mainspring, agent,
leaven,
groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well,
font, fountainhead, spring head,
wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence,
pivot,
hinge, turning point, lever,
crux,
fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore,
rationale, occasion,
derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents,
rudiment, egg, germ, embryo,
bud, root, radix radical,
etymon, nucleus, seed,
stem, stock,
stirps, trunk, tap-root,
gemmule,
radicle,
semen,
sperm, nest,
cradle,
nursery,
womb,
nidus,
birthplace,
hotbed,
causality,
causation,
origination, production
V. be the cause of,
originate, give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to, cause, occasion, sow the seeds of,
kindle,
suscitate, bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about, produce,
create, set up, set afloat, set on foot, found,
broach, institute, lay the foundation of, lie at the root of,
procure, induce, draw down, open the door to,
superinduce,
evoke,
entail,
operate,
elicit,
provoke, conduce to,
contribute, have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie, determine, decide, turn the scale, have a common origin, derive its origin
Adj. caused,
causal, original, primary, primitive,
primordial,
aboriginal, protogenal, radical,
embryonic,
embryotic, in embryo, in ovo,
seminal,
germinal, at the bottom of,
connate, having a common origin
Adv. because, behind the scenes
Phr. causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
N. paternity,
parentage,
consanguinity, parent, father,
sire,
dad,
papa,
paterfamilias,
abba,
genitor,
progenitor,
procreator,
ancestor,
grandsire,
grandfather, great- grandfather,
fathership,
fatherhood, mabap, house,
stem, trunk, tree, stock,
stirps,
pedigree,
lineage, line, family, tribe,
sept, race, clan,
genealogy, descent,
extraction, birth,
ancestry, forefathers, forbears, patriarchs,
motherhood,
maternity, mother,
dam,
mamma, materfamilias,
grandmother Phr. avi numerantur avorum, "happy he with such a mother", hombre bueno no le busquen abolengo, philosophia stemma non inspicit
Front Roget’s Thesaurus §234 N. front, fore,
forepart,
foreground, face, disk,
disc,
frontage,
facade,
proscenium,
facia,
frontispiece,
anteriority,
obverse, fore rank, front rank, van,
vanguard, advanced guard, outpost, first line,
scout,
brow,
forehead,
visage,
physiognomy,
phiz, countenance, mut*,
rostrum,
beak, bow,
stem,
prow,
prore,
jib,
pioneer,
metoposcopy V. be in front, stand in front, front, face,
confront, bend forwards, come to the front, come to the fore
Adj. fore, anterior, front,
frontal Adv. before, in front, in the van, in advance,
ahead, right ahead,
forehead, foremost, in the foreground, in the lee of, before one's face, before one's eyes, face to face,
vis-a-vis, front a front
Phr. formosa muta commendatio est, frons est animi janua, "human face divine", imago animi vultus est indices oculi, "sea of upturned faces"
N. vegetable,
vegetable kingdom, flora,
verdure, plant, tree,
shrub,
bush,
creeper,
herb,
herbage, grass, annual,
perennial,
biennial,
triennial,
exotic, timber, forest, wood, woodlands, timberland,
hurst,
frith,
holt,
weald, park,
chase,
greenwood,
brake,
grove,
copse,
coppice, bocage,
tope, clump of trees,
thicket,
spinet,
spinney, underwood,
brushwood,
scrub,
boscage,
bosk, ceja,
chaparral,
motte,
arboretum,
bush,
jungle,
prairie,
heath,
heather,
fern,
bracken,
furze,
gorse,
whin, grass,
turf, pasture,
pasturage,
turbary,
sedge,
rush,
weed,
fungus,
mushroom,
toadstool,
lichen,
moss,
conferva,
mold, growth,
alfalfa,
alfilaria,
banyan, blow,
blowth,
floret,
petiole, pin grass,
timothy,
yam,
yew,
zinnia, foliage, branch,
bough,
ramage,
stem,
tigella,
spray, leaf, flower,
blossom,
bine, flowering plant, timber tree, fruit tree,
pulse,
legume Adj. vegetable,
vegetal,
vegetive, vegitous|,
herbaceous,
herbal,
botanic,
sylvan,
silvan,
arborary,
arboreous,
arborescent, arborical|,
woody,
grassy,
verdant,
verdurous,
floral,
mossy,
lignous,
ligneous, wooden,
leguminous, vosky,
cespitose, turf-like,
turfy,
endogenous,
exogenous Phr. "green-robed senators of mighty woods", "this is the forest primeval"
N. n, opposition,
antagonism,
oppugnancy,
oppugnation, impugnation|,
contrariety,
contravention,
counteraction,
counterplot, cross fire, undercurrent, head wind,
clashing,
collision, conflict, competition, two of a trade,
rivalry,
emulation, race, absence of aid, resistance, restraint,
hindrance V. oppose,
counteract, run counter to,
withstand, control, hinder,
antagonize,
oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of, set against, pit against, face,
confront, cope with, make a stand, make a dead set against, set oneself against, set one's face against, protest against, vote against, raise one's voice against, disfavor, turn one's back upon, set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes,
counterwork,
countermine,
thwart,
overthwart, work against, undermine,
stem, breast,
encounter, stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the current, stem the flood, buffet the waves, beat up against, make head against, grapple with, kick against the pricks,
contend, do battle -with, do battle against,
contradict,
contravene,
belie, go against, run against, beat against, militate against, come in conflict with,
emulate, rival, spoil one's trade
Adj. opposing, opposed,
adverse,
antagonistic, contrary, at variance, at issue, at war with, unfavorable, unfriendly, hostile,
inimical, cross,
unpropitious, in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn, up in arms,
resistant,
competitive,
emulous Adv. against,
versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes, against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide, with a headwind, with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth, in spite, in despite, in defiance, in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of, across,
athwart,
overthwart, where the shoe pinches, in spite of one's teeth, though, even, quand meme, per contra
Phr. nitor in adversum
