N. superiority, majority, greatness, advantage, pull,
preponderance,
preponderation, vantage ground,
prevalence,
partiality, personal superiority, nobility, triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain, crackajack *, supremacy, preeminence, lead, maximum, record, τρικυμία,
climax,
culmination,
transcendence, ne plus ultra, lion's share, benjamin's mess, excess,
surplus, (redundancy) 641
V. be superior, exceed,
excel,
transcend,
outdo, outbalance,
outweigh, outrank, outrival,
out-herod, pass,
surpass, get ahead of, over-top,
override, overpass, overbalance,
overweigh,
overmatch, top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out, beat hollow, outstrip,
eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of,
outshine, put one's nose out of joint, have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage, turn the scale, kick the beam, play first fiddle,
preponderate,
predominate, prevail,
precede, take precedence, come first, come to a head,
culminate, beat &c. all others, bear the palm, break the record, take the cake *, become larger, render larger, (expand) 194
Adj. superior, greater, major, higher, exceeding, great, distinguished,
ultra,
vaulting, more than a match for, supreme, greatest, utmost,
paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning,
first-rate, (excellent) 648, unrivaled peerless,
matchless, none such, second to none, sans pareil,
unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed,
superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra, beyond compare, beyond comparison,
culminating,
transcendent,
transcendental, plus royaliste que le roi, more catholic than the pope increased, enlarged
Adv. beyond, more, over, over the mark, above the mark, above par, upwards of, in advance of, over and above, at the top of the scale, at its height, eminently,
egregiously, preeminently,
surpassing, prominently,
superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly,
a fortiori, even,
yea, still more
Phr. "i shall not look upon his like again", deos fortioribus addesse
N. {opp. 79} generality,
generalization, # universality,
catholicity,
catholicism,
miscellany, miscellaneousness,
dragnet, common run, worldwideness,
everyone,
everybody, all hands, all the world and his wife,
anybody, n or m, all sorts,
prevalence, run
V. be general, prevail, be going about, stalk abroad, render general,
generalize Adj. general,
generic, collective, broad, comprehensive,
sweeping,
encyclopedical,
widespread, universal, catholic,
catholical, common, worldwide,
ecumenical,
oecumenical,
transcendental, prevalent, prevailing,
rife,
epidemic,
besetting, all over, covered with,
pan-american,
anglican, pan-hellenic, pan-germanic,
slavic, panharmonic, every, all, unspecified, impersonal, customary
Adv. whatever,
whatsoever, to a man, one and all, generally, always, for better for worse, in general, generally speaking, speaking generally, for the most part, in the long run
N. unintelligibility,
incomprehensibility,
imperspicuity,
inconceivableness, vagueness, obscurity,
ambiguity, doubtful meaning, uncertainty,
perplexity,
spinosity, obscurum per obscurius,
mystification,
latency,
transcendentalism,
paradox,
oxymoron,
riddle,
enigma,
puzzle, diagnus vindice nodus, sealed book,
steganography,
freemasonry, pons asinorum, asses' bridge, high dutch, greek, hebrew,
jargon V. be unintelligible, require explanation, have a doubtful meaning, pass comprehension, render unintelligible,
conceal,
darken,
confuse,
perplex, not understand, lose, lose the clue, miss, not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up, not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of, be at sea, wonder, see through a glass darkly, not understand one another, play at cross purposes
Adj. unintelligible, unaccountable,
undecipherable, undiscoverable, unknowable,
unfathomable,
incognizable,
inexplicable,
inscrutable,
inapprehensible,
incomprehensible,
insolvable, insoluble,
impenetrable,
illegible, as greek to one, unexplained,
paradoxical,
enigmatic,
enigmatical, puzzling (secret) 533,
indecipherable, obscure, dark,
muddy, clear as mud, seen through a mist,
dim,
nebulous, shrouded in mystery,
opaque, dense,
undiscernible,
misty, hidden,
latent, indefinite,
garbled,
perplexed, undetermined, vague, loose,
ambiguous,
mysterious,
mystic,
mystical,
acroamatic,
acroamatical,
metempirical,
transcendental,
occult,
recondite,
abstruse,
crabbed, inconceivable,
inconceptible, searchless, above comprehension, beyond comprehension, past comprehension, beyond one's depth, unconceived, inexpressible,
undefinable,
incommunicable, unpredictable,
unforeseeable Phr. it's greek to me
