N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation, introduction,
alpha, initial,
inauguration,
debut, le premier pas,
embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak,
onset,
brunt,
initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise,
bud, germ, egg,
rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth,
nativity,
cradle, infancy, start,
inception, creation, starting point,
dawn, evolution,
title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth,
chops, lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon, door, gate,
gateway,
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule,
propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, abce
V. begin, start,
commence, conceive, open,
dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept,
initiate,
launch,
inaugurate,
inchoate, rise, arise,
originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train,
broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start,
handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the rubicon, cross the rubicon, open fire, open the ball,
ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear,
materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards,
resume,
recommence Adj. beginning, initial,
initiatory,
initiative,
inceptive,
introductory,
incipient,
proemial,
inaugural,
inchoate,
inchoative,
embryonic,
rudimental,
primogenial,
primeval, primitive,
primordial,
aboriginal,
natal,
nascent, first, foremost, leading,
maiden, begun, just begun
Adv. at the beginning, in the beginning,
&c. n, first, in the first place,
imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine
Phr. let's get going, let's get this show on the road, up and at 'em, aller anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt
Air Roget’s Thesaurus §338 N. air, common air, atmospheric air, # atmosphere,
aerosphere, open air, sky,
welkin, blue sky, cloud, weather, climate, rise and fall of the barometer,
isobar,
aerology,
aerometry,
aeroscopy,
aeroscopy,
aerography,
meteorology,
climatology,
pneumatics, eudioscope,
baroscope,
aeroscope,
eudiometer,
barometer,
aerometer,
aneroid,
baroscope, weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock, exposure to the air, exposure to the weather,
ventilation,
aerostation,
aeronautics,
aeronaut Adv. in the open air, a la belle etoile, al fresco, sub jove dio
Wind Roget’s Thesaurus §349 N. n, wind, draught,
flatus,
afflatus,
efflation, eluvium, air, breath, breath of air,
puff,
whiff,
zephyr, blow,
breeze, drift,
aura, stream, current, jet stream, undercurrent,
gust, blast,
squall,
gale, half a gale, storm,
tempest,
hurricane,
whirlwind,
tornado,
samiel,
cyclone,
anticyclone,
typhoon,
simoon,
simoom,
harmattan,
monsoon, trade wind,
sirocco,
mistral,
bise,
tramontane,
levanter, capful of wind, fresh breeze, stiff breeze, keen blast,
blizzard,
barber, candelia,
chinook, foehn,
khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther,
windiness, ventosity|, rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather, dirty sky, mare's tail, thick squall, black squall, white squall,
anemography,
aerodynamics, wind gauge,
weathercock,
vane, weather-vane, wind sock,
anemometer,
anemoscope,
sufflation,
insufflation,
perflation,
inflation,
afflation, blowing,
fanning,
ventilation,
sneezing,
errhine,
sternutative,
sternutatory,
sternutation, hiccup,
hiccough, catching of the breath, eolus,
boreas,
zephyr, cave of eolus,
air pump, air blower, lungs,
bellows,
blowpipe,
fan,
ventilator, punkah,
branchiae, gills,
flabellum, vertilabrum, whiffle ball
V. blow,
waft, blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane, wuther, stream, issue,
respire,
breathe,
puff,
whiff,
whiffle,
gasp,
wheeze,
snuff,
snuffle,
sniff,
sniffle,
sneeze,
cough,
fan,
ventilate,
inflate, perflate|, blow up
Adj. blowing,
windy,
flatulent,
breezy,
gusty,
squally,
stormy,
tempestuous,
blustering,
boisterous,
pulmonic,
pulmonary Phr. "lull'd by soft zephyrs", "the storm is up and all is on the hazard", "the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air", "while mocking winds are piping loud", "winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage"
N. cleanness,
cleanliness, purity, cleaning,
purification,
defecation,
purgation,
lustration,
detersion,
abstersion,
epuration, mundation|,
ablution, lavation, colature|,
disinfection, drainage,
sewerage,
lavatory,
laundry,
washhouse,
washerwoman,
laundress, dhobi,
laundryman,
washerman,
scavenger,
dustman,
sweep, white wings brush,
broom,
besom,
mop,
rake,
shovel,
sieve,
riddle, screen,
filter,
blotter,
napkin, cloth, maukin|, malkin|,
handkerchief,
towel,
sudary, doyley,
doily, duster,
sponge,
mop,
swab, cover,
drugget, wash,
lotion,
detergent,
cathartic,
purgative,
purifier,
disinfectant,
aperient,
benzene, benzine benzol, benolin, bleaching powder, chloride of lime,
dentifrice,
deobstruent,
laxative V. be clean, render clean &c
Adj. clean, clean, cleanly,
cleanse, pure, mundify|,
immaculate,
rinse, spotless,
wring,
stainless,
flush,
taintless, full,
trig,
wipe, without a stain,
mop,
unstained,
sponge,
unspotted,
scour, unsoiled,
swab,
unsullied,
scrub,
untainted, brush up,
uninfected, wash, sweet,
lave, sweet as a nut,
launder,
neat,
buck,
spruce, absterge|,
tidy,
deterge,
trim, decrassify,
gimp, clear, clean as a new penny,
purify, like a cat in pattens,
depurate, cleaned,
despumate,
kempt,
defecate,
abstergent,
purge,
cathartic,
expurgate,
cleansing,
elutriate,
purifying,
lixiviate,
edulcorate,
clarify, refine,
rack,
filter,
filtrate,
drain, strain,
disinfect,
fumigate,
ventilate,
deodorize,
whitewash,
castrate,
emasculate,
sift,
winnow,
pick,
weed,
comb,
rake,
brush,
sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out &c, make a clean sweep of
Adv. neatly, clean as a whistle
