N. consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood,
parentage,
filiation,
affiliation,
lineage,
agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood,
nepotism,
kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling,
sib, next of kin, uncle,
aunt, nephew,
niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice &c. removed, near relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family,
fraternity,
brotherhood,
sisterhood,
cousinhood, race, stock, generation,
sept,
stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation
V. be related to, claim relationship with, with
Adj. related,
akin,
consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied,
collateral,
cognate,
agnate,
connate, kindred,
affiliated,
fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german
N. addition,
annexation,
adjection, junction,
superposition,
superaddition, superjunction,
superfetation, accession,
reinforcement, increase,
increment, supplement,
accompaniment,
interposition,
insertion V. add,
annex,
affix,
superadd,
subjoin,
superpose, clap on, saddle on, tack to,
append,
tag,
ingraft, saddle with,
sprinkle, introduce,
insert, become added,
accrue,
advene,
supervene,
reinforce,
reenforce,
restrengthen, swell the ranks of,
augment Adj. added, additional,
supplemental,
supplementary,
suppletory,
subjunctive,
adjectitious,
adscititious,
ascititious,
additive, extra,
accessory Adv. au reste, in addition, more,
plus, extra, and, also, likewise, too,
furthermore, further,
item, and also, and eke, else, besides, to boot,
et cetera, &c, and so on, and so forth, into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover,
with,
withal, including,
inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone, together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with,
conjointly, jointly
Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit
N. mixture,
admixture,
commixture,
commixtion,
commixion,
intermixture,
alloyage,
matrimony, junction, combination,
miscegenation,
impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion,
transfusion,
infiltration, seasoning,
sprinkling,
interlarding, interpolation adulteration,
sophistication,
tinge,
tincture, touch,
dash,
smack,
sprinkling,
spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon,
alloy,
amalgam, brass,
chowchow,
pewter,
magma,
half-and-half,
melange, tertium quid,
miscellany, ambigu|,
medley,
mess,
hotchpot,
pasticcio,
patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts,
jumble,
salad,
sauce,
mash, omnium gatherum,
gallimaufry,
olla-podrida,
olio,
salmagundi,
potpourri, noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood,
half-caste,
mulatto, terceron,
quarteron, quinteron &c,
quadroon,
octoroon, griffo,
zambo, cafuzo,
eurasian, fustee, fustie,
griffe,
ladino,
marabou,
mestee,
mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross,
hybrid,
mongrel V. mix, join, combine,
commix,
immix,
intermix, mix up with,
mingle,
commingle,
intermingle,
bemingle,
shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up,
knead,
brew, impregnate with,
interlard,
intertwine,
interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed &c, get among, be entangled with, instill,
imbue,
infuse,
suffuse,
transfuse,
infiltrate,
dash,
tinge,
tincture, season,
sprinkle,
besprinkle,
attemper,
medicate,
blend, cross,
alloy,
amalgamate, compound,
adulterate,
sophisticate,
infect Adj. mixed,
implex,
composite,
half-and-half, linsey- woolsey,
chowchow,
hybrid,
mongrel,
heterogeneous,
motley, miscellaneous,
promiscuous,
indiscriminate,
miscible Adv. among, amongst, amid,
amidst,
with, in the midst of, in the crowd
N. vinculum, link, connective, connection, junction, bond of union,
copula,
hyphen,
intermedium,
bracket, bridge,
stepping-stone,
isthmus, bond,
tendon,
tendril,
fiber, cord,
cordage,
riband,
ribbon, rope,
guy, cable, line, halser|,
hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain, string,
fastener,
fastening,
tie,
ligament,
ligature,
strap,
tackle,
rigging, standing rigging, running rigging, traces,
harness, yoke, band ribband,
bandage,
brace, roller,
fillet,
inkle,
with,
withe,
withy,
thong,
braid, girder,
tiebeam,
girth,
girdle,
cestus,
garter,
halter,
noose,
lasso,
surcingle,
knot, running knot, cabestro,
cinch,
lariat, legadero, oxreim, suspenders, pin,
corking pin,
nail,
brad,
tack,
skewer, staple, corrugated fastener,
clamp, u-clamp, c-clamp,
cramp,
cramp iron,
ratchet,
detent, larigo,
pawl,
terret,
treenail, screw,
button,
buckle,
clasp,
hasp,
hinge,
hank, catch,
latch,
bolt,
latchet,
tag, tooth, hook, hook and eye,
lock,
holdfast,
padlock,
rivet, anchor, grappling iron, trennel,
stake, post, cement,
glue, gum, paste, size,
wafer, solder,
lute,
putty,
birdlime, mortar,
stucco,
plaster,
grout,
viscum,
shackle,
rein, prop
V. bridge over, span, connect,
hang N. accompaniment,
adjunct,
context,
appendage,
appurtenance,
coexistence,
concomitance, company, association,
companionship,
partnership,
copartnership,
coefficiency,
concomitant,
accessory,
coefficient, companion, buddy,
attendant, fellow, associate, friend,
colleague,
consort,
spouse,
mate,
partner, co- partner,
satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow,
escort,
cortege, attribute
V. accompany,
coexist, attend, hang on, wait on, go hand in hand with,
synchronize, bear company, keep company, row in the same boat, bring in its train, associate with, couple with
Adv. with,
withal, together with, along with, in company with, hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, cheek by jole, arm in arm,
therewith,
herewith, and, together, in a body,
collectively Phr. noscitur a sociis, virtutis fortuna comes
Means Roget’s Thesaurus §632 N. means, resources,
wherewithal, ways and means, capital, revenue, stock in trade, provision, a shot in the locker, appliances, means and appliances, conveniences, cards to play, expedients, two strings to one's bow,
sheet anchor, aid, medium
V. find means, have means, possess means
Adv. by means of,
with, by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means,
wherewith,
herewith,
therewith,
wherewithal, how, through, with the aid of, by the aid of, by the agency of
N. redundancy,
redundance, too much, too many,
superabundance,
superfluity, superfluence|,
saturation,
nimiety,
transcendency,
exuberance,
profuseness,
profusion,
repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share, more than enough,
plethora,
engorgement,
congestion, load,
surfeit, sickener,
turgescence,
overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow,
inundation,
avalanche, accumulation,
heap,
drug, drug in the market,
glut, crowd, burden, excess,
surplus,
overplus,
epact, margin, remainder,
duplicate,
surplusage,
expletive, work of supererogation,
bonus,
bonanza,
luxury,
intemperance,
extravagance,
exorbitance,
lavishment,
pleonasm, too many irons in the fire, embarras de richesses
V. superabound, overabound, know no bounds,
swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge,
overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload,
overdo,
overwhelm, overshoot the mark,
surcharge,
supersaturate,
gorge,
glut, load,
drench,
whelm,
inundate,
deluge, flood,
drug, drug the market,
hepatize,
choke,
cloy,
accloy,
suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with,
lavish, send coals to newcastle, carry coals to newcastle, carry owls to athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, "gild refined gold", "gild the lily", butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
exaggerate, wallow in roll in remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging
Adj. redundant, too much, too many,
exuberant,
inordinate,
superabundant, excessive, overmuch,
replete,
profuse,
lavish,
prodigal,
exorbitant,
overweening,
extravagant, overcharged,
supersaturated,
drenched, overflowing, running over, running to waste, running down, crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing,
gorged, ready to burst,
dropsical,
turgid,
plethoric,
obese,
superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous|, uncalled for, to spare, in excess, over and above, de trop,
adscititious,
supernumerary, on one's hands,
spare,
duplicate,
supererogatory,
expletive, un peu fort
Adv. over, too, over and above, overmuch, too much, too far, without measure, beyond measure, out of measure, with, to spare, over head and ears, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, extra, beyond the mark, acervatim
Phr. it never rains but it pours, fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis, 2. degree of subservience
N. disagreement, discord,
disaccord,
dissidence,
dissonance,
jar,
clash,
shock,
jarring,
jostling, screw loose,
variance, difference,
dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie, division, split, rupture,
disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach,
schism,
feud, faction, quarrel, dispute,
tiff, tracasserie,
squabble,
altercation, barney *, demel,
snarl,
spat, towrow, words, high words,
wrangling,
jangle,
brabble, cross questions and crooked answers,
snip-snap, family jars,
polemics,
litigation,
strife, warfare, outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war,
broil,
brawl, row,
racket,
hubbub, rixation|,
embroilment, embranglement,
imbroglio,
fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work,
scrimmage,
rumpus,
breeze,
squall,
riot, disturbance,
commotion, bear garden, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point, bone of contention, bone to pick, apple of discord, casus belli, question at issue, vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord, troublous times, cat-and-dog life,
contentiousness,
enmity,
hate, kilkenny cats,
disputant, strange bedfellows
V. be discordant, disagree, come amiss,
clash,
jar,
jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another, live like cat and dog, differ, dissent, have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with, fall out, quarrel, dispute,
litigate,
controvert,
squabble,
wrangle,
jangle,
brangle,
bicker,
nag,
spar, have words,
with, fall foul of, split, break with, break squares with, part company with, declare war, try conclusions, join issue, put in issue, pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on, sow dissension, stir up dissension,
embroil,
entangle, disunite, widen the breach, set at odds, set together by the ears, set against, pit against, get into hot water, fish in troubled waters,
brawl, kick up a row, kick up a dust, turn the house out of window
Adj. discordant, disagreeing, out of tune,
ajar, on bad terms,
dissentient,
unreconciled,
unpacified,
contentious,
quarrelsome, unpacific,
gladiatorial,
controversial,
polemic,
disputatious,
factious,
litigious,
litigant,
pettifogging, at odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words, up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water,
embroiled,
torn, disunited
Phr. quot homines tot sententiae, no love lost between them, non nostrum tantas componere lites, mars gravior sub pace latet
N. contention,
strife, contest,
contestation, struggle,
belligerency, opposition, controversy,
polemics,
debate, war of words,
logomachy,
litigation, paper war, high words,
sparring, competition,
rivalry,
corrivalry,
corrivalship, agonism|, concours,
match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase,
handicap,
regatta, field day, sham fight, derby day,
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids,
wrestling, greco-roman wrestling,
pugilism, boxing,
fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense,
spar, mill,
set-to, round,
bout, event, prize fighting,
quarterstaff, single stick,
gladiatorship,
gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo,
athletics,
athletic sports, games of skill,
shindy,
fracas, clash of arms,
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray,
affray, affrayment|, velitation|, colluctation|,
luctation,
brabble, brigue|,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash,
bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict,
skirmish,
rencounter,
encounter,
rencontre,
collision,
affair,
brush, fight, battle, battle royal,
combat, action, engagement,
joust,
tournament,
tilt,
tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle,
armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement,
naumachia,
sea fight,
duel,
duello, single combat,
monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting,
digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms,
pugnacity,
combativeness, bone of contention
V. contend, contest,
strive, struggle,
scramble,
wrestle,
spar, square, exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs, fib|,
justle,
tussle,
tilt, box,
stave,
fence,
skirmish,
pickeer, fight,
wrangle, contend &c. with, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush,
with, tilt with,
encounter, fall foul of, pitch into,
clapperclaw, run a tilt at,
oppose,
reluct, join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand, take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet, enter the lists, couch one's lance, give satisfaction, appeal to arms, lay about one, break the peace, compete with, cope with, vie with, race with,
outvie,
emulate, rival, run a race, contend &c. for, stipulate for, stickle for, insist upon, make a point of
Adj. contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads at war at issue,
competitive, rival,
belligerent,
contentious,
combative,
bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike,
quarrelsome,
pugnacious,
pugilistic,
gladiatorial,
palestric,
palestrical Phr. a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, "a very pretty quarrel as it stands", commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat