N. discontinuity, disjunction,
anacoluthon,
interruption, break, fracture,
flaw, fault,
crack, cut,
gap, solution of continuity,
caesura, broken thread,
parenthesis,
episode,
rhapsody,
patchwork,
intermission,
alternation, dropping fire
V. be discontinuous, alternate,
intermit,
sputter, stop and start,
hesitate, discontinue,
pause,
interrupt,
intervene, break, break in upon, break off,
interpose, break the thread, snap the thread, disconnect,
dissever Adj. discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected,
discrete,
disjunctive, fitful,
spasmodic,
desultory,
intermitting, occasional,
intermittent, alternate, recurrent
Adv. at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts,
skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo
Phr. like "angel visits few and far between"
N. periodicity,
intermittence, beat,
oscillation,
pulse,
pulsation,
rhythm,
alternation, alternateness,
alternativeness,
alternity,
bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say,
anniversary,
jubilee,
centenary,
catamenia, courses,
menses, menstrual flux,
rota, cycle, period, stated time,
routine, days of the week, sunday, monday &c, months of the year, january &c, feast, fast &c,
christmas, easter, new year's day &c. allhallows,
allhallowmas, all saints' day, all souls',
all souls' day,
ash wednesday,
bicentennial,
birthday,
bissextile,
candlemas, dewali, groundhog day,
halloween,
hallowmas,
lady day,
leap year, midsummer day,
muharram, woodchuck day, st. swithin's day, natal day,
yearbook,
yuletide,
punctuality,
regularity,
steadiness V. recur in regular order, recur in regular succession, return,
revolve, come again, come in its turn, come round, come round again, beat,
pulsate, alternate,
intermit Adj. periodic, periodical,
serial, recurrent,
cyclical,
rhythmical,
recurring,
intermittent,
remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily,
quotidian,
tertian, weekly, hebdomadal|, hebdomadary|,
biweekly,
fortnightly,
bimonthly, catamenial|, monthly,
menstrual, yearly, annual,
biennial,
triennial, &c,
centennial, secular,
paschal,
lenten, &c. regular, steady,
punctual, regular as clockwork
Adv. periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods,
punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round
N. reversion, return,
revulsion, turning point, turn of the tide, status quo ante bellum, calm before a storm,
alternation, inversion,
recoil, retreat,
regression,
retrogression, restoration,
relapse, recidivism,
atavism, vicinism, v,
revert, turn back,
regress,
relapse,
recoil, retreat, restore,
undo, unmake, turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale
Adv. a rebours
N. interchange, # exchange,
commutation,
permutation,
intermutation,
reciprocation,
transposition, rearrangement,
shuffling,
alternation,
reciprocity, castling, hocus-pocus, interchangeableness,
interchangeability, recombination, combination 48, 84,
barter, tit for tat, cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock, quid pro quo
V. interchange, exchange,
counterchange,
bandy,
transpose,
shuffle, change bands,
swap,
permute,
reciprocate,
commute, give and take, return the compliment, play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock,
retaliate, requite, rearrange, recombine
Adj. interchanged, substituted, reciprocal,
vicarious, mutual,
subdititious,
commutative,
interchangeable,
intercurrent, combinatorial, recombinant
Adv. in exchange, instead, vice versa, in place of, mutatis mutandis, in lieu of, backwards and forwards, in the stead of, by turns, in the room of, turn and turn about, faute de mieux, each in his turn, 2, everyone in his turn, complex change
N. changeableness,
mutability,
inconstancy,
versatility,
mobility, instability, unstable equilibrium,
vacillation,
fluctuation,
vicissitude,
alternation,
restlessness, fidgets, disquiet,
disquietude,
inquietude, unrest, agitation, moon,
proteus,
chameleon,
quicksilver, shifting sands,
weathercock,
harlequin, cynthia of the minute, april showers, wheel of fortune,
transientness V. fluctuate, vary, waver,
flounder,
flicker,
flitter,
flit,
flutter,
shift,
shuffle,
shake,
totter,
tremble,
vacillate,
wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about,
waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605,
oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as many phases as the moon
Adj. changeable, changeful, changing,
mutable, variable,
checkered, ever changing,
protean, proteiform|,
versatile,
unstaid, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled,
fluctuating, restless,
agitated,
erratic,
fickle,
irresolute,
capricious, touch and go,
inconsonant, fitful,
spasmodic,
vibratory,
vagrant,
wayward,
desultory,
afloat, alternating, alterable,
plastic,
mobile,
transient,
wavering Phr. "a rolling stone gathers no moss", pictra mossa non fa muschis, honores mutant mores, varium et mutabile semper femina
N. oscillation, vibration,
libration, motion of a pendulum,
nutation,
undulation,
pulsation,
pulse,
alternation, coming and going, ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down,
fluctuation,
vacillation, wave,
vibratiuncle,
swing, beat,
shake,
wag,
seesaw, dance,
lurch,
dodge,
logan,
loggan,
rocking-stone,
vibroscope V. oscillate,
vibrate,
librate, alternate,
undulate, wave, rock,
swing,
pulsate, beat,
wag,
waggle,
nod,
bob,
courtesy,
curtsy,
tick, play,
wamble,
wabble,
dangle,
swag,
fluctuate, dance,
curvet,
reel,
quake,
quiver,
quaver,
shake,
flicker,
wriggle, roll,
toss, pitch,
flounder,
stagger,
totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go,
vacillate,
teeter,
brandish,
shake,
flourish Adv. to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon,
seesaw,
zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well
N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision, indetermination, undetermination|, unsettlement, uncertainty,
demur,
suspense,
hesitating,
hesitation,
hesitancy,
vacillation,
changeableness,
fluctuation,
alternation,
caprice,
fickleness,
levity, legerete,
pliancy, weakness,
timidity,
cowardice, half measures,
waverer, ass between two bundles of hay,
shuttlecock,
butterfly, wimp,
doughface V. be irresolute, hang in suspense, keep in suspense, leave "ad referendum", think twice about,
pause,
dawdle, remain neuter, dillydally,
hesitate,
boggle,
hover, dacker, hum and haw,
demur, not know one's own mind,
debate, balance, dally with, coquet with, will and will not, chaser-balancer, go halfway,
compromise, make a compromise, be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man, be afraid, "let 'i dare not' wait upon 'i would'",
falter, waver vacillate, change, retract,
fluctuate,
pendulate, alternate, keep off and on, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold,
shuffle,
palter,
blink,
trim Adj. irresolute, infirm of purpose,
double-minded,
half-hearted, undecided, unresolved, undetermined,
shilly-shally,
fidgety,
tremulous,
hesitating, off one's balance, at a loss,
vacillating, unsteady,
unsteadfast,
fickle, without ballast,
capricious, volatile,
frothy, light,
lightsome,
light-minded,
giddy, fast and loose, weak,
feeble-minded,
frail,
timid, wimpish, wimpy,
cowardly,
dough-faced,
facile,
pliant, unable to say "no",
easy-going,
revocable, reversible
Int. "how happy could i be with either!"
