N. relation, bearing, reference, connection,
concern,
cognation,
correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity,
homology, alliance,
homogeneity, association,
approximation,
filiation, interest,
relevancy,
dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link,
tie, bond of union
V. be related, have a relation, relate to, refer to, bear upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with, pertain to, belong to, appertain to, answer to, interest, bring into relation with, bring to bear upon, connect, associate, draw a parallel, link
Adj. relative,
correlative,
cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected,
implicated, associated,
affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional,
proportionate, proportionable,
allusive, comparable, in the same category, like,
relevant, applicable, equiparant
Adv. relatively,
pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning,
anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of of, in the matter of, in re
Phr. "thereby hangs a tale"
N. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident,
affair, matter, thing,
episode, happening, proceeding,
contingency,
juncture, experience, fact, matter of fact, naked fact, bare facts, just the facts, phenomenon,
advent, business,
concern,
transaction, dealing, proceeding, circumstance, particular,
casualty, accident,
adventure, passage,
crisis, pass,
emergency,
contingency, consequence, opportunity (occasion) 143, the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general, things in general, affairs in general, the times, state of affairs, order of the day, course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events, ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life, chapter of accidents, situation
V. happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in,
befall,
betide,
bechance, prove,
eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up,
supervene,
survene, issue, arrive,
ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy,
encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find,
endure Adj. happening, going on, doing, current, in the wind, in the air,
afloat, on foot,
afoot, on the tapis, at issue, in question,
incidental, eventful,
stirring,
bustling, full of incident, memorable,
momentous, signal
Adv. eventually, in the event of, in case, just in case, in the course of things, as things, times go, as the world goes, wags, as the tree falls, cat jumps, as it may turn out, happen
Phr. that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles, you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring, the plot thickens, "breasts the blows of circumstance", "so runs round of life from hour to hour" "sprinkled along the waste of years", future events
N. business, occupation, employment, pursuit, what one is doing, what one is about,
affair,
concern, matter, case, matter in hand, irons in the fire, thing to do,
agendum, task, work, job,
chore,
errand, commission, mission, charge, care, duty, part,
role,
cue, province, function,
lookout, department, capacity, sphere,
orb, field, line, walk, walk of life, beat, round,
routine, race, career, office, place, post,
chargeship,
incumbency, living, situation,
berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking,
vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty, industry, art, industrial arts, craft,
mystery,
handicraft, trade, exercise, work,
avocation, press of business
V. pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in, employ oneself in, employ oneself upon, occupy oneself with, concern oneself with, make it one's business, undertake, enter a profession, betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, have to do with, office, place, post,
chargeship,
incumbency, living, situation,
berth, employ, service, engagement, undertaking, drive a trade, carry on a trade, do a trade, transact a trade, carry on business, do business, transact business, keep a shop, ply one's task, ply one's trade, labor in one's vocation, pursue the even tenor of one's way, attend to business, attend to one's work,
officiate, serve, act, act one's part, play one's part, do duty, serve the office of, discharge the office of, perform the office of, perform the duties of, perform the functions of, hold an office, fill an office, fill a place, fill a situation, hold a portfolio, hold a place, hold a situation, be about, be doing, be engaged in, be employed in, be occupied with, be at work on, have one's hands in, have in hand, have on one's hands, have on one's shoulders, bear the burden, have one's hands full, be in the hands of, be on the stocks, be on the anvil, pass through one's hands
Adj. businesslike, phr,
workaday, "a business with an income at its heels", professional, amoto quaeramus seria ludo, official, par negotiis neque supra,
functional,
busy, on hand, in hand, in one's hands,
afoot, on foot, on the anvil, going on, acting
Adv. in the course of business, all in one's day's work, professionally &c
N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness, import, significance,
concern,
emphasis, interest, greatness, superiority,
notability, weight, value, usefulness, gravity, seriousness,
solemnity, no joke, no laughing matter, pressure,
urgency, stress, matter of life and death,
memorabilia,
notabilia, great doings, red-letter day, great thing, great point, main chance, "the be all and the end all", cardinal point, substance,
gist, sum and substance,
gravamen, head and front, important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part, half the battle, sine qua non, breath of one's nostrils,
cream, salt,
core,
kernel, heart, nucleus,
keynote,
keystone, corner stone, trump card, salient points, top sawyer, first fiddle,
prima donna, chief, triton among the minnows, "it"
V. be important, be somebody, be something, import,
signify, matter,
boot, be an object, carry weight, make a figure, be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade, lie at the root of, deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration, attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to, value, care for, set store upon, set store by, mark, mark with a white stone, underline, write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters, of gold,
accentuate,
emphasize, lay stress on, make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece of work about, make much ado about, make much ado of, make much of
Adj. important, of importance,
momentous, material, to the point, not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at,
egregious,
weighty, of note, notable, prominent,
salient, signal, memorable, remarkable,
unforgettable, worthy of remark, worthy of notice, never to be forgotten,
stirring, eventful, grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing,
urgent, pressing, critical, instant,
paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling, of vital &c. importance, in the front rank,
first-rate, superior, considerable, marked, rare,
significant, telling,
trenchant,
emphatic,
pregnant, tanti
Adv. materially, in the main, above all, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, par excellence, to crown all, to beat all
Phr. expende hannibalem, [Lat] [Juvenal]
Pain Roget’s Thesaurus §828 N. mental suffering, pain,
dolor, suffering,
sufferance,
ache,
smart, passion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort,
discomposure, disquiet,
malaise,
inquietude,
uneasiness, vexation of spirit, taking, discontent,
dejection,
weariness, anhedonia,
annoyance,
irritation,
worry,
infliction,
visitation, plague, bore, bother,
botheration,
stew,
vexation,
mortification,
chagrin, esclandre, mauvais quart d'heur, care,
anxiety,
solicitude, trouble, trial,
ordeal, fiery ordeal,
shock, blow,
cark,
dole,
fret, burden, load,
concern, grief, sorrow, distress,
affliction,
woe, bitterness,
heartache, carking cares, heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, heavy affliction, gnawing grief, unhappiness,
infelicity, misery,
tribulation,
wretchedness,
desolation,
despair, extremity,
prostration, depth of misery,
nightmare,
ephialtes,
incubus,
pang,
anguish,
agony,
torture,
torment,
purgatory, hell upon earth, iron age, reign of terror, slough of despond, peck of troubles, "ills that flesh is heir to", miseries of human life, "unkindest cut of all", sufferer,
victim, prey,
martyr, object of compassion,
wretch, shorn lamb
V. feel pain, suffer pain, experience pain, undergo pain, bear pain, endure pain,
smart,
ache, suffer,
bleed,
ail, be the victim of, labor under afflictions, bear the cross, quaff the bitter cup, have a bad time of it, fall on evil days, go hard with, come to grief, fall a sacrifice to, drain the cup of misery to the dregs, "sup full of horrors", sit on thorns, be on pins and needles,
wince,
fret,
chafe, worry oneself, be in a taking, fret and fume, take on, take to heart,
cark,
grieve,
mourn,
yearn, repine, pine,
droop,
languish, sink, give way,
despair, break one's heart, weigh upon the heart
Adj. in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain, suffering, pained,
afflicted,
worried, displeased,
aching,
griped,
sore, on the rack, in limbo, between hawk and buzzard, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease, in a taking, in a way, disturbed, discontented, out of humor,
weary, heavy laden,
stricken,
crushed, a prey to,
victimized,
ill-used, unfortunate, to be pitied,
doomed, devoted,
accursed, undone, lost,
stranded,
fey, unhappy,
infelicitous, poor,
wretched,
miserable,
woe-begone,
cheerless,
careworn, concerned,
sorry, sorrowing, sorrowful, cut up,
chagrined,
horrified, horror-stricken, in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief, in tears, steeped to the lips in misery, heart-stricken,
heart-broken, heart-scalded,
broken-hearted, in despair
Phr. "the iron entered into our soul", haeret lateri lethalis arundo, one's heart bleeding, "down, thou climbing sorrow", "mirth cannot move a soul in agony", nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria, "sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things", "the niobe of nations"
N. discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction, dissent, disappointment,
mortification, cold comfort,
regret, repining, taking on,
heart-burning,
heart-grief,
querulousness,
hypercriticism,
inquietude, vexation of spirit,
soreness,
worry,
concern, fear,
malcontent,
grumbler,
growler,
croaker,
dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti, censurer,
complainer,
fault-finder, murmerer, cave of adullam, indignation meeting, "winter of our discontent", "with what i most enjoy contented least"
V. be discontented, quarrel with one's bread and butter, repine,
regret, wish one at the bottom of the red sea, take on, take to heart, shrug the shoulders, make a wry face, pull a long face, knit one's brows, look blue, look black, look black as thunder, look blank, look glum, take in bad part, take ill,
fret,
chafe, make a piece of work,
grumble,
croak,
lament, cause discontent, dissatisfy,
disappoint,
mortify, put out,
disconcert, cut up,
dishearten Adj. discontented, dissatisfied, unsatisfied,
ungratified,
dissident,
dissentient,
malcontent,
malcontented,
exigent, exacting,
hypercritical, repining,
regretful, down in the mouth, in high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor,
glum,
sulky, sour as a crab,
soured,
sore, out of humor, out of temper,
disappointing, unsatisfactory, frustrated (failure) 732
Int. so much the worse, phr, that won't do, that will never do, it will never do, curtae nescio quid semper abest rei, ne jupiter quidem omnibus placet, "poor in abundance, famished at a feast"
Fear Roget’s Thesaurus §860 N. fear,
timidity,
diffidence, want of confidence,
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness,
solicitude,
anxiety, care,
apprehension, misgiving,
feeze, mistrust, suspicion,
qualm,
hesitation, nervousness,
restlessness,
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern, batophobia,
heartquake,
flutter,
trepidation, fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling, throbbing heart,
palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking,
despondency,
despair,
fright,
affright,
affrightment, boof alarm,
dread,
awe, terror,
horror, dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede,
intimidation,
terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear,
bugaboo,
scarecrow,
hobgoblin,
nightmare,
gorgon,
mormo,
ogre, hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire, enfant terrible,
alarmist V. fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms,
apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust,
hesitate,
falter,
funk, cower,
crouch,
skulk, "let 'i dare not' wait upon 'i would'", take fright, take alarm, start,
wince,
flinch,
shy,
shrink, fly,
tremble,
shake,
shiver, shiver in one's shoes,
shudder,
flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over,
quake,
quaver,
quiver,
quail, grow pale, turn pale,
blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise aprehensions, be in a daze,
bulldoze,
faze,
feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm,
alarm,
startle,
scare, cry "wolf," disquiet, dismay,
fright,
frighten,
terrify,
astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses,
awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul,
appall, unman,
petrify,
horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble &c. haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear,
terrorize,
intimidate, cow,
daunt,
overawe,
abash,
deter, discourage,
browbeat,
bully,
threaten Adj. fearing,
frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of,
afeard, afraid, fearful,
timid,
timorous, nervous,
diffident,
coy, faint- hearted,
tremulous,
shaky, afraid of one's shadow,
apprehensive, restless,
fidgety, more frightened than hurt,
aghast,
awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken,
awestruck,
awe-stricken,
horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear,
alarming, formidable, redoubtable,
perilous,
portentous, fearful,
dread,
dreadful, fell,
dire,
direful,
shocking, terrible,
terrific,
tremendous,
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
ghastly,
awful,
awe-inspiring, revolting,
gorgonian Adv. in terrorem
Phr. ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, "a dagger of the mind", expertus metuit, "fain would i climb but that i fear to fall", "fear is the parent of cruelty", "gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire", omnia tuta timens, "our fears do make us traitors"
Int. "angels and ministers of grace defend us!"
