N. similarity, resemblance, likeness,
similitude,
semblance, affinity,
approximation,
parallelism, agreement, analogy,
analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia,
parity,
connaturalness,
connaturality,
brotherhood, family likeness,
alliteration,
rhyme,
pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy,
analogue, the like,
match,
pendant, fellow companion, pair,
mate,
twin, double,
counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel,
simile, type, image,
photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance
V. be similar, look like, resemble, bear resemblance, smack of, savor of, approximate, parallel,
match, rhyme with, take after,
imitate, favor, span, render similar,
assimilate, approximate, bring near,
connaturalize, make alike,
rhyme,
pun Adj. similar, resembling, like, alike,
twin, analogous,
analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so,
homoiousian,
connatural,
congener, allied to, akin to 1, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of,
mock,
pseudo,
simulating, representing,
exact,
lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like
Adv. as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were,
quasi, just as, veluti in speculum
Phr. et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block
Truth Roget’s Thesaurus §494 N. fact, reality, plain fact, plain matter of fact, nature, truth,
verity, gospel, gospel truth, god's honest truth,
orthodoxy,
authenticity,
veracity, correctness, correctitude, accuracy,
exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, delicacy,
rigor, mathematical precision,
punctuality, clockwork precision, conformity to rule,
nicety,
orthology, ipsissima verba,
realism, plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth, nuda veritas, the very thing, not an -illusion, real simon pure, unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, just the thing
V. be true, be the case, sand the test, have the true ring, hold good, hold true, hold water, render true, prove true,
substantiate, get at the truth
Adj. real, actual,
veritable, true, right, correct, certain, substantially true, categorically true, definitively true &c, true to the letter, true as gospel,
unimpeachable,
veracious, unreconfuted, unconfuted, unideal, unimagined,
realistic,
exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so, strict, severe, close,
literal, rigid,
rigorous,
scrupulous, religiously exact,
punctual, mathematical, scientific, faithful, constant,
unerring, curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine,
clean-cut,
clear-cut,
verified, empirically true, experimentally verified,
substantiated, proven (demonstrated) 478, rigorously true, unquestionably true, true by definition, genuine, authentic, legitimate, orthodox, official,
ex officio, pure, natural, sound, sterling,
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed, uncolored, in its true colors, pukka,
well-grounded, well founded, solid, substantial,
tangible,
valid,
undistorted,
undisguised, unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic,
unflattering Adv. truly,
verily, indeed, really, in reality, with truth, certainly, actually, in effect, exactly, ad amussim,
verbatim, verbatim et literatim, word for word, literally,
literatim, totidem vervis,
sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis, ad unguem, to an inch, to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a t, au pied de la lettre, neither more nor less, in every respect, in all respects, sous tous les rapports, at any rate, at all events, strictly speaking
Phr. the truth is, the fact is, rem acu tetigisti, en suivant la verite, ex facto jus oritur, la verita e figlia del empo, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, nihil est veritatis luce dulcius, veritas nunquam perit, veritatem dies aperit, "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth", "just the facts, ma'am, just the facts."
N. conciseness,
brevity, "the soul of wit",
laconism,
tacitus,
ellipsis,
syncope,
abridgment, compression,
epitome,
monostich, brunch word, portmanteau word
Adj. concise, brief, short,
terse, close, to the point,
exact,
neat, compact, compressed,
condensed, pointed,
laconic,
curt,
pithy,
trenchant, summary,
pregnant,
compendious,
succinct,
elliptical,
epigrammatic,
quaint,
crisp,
sententious Adv. concisely, briefly,
summarily, in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words, for shortness sake, to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief, it comes to this, the long and the short of it is
Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio
N. command, order,
ordinance, act,
fiat, hukm,
bidding,
dictum,
hest,
behest, call,
beck,
nod,
despatch,
dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment,
fixture, demand,
exaction, imposition,
requisition, claim,
reclamation,
revendication,
ultimatum, request, requirement,
dictation,
dictate,
mandate,
caveat, decree, senatus consultum,
precept,
prescript,
rescript, writ,
ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict,
decretal,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit,
ukase, ukaz,
firman,
hatti-sherif, warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius,
interpellation,
citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum,
tattoo, order of the day,
enactment,
plebiscite V. command, order, decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate, direct, give orders,
prescribe, set,
appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition,
bid,
enjoin, charge, call upon,
instruct, require at the hands of,
exact,
impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to,
revendicate, reclaim,
cite,
summon, call for, send for,
subpoena,
beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command,
remand, be -ordered &c, receive an order
Adv. in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons
Phr. the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le roi le veut, boutez en avant
Price Roget’s Thesaurus §812 N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage,
fare,
hire, wages, value, dues, duty,
toll, tax, impost,
cess,
sess,
tallage,
levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax,
doomage, likin,
gabel,
gabelle,
gavel,
octroi, custom,
excise,
assessment,
benevolence,
tithe, tenths, exactment,
ransom,
salvage,
tariff,
brokerage,
wharfage,
freightage, bill, shot
V. bear a price, set a price, fix a price,
appraise,
assess,
doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require,
exact, run up, distrain, run up a bill, have one's price,
liquidate, amount to, come to, mount up to, stand one in,
fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford
Phr. no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche
N. insolence,
haughtiness,
arrogance, airs, overbearance,
domineering,
tyranny,
impertinence,
sauciness,
flippancy, dicacity|,
petulance,
procacity,
bluster,
swagger,
swaggering,
bounce,
terrorism, assumption,
presumption, beggar on horseback,
usurpation,
impudence, assurance,
audacity,
hardihood, front, face, brass, shamelessness,
effrontery, hardened front, face of brass, assumption of infallibility,
saucebox V. be insolent,
bluster,
vapor,
swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust,
swear, rap out oaths,
roister,
arrogate, assume,
presume, make bold, make free, take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell,
domineer,
bully,
dictate,
hector, lord it over, traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas,
exact,
snub,
huff,
beard, fly in the face of, put to the blush, bear down, beat down,
browbeat,
intimidate, trample down, tread down, trample under foot,
dragoon, ride roughshod over, out face, outlook,
outstare,
outbrazen,
outbrave, stare out of countenance, brazen out, lay down the law, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, assume a lofty bearing, talk big, look big, put on big looks, act the grand seigneur, mount the high horse, ride the high horse, toss the head, carry, with a high hand, tempt providence, want snuffing
Adj. insolent,
haughty,
arrogant,
imperious,
magisterial,
dictatorial, arbitrary,
high-handed, high and mighty,
contumelious,
supercilious, overbearing,
intolerant,
domineering,
overweening,
high-flown,
flippant,
pert, fresh,
cavalier,
saucy, forward,
impertinent,
malapert,
precocious, assuming,
would-be,
bumptious,
bluff,
brazen, shameless,
aweless, unblushlng,
unabashed,
brazen, boldfaced-, barefaced-,
brazen-faced, dead to shame, lost to shame,
impudent,
audacious,
presumptuous, free and easy, devil-may-care,
rollicking,
jaunty,
janty, roistering,
blustering,
hectoring,
swaggering,
vaporing, thrasonic, fire eating, "full of sound and fury"
Adv. with a high hand, ex cathedra
Phr. one's bark being worse than his bite, "beggars mounted run their horse to death", quid times? caesarem vehis, wagahai wa
N. due, dueness, right, privilege,
prerogative,
prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand,
birthright,
immunity,
license, liberty,
franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority,
warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond,
claimant,
appellant,
plaintiff V. be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for,
revendicate, reclaim,
exact, insist on, insist upon,
challenge, take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume,
arrogate, make good,
substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right,
entitle,
authorize,
sanctify,
legalize,
ordain,
prescribe,
allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert,
enforce, put in force, lay under contribution
Adj. having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered,
enfranchised,
prescriptive,
presumptive, absolute,
indefeasible,
unalienable,
inalienable,
imprescriptible,
inviolable,
unimpeachable, unchallenged,
sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved,
condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful,
licit, legitimate, legal,
legalized, square, unexceptionable, right,
equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet,
befitting, becoming, seemly,
decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles
Phr. civis romanus sum, chaque saint sa chandelle
N. undueness, malum # prohibitum, impropriety,
illegality, falseness, emptiness of title, invalidity of title,
illegitimacy, loss of right,
disfranchisement,
forfeiture,
usurpation,
tort,
violation, breach,
encroachment,
presumption, assumption,
seizure, stretch,
exaction, imposition, lion's share,
usurper, pretender
V. be undue, not be due,
infringe,
encroach, trench on,
exact,
arrogate, arrogate to oneself, give an inch and take an ell, stretch a point, strain a point,
usurp,
violate, do violence to,
disfranchise,
disentitle,
disqualify,
invalidate,
relax,
misbehave, misbecome
Adj. undue, unlawful, unconstitutional,
illicit, unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified, unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified, unprivileged, unchartered,
illegitimate,
bastard,
spurious,
supposititious, false,
usurped,
tortious, undeserved, unmerited,
unearned, unfulfilled,
forfeited,
disfranchised, improper, unmeet, unfit,
unbefitting, unseemly, unbecoming, misbecoming, seemless, contra bonos mores, not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of,
preposterous,
pretentious,
would-be Phr. filius nullius
Duty Roget’s Thesaurus §926 N. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation,
accountableness, liability,
onus,
responsibility, bounden duty, imperative duty, call, call of duty,
accountability, allegiance,
fealty, tie engagement, part, function, calling, morality, morals,
decalogue, case of conscience,
conscientiousness, conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego, the hell within, dueness, propriety, fitness,
seemliness,
amenability,
decorum, τὸ πρέπον, the thing, the proper thing, the right thing to do, the proper thing to do, ethics,
ethology,
deontology,
aretology,
moral philosophy, ethical philosophy,
casuistry,
polity,
observance,
fulfillment, discharge, performance,
acquittal, satisfaction,
redemption, good behavior
V. be the duty of, be incumbent, on, be responsible,
behoove, become,
befit,
beseem, belong to, pertain to, fall to one's lot, devolve on, lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door, rest with, rest on the shoulders of, take upon oneself, be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for, incur a responsibility, be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation, have to answer for, owe to it oneself, impose a duty,
&c. n,
enjoin, require,
exact, bind, bind over, saddle with,
prescribe,
assign, call upon, look to,
oblige, enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation, act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post, do duty, do one's duty, be on one's good behavior, mind one's p's and q's
Adj. obligatory, binding,
imperative,
peremptory,
stringent,
behooving, incumbent on, chargeable on, under obligation, obliged by, bound by, tied by, saddled with, due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to, tied down,
compromised, in duty bound,
amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable, right, meet, moral, ethical, casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological Adv. with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo, in foro conscientiae, quamdiu se bene gesserit
Phr. dura lex sed lex, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, honos habet onus, leve fit quod bene fertur onus, loyaute m'oblige, "simple duty bath no place for fear", "stern daughter of the voice of god", "there is a higher law than the constitution"