N. greatness, magnitude, size, multitude,
immensity,
enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass,
heap, stock,
peck,
bushel, load,
cargo, cartload,
wagonload,
shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass
V. be great, run high,
soar, tower,
transcend, rise to a great height, carry to a great height, know no bounds,
ascend, mount,
enlarge, (expand) 194
Adj. great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par,
big, huge,
herculean,
cyclopean, ample, abundant full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy,
plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith,
world-wide,
widespread,
far-famed, extensive,
wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty,
sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone,
arrant,
downright, utter,
uttermost,
crass, gross, arch, profound, intense,
consummate, rank,
uninitiated,
red-hot,
desperate,
glaring,
flagrant, stark staring,
thorough-paced,
thoroughgoing,
roaring,
thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand,
dignified,
sublime,
majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme,
inordinate, excessive,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
outrageous,
preposterous,
unconscionable,
swinging,
monstrous, overgrown, towering,
stupendous,
prodigious,
astonishing,
incredible,
marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable,
ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression,
fabulous, undiminished,
unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive,
stark, decided,
unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy,
renowned Adv. truly, decidedly,
unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically,
downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much,
muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole,
scrap,
shred,
tag,
splinter,
rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness,
ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely,
exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely,
immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds,
incalculably, infinitely, preeminently,
superlatively, immoderately,
monstrously,
preposterously,
inordinately,
exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously,
egregiously, prominently,
glaringly,
emphatically, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, strangely, wonderfully,
amazingly, surprisingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
marvelously,
awfully,
stupendously, peculiarly,
furiously, severely,
desperately,
tremendously,
extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly,
devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully,
sadly, grossly,
sorely, bitterly,
piteously,
grievously,
miserably, cruelly,
woefully,
lamentably,
shockingly,
frightfully,
dreadfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
horribly Phr. a maximis ad minima, "greatness knows itself", "mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed", minimum decet libere cui multum licet, "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
N. {ant. 526} manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration|, exhibit, indication,
publicity,
disclosure, openness, (artlessness) 703, panchement, evidence
V. make manifest, render manifest, bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view, give notice, express, represent, set forth, exhibit, show, show up,
expose, produce, hold up to view, expose to view, set before one, place before one, lay before one, one's eyes, tell to one's face, trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display,
demonstrate, unroll, lay open, draw out, bring out, bring out in strong relief, call into notice, bring into notice, hold up the mirror, wear one's heart upon his sleeve, show one's face, show one's colors, manifest oneself, speak out, make no mystery, make no secret of, unfurl the flag,
proclaim, indicate, disclose,
elicit, be manifest, appear,
transpire, speak for itself, stand to reason, stare one in the face, rear its head, give token, give sign, give indication of, tell its own tale
Adj. manifest, apparent,
salient, striking,
demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced,
flagrant,
notorious,
arrant, stark staring, unshaded,
glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable,
indubitable, not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church,
explicit,
overt, patent, express,
ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric, unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken, candid (veracious) 543,
barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible,
inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret
Adv. manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush,
prima facie, on the face of, in set terms
Phr. cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, "clothing the palpable and familiar", fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
N. publication, public announcement,
promulgation,
propagation,
proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation,
indiction, edition, hue and cry,
publicity,
notoriety, currency,
flagrancy, cry,
bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the press, public press,
newspaper, journal,
gazette, daily,
telegraphy,
publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter,
manifesto,
advertisement, ad,
placard, bill, affiche,
broadside, poster, notice
V. publish, make public, make known, speak of, talk of,
broach, utter, put forward,
circulate,
propagate,
promulgate, spread, spread abroad,
rumor,
diffuse,
disseminate, evulugate, put forth, give forth, send forth,
emit,
edit, get out, issue, bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public, give out, give to the world, put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about, drag into the open day, voice,
proclaim,
herald,
blazon, blaze abroad, noise abroad, sound a trumpet, trumpet forth, thunder forth, give tongue, announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets, proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at charing cross,
advertise,
placard, post, post up afficher, publish in the gazette, send round the crier, raise a cry, raise a hue and cry, raise a report, set news afloat, be published &c, be public, become public, come out, go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about, get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind, find vent, see the light, go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current, go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land, virum volitare per ora, pass from mouth to mouth, spread, run like wildfire, spread like wildfire
Adj. published, current, in circulation, public,
notorious,
flagrant,
arrant, open,
trumpet-tongued,
encyclical,
encyclic, promulgatory,
exoteric Adv. publicly, in open court, with open doors
Int. oyez, o yes, notice, phr, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum
Vice Roget’s Thesaurus §945 N. vice, evil-doing, evil courses,
wrongdoing, wickedness,
viciousness, iniquity,
peccability,
demerit, sin, adam|, old adam, offending adam, immorality, impropriety,
indecorum,
scandal,
laxity, looseness of morals, enphagy, dophagy, exophagy, want of principle, want of ballast,
obliquity,
backsliding,
infamy,
demoralization,
pravity,
depravity,
pollution, hardness of heart,
brutality, corruption,
knavery,
profligacy,
flagrancy,
atrocity,
cannibalism, lesbianism, sadism,
infirmity, weakness, weakness of the flesh,
frailty, imperfection, error, weak side,
foible, failing, failure, crying sin, besetting sin, defect,
deficiency, cloven foot, lowest dregs of vice, sink of iniquity, alsatian den, gusto picaresco, fault, crime,
criminality,
sinner,
brothel, gambling house, joint*, opium den, shooting gallery, crack house
V. be vicious, sin, commit sin, do amiss,
err,
transgress, misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself,
misdo,
misbehave, fall,
lapse, slip,
trip,
offend,
trespass, deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue, take a wrong course, go astray, hug a sin, hug a fault, sow one's wild oats, render vicious,
demoralize,
brutalize, corrupt
Adj. vicious, sinful,
sinning, wicked,
iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal,
naughty, incorrect,
unduteous,
undutiful, unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores,
indecorous, unseemly, improper,
dissolute,
profligate,
scampish, unworthy, worthless, desertless, disgraceful,
recreant,
reprehensible,
blameworthy,
uncommendable, discreditable,
disreputable, sadistic, base,
sinister,
scurvy, foul, gross,
vile, black, grave, facinorous|,
felonious,
nefarious, shameful,
scandalous, infamous,
villainous, of a deep dye,
heinous,
flagrant,
flagitious,
atrocious,
incarnate,
accursed,
mephistophelian,
satanic,
diabolic,
hellish,
infernal,
stygian,
fiendlike, hell-born,
demoniacal,
devilish,
fiendish, miscreated,
misbegotten,
demoralized, corrupt,
depraved,
evil-minded, evil-disposed,
ill-conditioned,
malevolent, heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless, abandoned, lost to virtue,
unconscionable, sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity,
incorrigible,
irreclaimable,
obdurate,
reprobate, past praying for,
culpable,
reprehensible,
unjustifiable,
indefensible,
inexcusable,
inexpiable,
unpardonable,
irremissible, weak,
frail,
lax, infirm, imperfect,
indiscrete,
demoralizing,
degrading Int. o tempora, o mores, phr, alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, genus est mortis male vivere, mala mens malus animus, nemo repente fuit turpissimus, "the trail of the serpent is over them all", "to sanction vice and hunt decorum down", [Note 1 - Most of these adjectives are applicable both to the act and to the agent.]
