N. degree,
grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio,
stint, standard, height, pitch, reach,
amplitude, range, scope,
caliber,
gradation, shade,
tenor, compass, sphere, station,
rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength
Adj. comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds
Adv. by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however,
howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado, 2, comparative quantity
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"
Order Roget’s Thesaurus §58 N. order,
regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo, music of the spheres,
gradation,
progression, series,
subordination, course, even tenor,
routine, method, disposition, arrangement,
array, system, economy, discipline orderliness,
rank, place
V. be in order, become in order, form, fall in, draw up, arrange itself, range itself, place itself, fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank, rally round,
adjust,
methodize, regulate,
systematize Adj. orderly, regular, in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place,
neat,
tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct,
methodical, uniform, symmetrical,
shipshape,
businesslike, systematic, unconfused &c. (see confuse ), arranged
Adv. in order,
methodically, in -turn, - its turn, step by step, by regular -steps, -gradations, -stages, -intervals,
seriatim,
systematically, by clockwork, gradatim, at stated periods
Phr. natura non facit saltum, "order is heaven's first law", "order from disorder sprung", ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribuens dispositio
N. arrangement, plan, preparation,
disposal, disposition,
collocation,
allocation, distribution, sorting,
assortment,
allotment,
apportionment,
taxis,
taxonomy,
syntaxis,
graduation, organization, grouping,
tabulation, analysis, classification,
clustering, division,
digestion,
digest,
synopsis, syntagma, table,
atlas,
file, database, register, organism, architecture,
sieve,
riddle, screen, sorter
V. reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into,
rally, arrange,
dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out,
collocate,
pack, marshal, range, size,
rank, group, parcel out,
allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to,
assort, sort,
sift,
riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array,
apportion, class,
classify, divide,
file, string together, thread, register, catalogue,
tabulate, index,
graduate,
digest,
grade,
methodize, regulate,
systematize,
coordinate,
organize, settle, fix,
unravel,
disentangle,
ravel, card,
disembroil,
feaze Adj. arranged,
embattled, in battle array, cut and dried,
methodical, orderly, regular, systematic
Phr. "in vast cumbrous array"
N. continuity,
consecution,
consecutiveness, succession, round,
suite,
progression, series, train chain,
catenation,
concatenation, scale,
gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent,
procession, column,
retinue,
cortege,
cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle,
array,
pedigree,
genealogy,
lineage, race,
ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain,
rank,
file, line, row, range,
tier, string, thread,
team, suit,
colonnade V. follow in a series, form a series, fall in, arrange in a series,
collate, string together,
file, thread,
graduate,
organize, sort,
tabulate Adj. continuous, continued,
consecutive, progressive, gradual,
serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted,
unintermitting,
unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence) 604a,
perennial,
evergreen, constant
Adv. continuously,
seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in indian file
Term Roget’s Thesaurus §71 N. term,
rank, station, stage, step, degree, scale, remove,
grade, link,
peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark,
pas, period, pitch, stand, standing, footing, range
V. hold a place, occupy a place, find a place, fall into a place, 3, collective order
N. result, conclusion,
upshot,
deduction, inference,
ergotism,
illation,
corollary,
porism, moral,
estimation,
valuation,
appreciation, judication,
dijudication,
adjudication,
arbitrament, arbitrement,
arbitration,
assessment,
ponderation, valorization,
award, estimate, review, criticism,
critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding,
verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata,
plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge,
umpire,
arbiter,
arbitrator, asessor,
referee,
censor, reviewer, critic,
connoisseur,
commentator,
inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback
V. judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind,
deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet|,
ween, form an estimate, estimate,
appreciate, value, count,
assess, rate,
rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up *, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try,
pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence,
doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment,
adjudge,
adjudicate,
arbitrate,
award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest,
confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review,
investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause
Adv. on the whole, all things considered
Phr. "a daniel come to judgment", "and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd", "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct", la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, "nothing if not critical", "o most lame and impotent conclusion"
N. hurtfulness,
virulence, evil doer,
bane, plague spot, evil star, ill wind,
hoodoo,
jonah, snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet, amari aliquid, thorn in the side,
malignity,
malevolence, tender mercies, ill-treatment,
annoyance,
molestation,
abuse, oppression, persecution,
outrage, misusage, injury, knockout drops, badness,
peccancy,
abomination, painfulness,
pestilence, guilt,
depravity V. be hurtful, cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil,
damnify,
endamage,
hurt,
harm,
injure, pain, wrong,
aggrieve,
oppress,
persecute, trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon, overburden, weigh down, weigh heavy on,
victimize, run down,
molest,
maltreat,
abuse, ill-use, ill-treat,
buffet,
bruise,
scratch,
maul,
smite, do violence, do harm, do a mischief,
stab,
pierce,
outrage, do mischief, make mischief, bring into trouble, destroy
Adj. hurtful,
harmful,
scathful,
baneful,
baleful, injurious,
deleterious,
detrimental,
noxious,
pernicious,
mischievous, full of mischief,
mischief-making,
malefic,
malignant,
nocuous,
noisome, prejudicial, disserviceable,
disadvantageous, wide-wasting,
unlucky,
sinister,
obnoxious, untoward, disastrous,
oppressive,
burdensome,
onerous,
malign, corrupting &c. (corrupt ),
virulent,
venomous,
envenomed,
corrosive, poisonous, deadly, destructive,
inauspicious, bad, ill,
arrant, as bad as bad can be,
dreadful,
horrid,
horrible,
dire,
rank,
peccant, foul,
fulsome,
rotten, rotten at the core,
vile, base,
villainous, mean, injured &c. deteriorated, unsatisfactory, exceptionable, indifferent, below par, illcontrived,
ill-conditioned,
wretched,
sad,
grievous,
deplorable,
lamentable,
pitiful,
pitiable,
woeful, evil, wrong,
depraved,
shocking,
reprehensible,
hateful, hateful as a toad,
abominable,
detestable,
execrable,
cursed,
accursed, confounded,
damned,
damnable,
infernal,
diabolic,
unadvisable, unprofitable, incompetent,
irremediable Adv. badly, wrong, ill, to one's cost, where the shoe pinches
Phr. bad is the best, the worst come to the worst, herba mala presto cresco, "wrongs unredressed or insults unavenged"
N. combatant,
disputant,
controversialist,
polemic,
litigant,
belligerent,
competitor, rival,
corrival, fighter,
assailant,
champion,
paladin,
mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater,
duelist,
bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter,
pugilist, boxer,
bruiser, the fancy,
gladiator,
athlete,
wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock,
warrior, soldier, fighting man,
amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner,
veteran,
swordsman, sabreur,
redcoat, military man,
rajput, armed force, troops,
soldiery, military forces,
sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia,
yeomanry,
volunteers,
trainband,
fencible,
auxiliary, bersagliere,
brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale,
minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves,
posse comitatus, national guard,
gendarme,
beefeater, guards,
guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops,
janissary,
myrmidon,
mama,
mameluke,
spahee,
spahi,
cossack,
croat, pandoz, irregular,
guerilla,
partisan,
condottiere, franctireur,
tirailleur,
bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap,
mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger,
bushwhacker, free lance, companion,
hessian, hit man,
torpedo, soldier,
levy, draught,
landwehr,
landsturm,
conscript,
recruit,
cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, tommy atkins, rank and file,
peon,
trooper,
sepoy, legionnaire,
legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer,
subaltern,
ensign, standard bearer,
spearman,
pikeman, spear bearer,
halberdier,
lancer,
musketeer,
carabineer,
rifleman,
jager,
sharpshooter,
yager,
skirmisher,
grenadier,
fusileer, archer,
bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse,
voltigeur,
uhlan, mounted rifles,
dragoon,
hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy,
cuirassier,
foot guards,
horse guards,
gunner,
cannoneer,
bombardier,
artilleryman,
matross,
sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles,
chasseur,
zouave, military train,
coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division,
battalia, column, wing,
detachment, garrison, flying column,
brigade, regiment, corps,
battalion, sotnia,
squadron, company,
platoon, battery,
subdivision, section,
squad,
piquet,
picket, guard,
rank,
file,
legion,
phalanx,
cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet,
flotilla,
armada,
squadron, man-of-war, destroyer,
submarine, minesweeper, torpedo- boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, pt boat, torpedo-catcher, war castle, h, m, s, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier,
carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat,
ironclad, turret ship, ram,
monitor, floating battery,
first-rate,
frigate, sloop of war,
corvette,
gunboat, bomb vessel,
flagship, guard ship,
cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport,
catamaran, merchant marine
N. distinction, mark, name, figure,
repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat, "the bubble reputation",
vogue,
celebrity, fame, famousness,
renown, popularity, aura popularis,
approbation, credit, succes d'estime,
prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor,
luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness,
respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity,
stateliness,
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor, nobility, majesty,
sublimity,
rank, standing, brevet rank,
precedence,
pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree,
baccalaureate, locus standi,
caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence,
supereminence, high mightiness,
primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation,
ascent, superaltation,
exaltation,
dignification,
aggrandizement,
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration, enshrinement,
glorification, hero, man of mark, great card,
celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis,
notability,
somebody,
classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle,
cynosure, mirror, flower,
pink,
pearl,
paragon, choice and master spirits of the age,
elite, star, sun,
constellation,
galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra
V. be conscious of glory, be proud of,
exult, be vain of, be distinguished,
shine, shine forth, figure, cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, rival,
surpass,
outshine, outrival,
outvie, outjump,
emulate,
eclipse, throw into the shade, cast into the shade, overshadow, live,
flourish,
glitter,
flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor, play first fiddle, bear the palm, bear the bell, lead the way, take precedence, take the wall of, gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions, take one's degree, pass one's examination, make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world, leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, blow one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after, come into vogue, come to the front, raise one's head,
enthrone,
signalize,
immortalize,
deify, exalt to the skies, hand one's name down to posterity,
consecrate, dedicate to, devote to,
enshrine,
inscribe,
blazon,
lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel, confer honor on, reflect honor on, shed a luster on, redound to one's honor,
ennoble, give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to, honor,
accredit, pay regard to,
dignify,
glorify, sing praises to, lock up to,
exalt,
aggrandize,
elevate,
nobilitate Adj. distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable,
notorious, celebrated,
renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed,
far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless,
immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant,
radiant, bright,
full-blown,
honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree,
peerless, of the first water, superior,
supereminent, preeminent, great,
dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn,
transcendent,
majestic, sacred,
sublime,
heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche,
sacrosanct Phr. one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, "above all greek above all roman fame", - cineri gloria sera est, "great is the glory for the strife is hard", honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, "the glory dies not and the grief is past", vivit post funera virtus
N. nobility,
rank, condition, distinction,
optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order, quality,
gentility, blue blood of castile, ancien regime, high life, haute monde, upper classes, upper ten thousand, the four hundred,
elite,
aristocracy, great folks, fashionable world,
peer,
peerage, house of lords, house of peers, lords, lords temporal and spiritual,
noblesse, noble,
nobleman, lord,
lordling,
grandee,
magnifico,
hidalgo,
daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku, don,
donship,
aristocrat, swell, three-tailed bashaw, gentleman,
squire,
squireen,
patrician,
laureate,
gentry,
gentlefolk, *squirarchy, better sort magnates,
primates,
optimates,
pantisocracy, king,
atheling, prince, duke, marquis,
marquisate, earl,
viscount, baron,
thane,
banneret,
baronet,
baronetcy, knight,
knighthood, count,
armiger,
laird,
signior,
seignior,
esquire,
boyar,
margrave, vavasour,
emir,
ameer,
scherif, sharif,
effendi, wali,
sahib,
chevalier, maharaja,
nawab,
palsgrave,
pasha,
rajah,
waldgrave, princess,
begum,
duchess,
marchioness, countess &c, lady,
dame, memsahib, dona, maharani,
rani, personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark, notables,
notabilities,
celebrity,
bigwig,
magnate, great man, star, superstar, big bug, big gun, great gun, gilded rooster*, magni nominis umbra, "every inch a king"
V. be noble
Adj. noble,
exalted, of rank, princely, titled,
patrician,
aristocratic, high-,
well-born, of gentle blood,
genteel, comme il faut,
gentlemanlike, courtly, highly respectable
Adv. in high quarters
Phr. adel sitzt im gemuthe nicht im gebluete, adelig und edel sind zweierlei, noblesse oblige