N. increase,
augmentation,
enlargement, extension,
dilatation,
increment,
accretion, accession, development, growth,
aggrandizement,
aggravation,
rise,
ascent,
exaggeration,
exacerbation, spread, flood tide, gain, produce, product, profit
V. increase,
augment, add to,
enlarge,
dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up,
rise,
ascend,
sprout,
aggrandize, raise,
exalt,
deepen,
heighten,
strengthen,
intensify,
enhance,
magnify, redouble,
aggravate,
exaggerate,
exasperate,
exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino,
superadd, spread
Adj. increased, on the increase, undiminished, additional
Phr. vires acquirit eundo
N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation, introduction,
alpha, initial,
inauguration,
debut, le premier pas,
embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak,
onset,
brunt,
initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source,
rise,
bud, germ, egg,
rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth,
nativity,
cradle, infancy, start,
inception, creation, starting point,
dawn, evolution,
title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth,
chops, lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon, door, gate,
gateway,
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule,
propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, abce
V. begin, start,
commence, conceive, open,
dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept,
initiate,
launch,
inaugurate,
inchoate,
rise, arise,
originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train,
broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start,
handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the rubicon, cross the rubicon, open fire, open the ball,
ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear,
materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards,
resume,
recommence Adj. beginning, initial,
initiatory,
initiative,
inceptive,
introductory,
incipient,
proemial,
inaugural,
inchoate,
inchoative,
embryonic,
rudimental,
primogenial,
primeval, primitive,
primordial,
aboriginal,
natal,
nascent, first, foremost, leading,
maiden, begun, just begun
Adv. at the beginning, in the beginning,
&c. n, first, in the first place,
imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine
Phr. let's get going, let's get this show on the road, up and at 'em, aller anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt
N. height, altitude, elevation, eminence, pitch,
loftiness,
sublimity, tallness,
stature,
procerity, prominence,
colossus,
giant,
grenadier,
giraffe,
camelopard, mount, mountain, hill alto,
butte,
monticle, fell,
knap, cape,
headland,
foreland,
promontory, ridge, hog's back,
dune, rising ground, vantage ground, down,
moor,
moorland,
alp, uplands, highlands, heights &c. (summit), 210,
knob,
loma, pena, picacho,
tump,
knoll,
hummock,
hillock,
barrow,
mound,
mole, steeps,
bluff,
cliff,
craig,
tor,
peak,
pike,
clough,
escarpment, edge,
ledge,
brae, dizzy height, tower,
pillar, column,
obelisk, monument,
steeple,
spire,
minaret,
campanile,
turret, dome,
cupola, skyscraper, pole,
pikestaff,
maypole,
flagstaff, top mast, topgallant mast,
ceiling, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide,
altimetry, batophobia,
satellite, spy-in-the-sky
V. be high, tower,
soar, command,
hover, hover over, fly over, orbit, be in orbit, cap,
culminate,
overhang, hang over,
impend,
beetle,
bestride,
ride, mount,
perch,
surmount, cover, overtop, stand on tiptoe, become high, grow higher, grow taller,
upgrow,
rise, send into orbit, render high,
heighten Adj. high, elevated, eminent,
exalted, lofty, tall, gigantic,
patagonian, towering,
beetling,
soaring, hanging, elevated, upper, highest, high reaching,
insessorial,
perching,
upland,
moorland, hilly,
knobby, mountainous, alpine,
subalpine, heaven kissing, cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching,
aerial, overhanging,
incumbent, overlying,
superincumbent,
supernatant,
superimposed, prominent &c. c, 250, tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple,
lanky Adv. on high, high up,
aloft, up, above,
aloof, overhead, airwind,
upstairs, abovestairs, in the clouds, on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of, over head and ears, breast high, over, upwards, from top to bottom
Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto
N. obliquity, inclination, slope,
slant,
crookedness, slopeness,
leaning,
bevel,
tilt,
bias, list, twist,
swag,
cant,
lurch,
distortion, bend, tower of pisa,
acclivity,
rise,
ascent,
gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank,
declivity,
downhill, dip, fall, devexity|, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach,
talus, monagne russe, facilis descensus averni
N. progress,
progression,
progressiveness, advancing, advance, advancement,
ongoing, flood, tide,
headway, march,
rise, improvement
V. advance, proceed, progress, get on, get along, get over the ground, gain ground, forge ahead, jog on, rub on, wag on, go with the stream, keep one's course, hold on one's course, go on, move on, come one, get on, pass on, push on, press on, go forward, move forward, come forward, get forward, pass forward, push forward, press forward, go forwards, move forwards, come forwards, get forwards, pass forwards, push forwards, press forwards, go ahead, move ahead, come ahead, get ahead, pass ahead, push ahead, press ahead, make one's way, work one's way, carve one's way, push one's way, force one's way, edge one's way, elbow one's way, make progress, make head, make way, make headway, make advances, make strides, make rapid strides, go ahead, shoot ahead, distance, make up leeway
Adj. advancing, progressive,
profluent, advanced
Adv. forward,
onward, forth, on,
ahead, under way, en route for, on one's way, on the way, on the road, on the high road, on the road to, in progress, in mid progress,
in transitu Phr. vestigia nulla retrorsum, "westward the course of empire takes its way"
N. ascent,
ascension, rising &c. # 309,
acclivity, hill, flight of steps, flight of stairs, ladder rocket,
lark, sky rocket, sky lark, alpine club
V. ascend,
rise, mount, arise,
uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up,
aspire,
climb,
clamber,
ramp,
scramble,
escalade,
surmount,
shin, shinny,
shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise,
elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower,
soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards,
hover,
spire, plane,
swim,
float,
surge,
leap N. levity, lightness,
imponderability, # buoyancy,
volatility,
feather, dust,
mote, down,
thistle, down,
flue,
cobweb,
gossamer, straw, cork,
bubble,
balloon,
float,
buoy, ether, air,
leaven,
ferment,
barm,
yeast, lighter-than-air balloon, helium balloon, hydrogen balloon, hot air balloon,
convection, thermal draft,
thermal Adj. light,
subtile,
airy,
imponderous,
imponderable,
astatic, weightless,
ethereal,
sublimated,
gossamery,
suberose,
suberous, uncompressed, volatile,
buoyant, floating, portable, light as a feather, light as a thistle, light as air, lighter than air, rise like a balloon, float like a balloon, 1, solid matter
N. activity,
briskness,
liveliness,
animation, life,
vivacity, spirit,
dash, energy,
snap,
vim,
nimbleness,
agility,
smartness, quickness, velocity,
&c. 274,
alacrity,
promptitude,
despatch,
dispatch, expedition,
haste,
punctuality, eagerness, zeal,
ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness,
abandon,
vigor, devotion,
exertion, industry,
assiduity,
assiduousness,
sedulity, laboriousness,
drudgery,
painstaking,
diligence,
perseverance, indefatigation|, habits of business,
vigilance,
wakefulness,
sleeplessness,
restlessness,
insomnia,
pervigilium, insomnium,
racketing, movement,
bustle,
stir,
fuss,
ado, bother,
pottering,
fidget,
fidgetiness,
flurry,
officiousness,
dabbling,
meddling, interference,
interposition,
intermeddling, tampering with,
intrigue, press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action,
housewife, busy bee, new brooms, sharp fellow, sharp blade,
devotee,
enthusiast,
zealot,
meddler,
intermeddler,
intriguer,
busybody,
pickthank,
hummer, hustler, live man, rustler *
V. be active, busy oneself in,
stir, stir about, stir one's stumps, bestir oneself, rouse oneself, speed,
hasten, peg away, lay about one,
bustle,
fuss, raise up, kick up a dust,
push, make a push, make a fuss, make a stir, go ahead, push forward, fight one's way, elbow one's way, make progress,
toll,
plod,
persist, keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling, look sharp, have all one's eyes about one,
rise, arouse oneself,
hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone, seize the opportunity lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of, dash off, make haste, do one's best take pains, do wonders, work wonders, have many irons in the fire, have one's hands full, have much on one's hands, have other things to do, have other fish to fry, be busy, not have a moment to spare, not have a moment that one can call one's own, have one's fling, run the round of, go all lengths, stick at nothing, run riot,
outdo,
overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark, make a toil of a pleasure, have a hand in, take an active part, put in one's oar, have a finger in the pie, mix oneself up with, trouble, one's head about,
intrigue,
agitate, tamper with,
meddle,
moil,
intermeddle,
interfere,
interpose,
obtrude, poke one's nose in, thrust one's nose in
Adj. active,
brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee, lively,
animated,
vivacious, alive, alive and kicking,
frisky, spirited,
stirring,
nimble, nimble as a squirrel,
agile,
light-footed,
nimble-footed,
featly,
tripping, quick,
prompt,
yare, instant, ready,
alert,
spry, sharp,
smart, fast, quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious,
awake, broad awake, go-ahead, live wide-awake, forward, eager,
strenuous,
zealous, enterprising, in earnest,
resolute,
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous, notable,
painstaking, intent,
indefatigable,
unwearied, unsleeping, never tired,
plodding, hard-working,
businesslike,
workaday,
bustling, restless, restless as a hyena,
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering,
busy, busy as hen with one chicken, working, at work, on duty, in harness, up in arms, on one's legs, at call, up and doing, up and stirring,
busy, occupied, hard at work, hard at it, up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger,
meddling,
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious, intrigant,
astir,
stirring, agoing,
afoot, on foot, in full swing, eventful, on the alert,
&c. (vigilant) 459 Adv. actively, with life and spirit, with might and main, with haste, with wings, full tilt, in mediis rebus
Int. be alive, look alive, look sharp, move on, push on, keep moving, go ahead, stir your stumps, age quod agis, jaldi, karo, step lively, phr, carpe diem, nulla dies sine linea, nec mora nec requies, the plot thickens, no sooner said than done, "veni vidi vici", catch a weasel asleep, abends wird der faule fleissig, dictum ac factum, schwere arbeit in der jugend ist sanfte ruhe im alter, "the busy hum of men"
N. disobedience,
insubordination,
contumacy, infraction,
infringement,
violation,
noncompliance,
nonobservance, revolt, rebellion,
mutiny, outbreak, rising,
uprising, insurrection,
emeute,
riot,
tumult, strike, barring out,
defiance,
mutinousness, mutineering,
sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason,
premunire, lese majeste, violation of law,
defection,
secession,
insurgent,
mutineer,
rebel, revolter, revolutionary,
rioter,
traitor, quisling,
carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge,
communist,
fenian,
frondeur,
seceder,
secessionist,
runagate,
renegade,
brawler,
anarchist,
demagogue,
spartacus,
masaniello, wat tyler, jack cade,
ringleader V. disobey,
violate,
infringe,
shirk, set at defiance, set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of, take the law into one's own hands, kick over the traces, turn restive, run restive, champ the bit, strike,
rise, rise in arms,
secede,
mutiny,
rebel Adj. disobedient,
uncomplying, uncompliant,
unsubmissive,
unruly,
ungovernable,
breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control,
incorrigible, restiff|, restive,
refractory,
contumacious,
recusant,
recalcitrant, resisting, lawless,
mutinous, seditions,
insurgent,
riotous, unobeyed,
unbidden Phr. seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, "unthread the rude eye of rebellion"