Classes Abstract Relations Causation
Causation
Nouns
cause, origin, source, principle, element
occasioner, prime mover
author etc. (producer) Producer
mainspring
agent
leaven
groundwork, foundation etc. (support) Support . spring, fountain, well, font
fountainhead, spring head, wellhead
genesis
descent etc. (paternity) Paternity
remote cause
influence. pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum
key
proximate cause
straw that breaks the camel's back. ground
reason, reason why
why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation
final cause etc. (intention) Intention
undercurrents. rudiment. egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm. nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed. causality, causation
origination
production etc. Production .
Verbs
be the cause of etc. n .
originate
give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to
cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate
bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about
produce
create etc. Production
set up, set afloat, set on foot
found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of
lie at the root of. procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate
elicit, provoke. conduce to etc. (tend to) Tendency
contribute
have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie
determine, decide, turn the scale
have a common origin
derive its origin etc. (effect) [Constant sequent.] Effect
Adjectives
caused etc. v.
causal, original
primary, primitive, primordial
aboriginal
protogenal
radical
embryonic, embryotic
in embryo
seminal, germinal
at the bottom of
connate, having a common origin.
Nouns
effect, consequence
aftergrowth, aftercome
derivative, derivation
result
resultant, resultance
upshot, issue, denouement
end etc. End
development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud. production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance
creature, creation
offspring, offshoot
firstfruits, firstlings
heredity, telegony
premices premises.
Verbs
be the effect of etc. n.
be due to, be owing to
originate in, originate from
rise from, arise, take its rise spring from, proceed from, emanate from, come from, grow from, bud from, sprout from, germinate from, issue from, flow from, result from, follow from, derive its origin from, accrue from
come to, come of, come out of
depend upon, hang upon, hinge upon, turn upon. take the consequences, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
Adjectives
owing to
resulting from etc. v.
derivable from
due to
caused by etc. [Constant antecedent] . Cause
dependent upon
derived from, evolved from
derivative
hereditary
telegonous.
Adverbs
of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently
as a consequence, in consequence
through, all along of, necessarily, eventually.
Phrases
thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the Shrew] .
Nouns
attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale
accounting for etc. v.
palaetiologyExistence , imputation, derivation from. filiation, affiliation
pedigree etc. (paternity) Paternity . explanation etc. (interpretation) Interpretation
reason why etc. (cause) [Constant antecedent] . Cause
Verbs
attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to
put down to, set down to, blame
charge on, ground on
invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon
account for, derive from, point out the reason etc. [Constant antecedent] . Cause
theorize
tell how it comes
put the saddle on the right horse.
Adjectives
attributed etc. v.
attributable etc. v.
referable to, referrible to, due to, derivable from
owing to etc. (effect) [Constant sequent.] Effect
putative
ecbatic.
Adverbs
hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because, owing to
on that account
from this cause, from that cause
thanks to, forasmuch as
whence, ? wherefore, ? whence, ? how comes it, how is it, how happens it, ? how does it happen, ? in some way, in some such way
somehow, somehow or other.
Nouns
chance, indetermination, accident, fortune, hazard, hap, haphazard, chance medley, random, luck, raccroc, casualty, contingence, adventure, hit
fate etc. (necessity) Necessity
equal chance
lottery
tombola
toss up etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance
turn of the table, turn of the cards
hazard of the die, chapter of accidents, fickle finger of fate
cast of the dice, throw of the dice
heads or tails, flip of a coin, wheel of Fortune
sortes, sortes Virgilianae. probability, possibility, odds
long odds, run of luck
accidentalness
main chance, odds on, favorable odds. contingency, dependence (uncertainty) Uncertainty
situation (circumstance) Circumstance . statistics, theory of Probabilities, theory of Chances
bookmaking
assurance
speculation, gaming etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance
Adjectives
casual, fortuitous, accidental, adventitious, causeless, incidental, contingent, uncaused, undetermined, indeterminate
random, statistical
possible etc. Possibility
unintentional etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance
Adverbs
by chance, accidentally, by accident
casually
perchance etc. (possibly) Possibility
for aught one knows
as good would have it, as bad would have it, as luck would have it, as ill-luck would have it, as chance would have it
as it may be, as it may chance, as it may turn up, as it may happen
as the case may be.
Phrases
the accident of an accident" [Lord Thurlow] . There but for the grace of God go I"
Nouns
power
potency, potentiality
jiva
puissance, might, force, energy etc. Physical Energy
dint
right hand, right arm
ascendency, sway, control
prepotency, prepollence
almightiness, omnipotence
authority etc. Authority
strength etc. [Degree of power.] Strength
ableness etc. adj.
competency
efficacy
efficiency, productivity, expertise (skill) Skill
validity, cogency
enablement
vantage ground
influence etc. Influence . pressure
conductivity
elasticity
gravity, electricity, magnetism, galvanism, voltaic electricity, voltaism, electromagnetism
atomic power, nuclear power, thermonuclear power
fuel cell
hydraulic power, water power, hydroelectric power
solar power, solar energy, solar panels
tidal power
wind power
attraction
potential energy, dynamic energy
dynamic friction, dynamic suction
live circuit, live rail, live wire. capability, capacity
faculty, quality, attribute, endowment, virtue, gift, property, qualification, susceptibility.
Verbs
be powerful etc. adj.
gain power etc. n.. belong to, pertain to
lie in one's power, be in one's power
can, be able. give power, confer power, exercise power etc. n.
empower, enable, invest
indue, endue
endow, arm
strengthen etc. [Degree of power.] Strength
compel etc. Compulsion .
Adjectives
powerful, puissant
potential
capable, able
equal to, up to
cogent, valid
efficient, productive
effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent
multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent
almighty. forcible etc. adj. . (energetic) Physical Energy
influential etc. Influence
productive etc. Productiveness .
Adverbs
powerfully etc. adj.
by virtue of, by dint of.
Nouns
impotence
inability, disability
disablement, impuissance, imbecility
incapacity, incapability
inaptitude, ineptitude, incompetence, unproductivity
indocility
invalidity, disqualification
inefficiency, blank, blank cartridge, flash in the pan, dead letter, bit of waste paper, dummy
paper tiger
Quaker gun. inefficacy etc. (inutility) Inutility
failure etc. Failure . helplessness etc. adj.
prostration, paralysis, palsy, apoplexy, syncope, sideration, collapse, exhaustion, softening of the brain, inanition
emasculation, orchiotomy [Med.] , orchotomy [Med.] . cripple, old woman, muff, powder puff, creampuff, pussycat, wimp, mollycoddle
eunuch.
Verbs
be impotent etc. adj.
faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop
go by the board, go by the wayside
go up in smoke, end in smoke etc. (fail) Failure . render powerless etc. adj.
deprive of power
disable, disenable
disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands
double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of
throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote
ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, spike the guns
take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel
break the neck, break the back
unhinge, unfit
put out of gear. unman, unnerve, enervate
emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix. shatter, exhaust, weaken etc. Weakness .
Adjectives
powerless, impotent, unable, incapable, incompetent
inefficient, ineffective
inept
unfit, unfitted
unqualified, disqualified
unendowed
inapt, unapt
crippled, disabled etc. v.
armless. harmless, unarmed, weaponless, defenseless, unfortified, indefensible, vincible, pregnable, untenable. paralytic, paralyzed
palsied, imbecile
nerveless, sinewless, marrowless, pithless, lustless
emasculate, disjointed
out of joint, out of gear
unnerved, unhinged
water-logged, on one's beam ends, rudderless
laid on one's back
done up, dead beat, exhausted, shattered, demoralized
graveled etc. (in difficulty) Difficulty
helpless, unfriended, fatherless
without a leg to stand on, laid on the shelf. null and void, nugatory, inoperative, good for nothing
ineffectual etc. (failing) Failure
inadequate etc. Insufficiency
inefficacious etc. (useless) Inutility .
Phrases
desirous still but impotent to rise" [Shenstone]
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Nouns
strength
power etc. Power
energy etc. Physical Energy
vigor, force
main force, physical force, brute force
spring, elasticity, tone, tension, tonicity. stoutness etc. adj.
lustihood, stamina, nerve, muscle, sinew, thews and sinews, physique
pith, pithiness
virtility, vitality. athletics, athleticism
gymnastics, feats of strength. adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak
iron grip
grit, bone. athlete, gymnast, acrobat
superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath
tower of strength
giant refreshed. strengthening etc. v.
invigoration, refreshment, refocillation. [Science of forces] dynamics, statics.
Verbs
be strong etc. adj. , be stronger
overmatch. render strong etc. adj.
give strength etc. n.
strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird
screw up, wind up, set up
gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins
recruit, set on one's legs
vivify
refresh etc. Refreshment
refect
reinforce, reenforce etc. (restore) Restoration .
Adjectives
strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard, adamantine, stout, robust, sturdy, hardy, powerful, potent, puissant, valid. resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable
incontestable
more than a match for
overpowering, overwhelming
all powerful, all sufficient
sovereign. able-bodied
athletic
Herculean, Cyclopean, Atlantean
muscular, brawny, wiry, well-knit, broad-shouldered, sinewy, strapping, stalwart, gigantic. manly, man-like, manful
masculine, male, virile. unweakened, unallayed, unwithered, unshaken, unworn, unexhausted
in full force, in full swing
in the plenitude of power. stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted
strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy
sound as a roach
in fine feather, in high feather
built like a brick shithouse
like a giant refreshed.
Adverbs
strongly etc. adj.
by force etc. n.
by main force etc. (by compulsion) Compulsion .
Phrases
our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet] . Blut und Eisen [G.]
ex vi termini
he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill" [Burke]
inflexible in faith invincible in arms" [Beattie] .
Nouns
weakness etc. adj.
debility, atony, relaxation, languor, enervation
impotence etc. Impotence
infirmity
effeminacy, feminality
fragility, flaccidity
inactivity etc. Inactivity . anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood. declension of strength, loss of strength, failure of strength
delicacy, invalidation, decrepitude, asthenia, adynamy, cachexy, cachexia [Med.] , sprain, strain. reed, thread, rope of sand, house of cards. softling, weakling
infant etc. Infant
youth etc. Youth .
Verbs
be weak etc. adj.
drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave. render weak etc. adj.
weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate
unbrace, unnerve
cripple, unman etc. (render powerless) Impotence
cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of
dilute, impoverish
decimate
extenuate
reduce in strength, reduce the strength of
Adjectives
weak, feeble, debile
impotent etc. Impotence
relaxed, unnerved, c. v.
sapless, strengthless, powerless
weakly, unstrung, flaccid, adynamic, asthenic
nervous. soft, effeminate, feminate, womanly. frail, fragile, shattery
flimsy, unsubstantial, insubstantial, gimcrack, gingerbread
rickety, creaky, creaking, cranky
craichy
drooping, tottering etc. v.. broken, lame, withered, shattered, shaken, crazy, shaky
palsied etc. Impotence
decrepit. languid, poor, infirm
faint, faintish
sickly etc. (disease) Disease
dull, slack, evanid, spent, short-winded, effete
weather-beaten
decayed, rotten, worn, seedy, languishing, wasted, washy, laid low, pulled down, the worse for wear. unstrengthened etc. [Degree of power.] Strength
aidless, defenseless etc. Impotence
cantilevered (support) Support . on its last legs
weak as a child, weak as a baby, weak as a chicken, weak as a cat, weak as a rat
weak as water, weak as water gruel, weak as gingerbread, weak as milk and water
colorless etc. [Absence of color.] Achromatism
Nouns
production, creation, construction, formation, fabrication, manufacture
building, architecture, erection, edification
coinage
diaster
organization
putting together etc. v.
establishment
workmanship, performance
achievement etc. (completion) Completion . flowering, fructification
inflorescence. bringing forth etc. v.
parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics
geniture
gestation etc. (maturation) Preparation
assimilation
evolution, development, growth
entelechy [Phil.]
fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy [Biol.] , genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation
fecundation, impregnation
albumen etc. Organization . spontaneous generation
archegenesis, archebiosis
biogenesis, abiogenesis, digenesis, dysmerogenesis, eumerogenesis, heterogenesis, oogenesis, merogenesis, metogenesis, monogenesis, parthenogenesis, homogenesis, xenogenesi
authorship, publication
works, opus, oeuvre. biogeny, dissogeny, xenogeny
tocogony, vacuolization. edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit.
Verbs
produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture
weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel
build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up
establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute
achieve, accomplish etc. (complete) Completion . flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle
bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world. make productive etc. Productiveness
create
beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate
procreate, progenerate, propagate
engender
bring into being, call into being, bring into existence
breed, hatch, develop, bring up. induce, superinduce
suscitate
cause etc. [Constant antecedent] . Cause
acquire etc. Acquisition .
Adjectives
produced, producing etc. v.
productive of
prolific etc. Productiveness
creative
formative, genetic, genial, genital
pregnant
enceinte, big with, fraught with
in the family way, teeming, parturient, in the straw, brought to bed of
puerperal, puerperous. digenetic, heterogenetic, oogenetic, xenogenetic
ectogenous, gamic, haematobious, sporogenous [Biol.] , sporophorous [Biol.] . architectonic.
Nouns
destruction
waste, dissolution, breaking up
diruption, disruption
consumption
disorganization. fall, downfall, devastation, ruin, perdition, crash
smash, havoc, debacle
break down, break up, fall apart
prostration
desolation, wreck, wrack, shipwreck, cataclysm
washout. extinction, annihilation
destruction of life etc. [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing
knock-down blow
doom, crack of doom. destroying etc. v.
demolition, demolishment
overthrow, subversion, suppression
abolition etc. (abrogation) Abrogation
biblioclasm
sacrifice
ravage, razzia
inactivation
incendiarism
revolution etc. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution
extirpation etc. (extraction) [Forcible egress.] Extraction
beginning of the end, road to ruin
dilapidation etc. (deterioration) Deterioration
sabotage.
Verbs
be destroyed etc.
perish
fall to the ground
tumble, topple
go to pieces, fall to pieces
break up
crumble to dust
go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin
go by the board, go all to smash
be all over, be all up, be all with
totter to its fall. destroy
do away with, make away with
nullify
annual etc. Abrogation
sacrifice, demolish
tear up
overturn, overthrow, overwhelm
upset, subvert, put an end to
seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish [Slang] , undo
break up, cut up
break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down
suppress, quash, put down, do a job on
cut short, take off, blot out
dispel, dissipate, dissolve
consume. smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver
batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces
laniate
nip
tear to rags, tear to tatters
crush to atoms, knock to atoms
ruin
strike out
throw over, knock down over
fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge
lay in ashes, lay in ruins
sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze
level with the dust, level with the ground
waste
atomize, vaporize. deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut
disorganize
dismantle etc. (render useless) Inutility
devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound
exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate
snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out
lay in the dust, trample in the dust
prostrate
tread under foot
crush under foot, trample under foot
lay the ax to the root of
make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of
cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons
fling to the winds, scatter to the winds
throw overboard
strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword
cast to the dogs
eradicate etc. [Forcible egress.] Extraction
Adjectives
destroyed etc. v.
perishing etc. v.
trembling to its fall, nodding to its fall, tottering to its fall
in course of destruction etc. n.
extinct. all-destroying, all-devouring, all-engulfing. destructive, subversive, ruinous, devastating
incendiary, deletory
destroying etc. n.. suicidal
deadly etc. (killing) [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing
Adverbs
with crushing effect, with a sledge hammer.
Phrases
ecrasez l'infame [Voltaire] .
Nouns
reproduction, renovation
restoration etc. Restoration
renewal
new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis, revivification
apotheosis
resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance
regrowth
Phoenix. generation etc. (production) Production
multiplication.
Verbs
reproduce
restore etc. Restoration
revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate
remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible
multiply, repeat
resurge. crop up, spring up like mushrooms.
Adjectives
reproduced etc. v.
renascent, reappearing
reproductive
suigenetic.
Nouns
producer, originator, inventor, author, founder, generator, mover, architect, creator, prime mover
maker etc. (agent) Agent
prime mover.
Nouns
paternity
parentage
consanguinity etc. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity
father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba
genitor, progenitor, procreator
ancestor
grandsire, grandfather
great-grandfather
fathership, fatherhood
mabap. house, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan
genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry
forefathers, forbears, patriarchs. motherhood, maternity
mother, dam, mamma, grandmother.
Adjectives
paternal, parental
maternal
family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal.
Nouns
posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat
family, grandchildren, heirs
great-grandchild. child, son, daughter
butcha
bantling, scion
acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch
off-shoot, off-set
ramification
descendant
heir, heiress
heir-apparent, heir-presumptive
chip off the old block
heredity
rising generation. straight descent, sonship, line, lineage, filiation, primogeniture.
Phrases
the child is father of the man" [Wordsworth]
the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, " like father, like son."
Nouns
productiveness etc. adj.
fecundity, fertility, luxuriance, uberty. pregnancy, pullulation, fructification, multiplication, propagation, procreation
superfetation. milch cow, rabbit, hydra, warren, seed plot, land flowing with milk and honey
second crop, aftermath
aftercrop, aftergrowth
arrish, eddish, rowen
protoplasm
fertilization.
Verbs
make productive etc. adj.
fructify
procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative, impregnate
fecundate, fecundify
teem, multiply
produce etc. Production
conceive.
Adjectives
productive, prolific
teeming, teemful
fertile, fruitful, frugiferous, fruit-bearing
fecund, luxuriant
pregnant, uberous. procreant, procreative
generative, life-giving, spermatic
multiparous
omnific, propagable. parturient etc. (producing) Production
profitable etc. (useful) Utility .
Nouns
unproductiveness etc. adj.
infertility, sterility, infecundity
masturbation
impotence etc. Impotence
unprofitableness etc. (inutility) Inutility . waste, desert, Sahara, wild, wilderness, howling wilderness.
Verbs
be unproductive etc. adj.
hang fire, flash in the pan, come to nothing. [make unproductive] sterilize, addle
disable, inactivate.
Adjectives
unproductive, acarpous, inoperative, barren, addled, infertile, unfertile, unprolific, arid, sterile, unfruitful, infecund
sine prole
fallow
teemless, issueless, fruitless
unprofitable etc. (useless) Inutility
null and void, of no effect.
Nouns
agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play
interworking, interaction
procurement. causation etc. [Constant antecedent] . Cause
instrumentality etc. Instrumentality
influence etc. Influence
action etc. (voluntary) Action
modus operandi etc. Method [Path.] . quickening power, maintaining power, sustaining power
home stroke.
Verbs
be in action etc. adj.
operate, work
act, act upon
perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. come play, come bring into operation
have play, have free play
bring to bear upon.
Adjectives
operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual. at work, on foot
acting etc. (doing) Action
in operation, in force, in action, in play, in exercise
acted upon, wrought upon.
Nouns
energy, physical energy, force, power etc. Power
keenness etc. adj.
intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity
go
high pressure
fire
rush. acrimony, acritude
causiticity, virulence
poignancy
harshness etc. adj.
severity, edge, point
pungency etc. Pungency . cantharides
seasoning etc. (condiment) Condiment . activity, agitation, effervescence
ferment, fermentation
ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle
voluntary energy etc. Activity
quicksilver. resolution etc. (mental energy) Resolution
exertion etc. (effort) Exertion
excitation etc. (mental) Excitation .
Verbs
give energy etc. n.
energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert
sharpen, intensify
inflame etc. (render violent) Violence
wind up etc. (strengthen) [Degree of power.] Strength
make an impression.
Adjectives
strong, energetic, forcible, active
intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk. rousing, irritation
poignant
virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent
double-edged, double-shotted, double-distilled
drastic, escharotic
racy etc. (pungent) Pungency . potent etc. (powerful) Power
radioactive.
Adverbs
strongly etc. adj.
with telling effect.
Phrases
the steam is up
the race by vigor not by vaunts is won" [Pope] .
Nouns
inertness, dullness etc. adj.
inertia, inertion, inactivity, torpor, languor
quiescence etc. Quiescence
latency, inaction
passivity. mental inertness
sloth etc. (inactivity) Inactivity
inexcitability etc. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability
irresolution etc. Irresolution
obstinacy etc. Obstinacy
permanence etc. [Absence of change.] Permanence
Verbs
be inert etc. adj.
hang fire, smolder.
Adjectives
inert, inactive, passive
torpid etc. Inactivity
sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt
unreactive
lifeless, dead, uninfluential. latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted.
Adverbs
inactively etc. adj.
in suspense, in abeyance.
Nouns
violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity
boisterousness etc. adj.
effervescence, ebullition
turbulence, bluster
uproar, callithump [U.S.] , riot, row, rumpus, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire. severity etc. Severity
ferocity, rage, fury
exacerbation, exasperation, malignity
fit, paroxysm
orgasm, climax, aphrodisia
force, brute force
outrage
coup de main
strain, shock, shog
spasm, convulsion, throe
hysterics, passion etc. (state of excitability) [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability
debacle
burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent. turmoil etc. (disorder) [Absence, or want of Order, etc. ] Disorder
ferment etc. (agitation) [Irregular motion] Agitation
storm, tempest, rough weather
squall etc. (wind) [Air in motion] Wind
earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm. berserk, berserker
fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, madcap, wild beast
fire eater etc. (blusterer) Blusterer .
Verbs
be violent etc. adj.
run high
ferment, effervesce
romp, rampage, go on a rampage
run wild, run amuck, run riot
break the peace
rush, tear
rush headlong, rush foremost
raise a storm, make a riot
rough house [Slang]
riot, storm
wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod
spread like wildfire (person) . [shout or act in anger at something] , explode, make a row, kick up a row
boil, boil over
fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof
fly into a rage (anger) Resentment . break out, fly out, burst out
bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst
shock, strain
break open, force open, prize open. render violent etc. adj.
sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on
irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment
accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury
fan the flame
add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire
let fly, fly off
discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.
Adjectives
violent, vehement
warm
acute, sharp
rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild
brusque, abrupt, waspish
impetuous
rampant. turbulent
disorderly
blustering, raging etc. v.
troublous, riotous
tumultuary, tumultuous
obstreperous, uproarious
extravagant
unmitigated
ravening, inextinguishable, tameless
frenzied etc. (insane) Insanity . desperate etc. (rash) Rashness
infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics. fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient. savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger. excited etc. v.
unquelled, unquenched, unextinguished, unrepressed, unbridled, unruly
headstrong, ungovernable, unappeasable, immitigable, unmitigable
uncontrollable, incontrollable
insuppressible, irrepressible
orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic. spasmodic, convulsive, explosive
detonating etc. v.
volcanic, meteoric
stormy etc. (wind) [Air in motion] Wind
Adverbs
violently etc. adj.
amain
by storm, by force, by main force
with might and main
tooth and nail, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet
at one fell swoop
with a high hand, through thick and thin
in desperation, with a vengeance
a outrance
headlong, head foremost.
Phrases
blown with restless violence round about the blown with restless violence round about the pendent world" [Measure for Measure] .
Nouns
moderation, lenity etc. Lenity
temperateness, gentleness etc. adj.
sobriety
quiet
mental calmness etc. (inexcitability) [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitabilityetc. v.
anaphrodisia
relaxation, remission, mitigation, tranquilization, assuagement, contemporation, pacification. measure, golden mean
lullaby, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, antispasmodic, carminative, laudanum
rose water, balm, poppy, opiate, anodyne, milk, opium, poppy or mandragora
" wet blanket
palliative.
Verbs
be moderate etc. adj.
keep within bounds, keep within compass
sober down, settle down
keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail. moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy
attemper, contemper
mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten
sober down, tone down, smooth down
weaken etc. Weakness
lessen etc. (decrease) Nonincrease, Decrease
check palliate. tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off
slake
curb etc. (restrain) Restraint
tame etc. (subjugate) Subjection
smooth over
pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters
pour balm into, roar you as gently as any sucking dove" [Midsummer-Night's Dream] .
Adjectives
moderate
lenient etc. Lenity
gentle, mild, mellow
cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured
tempered etc. v.
calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still
slow, smooth, untroubled
tame
peaceful, peaceable
pacific, halcyon. unexciting, unirritating
soft, bland, oily, demulcent, lenitive, anodyne
hypnotic etc. Inactivity
sedative
antiorgastic, anaphrodisiac. mild as mother's milk
milk and water.
Adverbs
moderately etc. adj.
gingerly
piano
under easy sail, at half speed
within bounds, within compass
in reason.
Phrases
est modue in rebus
pour oil on troubled waters.
Nouns
influence
importance etc. Importance
weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway
predominance, predominancy
ascendency
dominance, reign
control, domination, pull [Slang]
authority etc. Authority
capability etc. (power) Power
effect etc. [Constant sequent.] Effect
interest. synergy (cooperation) Cooperation . footing
purchase etc. (support) Support
play, leverage, vantage ground. tower of strength, host in himself
protection, patronage, auspices.
Verbs
have influence etc. n.
be influential etc. adj.
carry weight, weigh, tell
have a hold upon, magnetize, bear upon, gain a footing, work upon
take root, take hold
strike root in. run through, pervade
prevail, dominate, predominate
out weigh, over weigh
over-ride, over-bear
gain head
rage
be rife etc. adj.
spread like wildfire
have the upper hand, get the upper hand, gain the upper hand, have full play, get full play, gain full play. be recognized, be listened to
make one's voice heard, gain a hearing
play a part, play a leading part, play a leading part in
take the lead, pull the strings
turn the scale, throw one's weight into the scale
set the fashion, lead the dance.
Adjectives
influential, effective
important etc. Importance
weighty
prevailing etc. v.
prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical.
Nouns
tendency
aptness, aptitude
proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility
liability etc. Liability
quality, nature, temperament
idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy
cast, vein, grain
humor, mood
drift etc. (direction) Direction
conduciveness, conducement
applicability etc. (utility) Utility
subservience etc. (instrumentality) Instrumentality .
Verbs
tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards
promote etc. (aid) Aid .
Adjectives
tending etc. v.
conducive, working towards, in a fair way to, calculated to
liable etc. Liability
subservient etc. (instrumental) Instrumentality
useful etc. Utility
subsidiary etc. (helping) Aid .
Nouns
liability, liableness
possibility, contingency
susceptivity, susceptibility, exposure.
Verbs
be liable etc. adj.
incur, lay oneself open to
run the chance, stand a chance
lie under, expose oneself to, open a door to.
Adjectives
liable, subject
in danger etc. Danger
open to, exposed to, obnoxious to
answerable
unexempt from
apt to
dependent on
incident to. contingent, incidental, possible, on the cards, within range of, at the mercy of.
Nouns
concurrence, cooperation, coagency
union
agreement etc. Agreement
consilience
consent, coincidence etc. (assent) Assent
alliance
concert, additivity, synergy etc. Cooperation
partnership etc. Party . common cause.
Verbs
concur, conduce, conspire, contribute
agree, unite
hang together, pull together, join forces, make common cause. etc. (cooperate) Cooperation
help to etc. (aid) Aid . keep pace with, run parallel
go with, go along with, go hand in hand with, coincide.
Adjectives
concurring etc. v.
concurrent, in alliance with, banded together, of one mind, at one with, coinciding.
Nouns
counteraction, opposition
contrariety etc. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety
antagonism, polarity
clashing etc. v.
collision, interference, inhibition, resistance, renitency, friction
reaction
retroaction etc. (recoil) Recoil
counterblast
neutralization etc. (compensation) Compensation
check etc. (hindrance) Hindrance . voluntary opposition etc. Opposition , voluntary resistance etc. Resistance
repression etc. (restraint) Restraint . opposites, action and reaction, yang and yin, yang-yin (contrariety) [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety
Verbs
counteract
run counter, clash, cross
interfere with, conflict with
contravene
jostle
go against, run against, beat against, militate against
stultify
antagonize, block, oppose etc. Opposition
traverse
withstand etc. (resist) Resistance
hinder etc. Hindrance
repress etc. (restrain) Restraint
react etc. (recoil) Recoil . undo, neutralize
counterpoise etc. (compensate) Compensation
overpoise.
Phrases
for every action there is a reaction, equal in for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction" [Newton] .