Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Complex Change

Changeableness

Nouns
Verbs
  • fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes
  • sway to and fro, shift to and fro
  • change and change about
  • waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) Irresolution
  • oscillate etc. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation
  • vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes
  • alternate
  • have as man phases as the moon.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Phrases
  • a rolling stone gathers no moss

Stability

Nouns
  • stability
  • immutability etc. adj.
  • unchangeability, c. adj.
  • unchangeableness
  • constancy
  • stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb. establishment, fixture
  • rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin. permanence etc. [Absence of change.] Permanence
  • obstinacy etc. Obstinacy.
Verbs
  • be firm etc. adj.
  • stick fast
  • stand firm, keep firm, remain firm
  • weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under. settle, establish, stablish, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate
  • retain, keep hold
  • make good, make sure
  • fasten etc. (join) Junction
  • set on its legs, float
  • perpetuate. settle down
  • strike roots, put down roots, take root
  • take up one's abode etc. Location
  • build one's house on a rock.
Adjectives
  • unchangeable, immutable
  • unaltered, unalterable
  • not to be changed, constant
  • permanent etc. [Absence of change.] Permanence
  • invariable, undeviating
  • stable, durable
  • perennial etc. (diuturnal) [Long duration.] Diuturnity. fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced
  • confirmed, valid
  • fiducial
  • immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted
  • settled, established etc. v.
  • vested
  • incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable. tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock
  • firmly seated, firmly established etc. v.
  • deep-rooted, ineradicable
  • inveterate
  • obstinate etc. Obstinacy. transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded. [movable object rendered unmovable] stuck, jammed
  • unremovable
  • quiescent etc. Quiescence
  • deterioration etc. Deterioration. indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible
  • indissoluble, indissolvable
  • indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous
  • insusceptible, insusceptible of change.
Int
  • stet.

Eventuality

Nouns
  • eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact
  • matter of fact
  • naked fact, bare facts, just the facts
  • phenomenon
  • advent. business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding
  • circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence
  • opportunity (occasion) Continuance in action. the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general
  • things in general, affairs in general
  • the times, state of affairs, order of the day
  • course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events
  • ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life
  • chapter of accidents etc. (chance) [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance
  • situation etc. (circumstances) Circumstance.
Verbs
  • happen, occur
  • take place, take effect
  • come, become of
  • come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on
  • pass, present itself
  • fall
  • fall out, turn out
  • run, be on foot, fall in
  • befall, betide, bechance
  • prove, eventuate, draw on
  • turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up
  • supervene, survene
  • issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course
  • pass off etc. (be past) [Retrospective time.] The Past. meet with
  • experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to
  • fall to the lot of
  • be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot
  • find
  • endure etc. (feel) Feeling.
Adjectives
  • happening etc. v.
  • going on, doing, current
  • in the wind, in the air, afloat
  • on foot, afoot, on the tapis
  • at issue, in question
  • incidental. eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident
  • memorable, momentous, signal.
Adverbs
  • eventually
  • in the event of, in case, just in case
  • in the course of things
  • as things, times go
  • as the world goes, wags
  • as the tree falls, cat jumps
  • as it may turn out, happen.
Phrases
  • that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles
  • you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring
  • the plot thickens
  • so runs round of life from hour to hour" [Keble]

Destiny

Nouns
  • destiny etc. (necessity) Necessity
  • future existence, post existence
  • hereafter
  • future state, next world, world to come, after life
  • futurity etc. [Prospective time.] Futurity
  • everlasting life, everlasting death
  • life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave
  • prospect etc. (expectation) Expectation.
Verbs
  • impend
  • hang over, lie over
  • threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face
  • foreordain, preordain
  • predestine, doom, have in store for.
Adjectives
  • impending etc. v.
  • destined
  • about to be, happen
  • coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near
  • near, close at hand
  • over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent
  • brewing, preparing, forthcoming
  • int he wind, on the cards, in reserve
  • that will, is to be
  • in prospect etc. (expected) Expectation
  • looming in the distance, horizon, future
  • unborn, in embryo
  • int he womb of time, futurity
  • pregnant etc. (producing) Production.
Adverbs