Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Order As Regards Categories

Normality

Nouns
Verbs
  • normalize, standardize.
Adjectives
  • normal, natural, unexceptional
  • common, usual (frequency) Frequency

Multiformity

Nouns
  • multiformity, omniformity
  • variety, diversity
  • multifariousness etc. adj.
  • varied assortment. dissimilarity etc. Dissimilarity.
Adjectives
  • polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex
  • heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform
  • manifold, many-sided
  • variegated, motley, mosaic
  • epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular
  • mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers
  • all manner of, of every description, of all sorts and kinds
  • and what not
  • confused, mixed up, discordant
  • inharmonious, unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform. omniform, omnigenous, omnifarious
  • protean (form) Form.
Phrases
  • harmoniously confused" [Pope]
  • variety's the very spice of life" [Cowper].

Conformity

Nouns
  • conformity, conformance
  • observance
  • habituation. naturalization
  • conventionality etc. (custom) Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
  • agreement etc. Agreement. example, instance, specimen, sample, quotation
  • exemplification, illustration, case in point
  • object lesson
  • elucidation. standard, model, pattern etc. (prototype) [Thing copied.] Prototype. rule, nature, principle
  • law
  • order of things
  • normal state, natural state, ordinary state, model state, normal condition, natural condition, ordinary condition, model condition
  • standing dish, standing order
  • Procrustean law
  • law of the Medes and Persians
  • hard and fast rule.
Verbs
  • conform to, conform to rule
  • accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to
  • rub off corners. be regular etc. adj.
  • move in a groove
  • follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules, obey the rules, obey the precedents
  • comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with
  • be guided by, be regulated by
  • fall into a custom, fall into a usage
  • follow the fashion, follow the crowd, follow the multitude
  • pass muster, do as others do
  • stand on ceremony
  • when in Rome do as the Romans do
  • go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind
  • stick to the beaten track etc. (habit) Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
  • keep one in countenance. exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case
  • produce an instance etc. n.
  • elucidate, explain.
Adjectives
  • conformable to rule
  • regular etc. Frequency
  • according to regulation, according to rule, according to Hoyle, according to Cocker, according to Gunter
  • well regulated, orderly
  • symmetric etc. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry. conventional etc. (customary) Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
  • of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence
  • in the natural order of things
  • ordinary, common, habitual, usual, everyday, workaday. in the order of the day
  • naturalized. typical, normal, nominal, formal
  • canonical, orthodox, sound, strict, rigid, positive, uncompromising, shipshape, in point.
Adverbs
  • conformably etc. adj.
  • by rule
  • agreeably to
  • in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with
  • according to
  • consistently with
  • as usual
  • more-majorum. for the sake of conformity
  • as a matter of course, of course
  • for form's sake, by the card. invariably, c. (uniformly) Uniformity. for example, e.g.
  • among other things
  • for instance.
Phrases
  • they are happy men whose natures sort with their they are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations" [Bacon]. The nail that sticks up hammered down [Jap.Tr.]
  • Tall poppy syndrome
  • Stick your neck out and it may get cut off.

Unconformity

Nouns
  • nonconformity etc. Conformity
  • unconformity, disconformity
  • unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly
  • anomalousness etc. adj.
  • exception, peculiarity
  • infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage
  • teratism, eccentricity, bizarrerie, oddity, monster, monstrosity, rarity
  • freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant
  • rouser, snorter [U.S.]. individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism. aberration
  • irregularity
  • variety
  • singularity
  • exemption
  • salvo etc. (qualification) Qualification. nonconformist
  • nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, queer fish
  • mongrel, random breed
  • half-caste, half-blood, half-breed
  • crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto
  • hermaphrodite. [Mythical animals] phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur
  • griffin, griffon
  • centaur
  • saggittary
  • kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent
  • mermaid, merman, merfolk
  • unicorn
  • Cyclops, men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders" [Othello]
  • teratology. [unconformable to the surroundings] fish out of water
  • neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring
  • one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand
  • outcast, outlaw
  • off the beaten track
  • oasis.
Verbs
  • be uncomformable etc. adj.
  • abnormalize
  • leave the beaten track, leave the beaten path
  • infringe a law, infringe a habit, infringe a usage, infringe a custom, break a law, break a habit, break a usage, break a custom, violate a law, violate a habit, violate a usage, violate a custom
  • drive a coach and six through
  • stretch a point
  • have no business there
  • baffle all description, beggar all description.
Adjectives
  • uncomformable, exceptional
  • abnormal, abnormous
  • anomalous, anomalistic
  • out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element
  • irregular, arbitrary
  • teratogenic
  • lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton
  • peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious
  • out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run
  • beyond the pale of, out of the pale of
  • misplaced
  • funny. unusual, unaccustomed, uncustomary, unwonted, uncommon
  • rare, curious, odd, extraordinary, out of the ordinary
  • strange, monstrous
  • wonderful etc. Wonder
  • unexpected, unaccountable
  • out of the way, remarkable, noteworthy
  • queer, quaint, nondescript, none such
  • unfashionable
  • fantastic, grotesque, bizarre
  • outlandish, exotic, preternatural
  • denaturalized. heterogeneous, heteroclite [Gramm.], amorphous, mongrel, amphibious, epicene, half blood, hybrid
  • androgynous, androgynal
  • asymmetric etc. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion
  • adelomorphous, bisexual, hermaphrodite, monoclinous. qualified etc. Qualification. singular, unique, one-of-a-kind. newfangled, novel, non-classical
  • original, unconventional, unheard of, unfamiliar
  • undescribed, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled.
Adverbs
  • unconformably etc. adj.
  • except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone. however, yet, but. once in a blue moon, once in a million years.
Int
  • what on earth!, what in the world!, What the devil!, Holy cow!, Can you top that
Phrases
  • never was seen the like, never was heard the like, never was known the like. I could hardly believe it
  • I saw it, but I didn't believe it.