Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Extension of Thought

to the Past

Memory

Nouns
  • memory, remembrance
  • retention, retentiveness
  • tenacity
  • tablets of the memory
  • readiness. reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration
  • recurrence, flashback
  • retrospect, retrospection. afterthought, post script, PS. suggestion etc. (information) Information
  • prompting etc. v.
  • hint, reminder
  • remembrancer, flapper
  • memorial etc. (record) Record
  • commemoration etc. (celebration) Celebration. [written reminder] note, memo, memorandum
  • things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia. art of memory, artificial memory
  • mnemonics, mnemotechnics
  • phrenotypics
  • Mnemosyne. prompt-book
  • crib sheet, cheat sheet. retentive memory, tenacious memory, photographic memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, accurate recollection
  • perfect memory, total recall. celebrity, fame, renown, reputation etc. (repute) Repute.
Verbs
  • remember, mind
  • retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of
  • keep in view. recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace
  • look back, trace back, trace backwards
  • think back, look back upon
  • review
  • call upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrance
  • carry one's thoughts back
  • rake up the past. have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance
  • be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory. sink in the mind
  • run in the head
  • not be able to get out of one's head
  • be deeply impressed with
  • rankle etc. (revenge) Revenge. recur to the mind
  • flash on the mind, flash across the memory. [cause to remember] remind
  • suggest etc. (inform ) Information
  • prompt
  • put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind
  • fan the embers
  • call up, summon up, rip up
  • renew
  • jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory
  • pull by the sleeve
  • bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize. task the memory, tax the memory. get at one's fingers' ends, have at one's fingers', learn at one's fingers', know one's lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat by rote
  • say one's lesson
  • repeat, repeat as a parrot
  • have at one's fingers' ends, have at one's finger tips
  • commit to memory, memorize
  • con over, con
  • fix in the memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the memory, impress in the memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the memory, engrave in the memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the memory, bottle up in the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the memory
  • load the memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory with, burden the memory with. redeem from oblivion
  • keep the memory alive, keep the wound green, pour salt in the wound, reopen old wounds'
  • keep up the memory of
  • commemorate etc. (celebrate) Celebration. make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum etc. (record) Record.
Adjectives
  • remembering, remembered etc. v.
  • mindful, reminiscential
  • retained in the memory etc. v.
  • pent up in one's memory
  • fresh
  • green, green in remembrance
  • unforgotten, present to the mind
  • within one's memory etc. n.
  • indelible
  • uppermost in one's thoughts
  • memorable etc. (important) Importance.
Adverbs
  • by heart, by rote
  • without book, memoriter. in memory of
  • in memoriam
  • suggestive.
Phrases
  • briefly thyself remember" [Lear]
  • memory the warder of the brain" [Macbeth]
  • to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die" [Campbell]
  • out of sight, out of mind.

Oblivion

Nouns
  • oblivion, obliviousness, lethe
  • forgetfulness etc. adj.
  • amnesia
  • obliteration of etc. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration, insensibility to the past etc. Insensibility. short memory, treacherous memory, poor memory, loose memory, slippery memory, failing memory
  • decay of memory, failure of memory, lapse of memory
  • waters of Lethe, waters of oblivion. amnesty, general pardon. [deliberate or unconscious forgetting] repressed memory.
Verbs
  • forget
  • be forgetful etc. adj.
  • fall into oblivion, sink into oblivion
  • have a short memory etc. n., have no head. forget one's own name, have on the tip of one's tongue, come in one ear and go out the other. slip memory, escape memory, fade from memory, die away from the memory
  • lose, lose sight of. fail to recall, not be able to recall. [cause oneself to forget] unlearn
  • efface etc. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration, discharge from the memory
  • consign to oblivion, consign to the tomb of the Capulets
  • think no more of etc. (turn the attention from) Inattention
  • cast behind one's back, wean one's thoughts from
  • let bygones be bygones etc. (forgive) Forgiveness.
Adjectives
  • forgotten etc. v.
  • unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind
  • buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion
  • clean forgotten
  • gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection. forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean
  • insensible to the past etc. Insensibility
  • heedless.
Phrases
  • the memory failing, the memory deserting one, being at fault, being in fault.

to the Future

Expectation

Nouns
  • expectation, expectance, expectancy
  • anticipation, reckoning, calculation
  • foresight etc. Foresight. contemplation, prospection, lookout
  • prospect, perspective, horizon, vista
  • destiny etc. Destiny. suspense, waiting, abeyance
  • curiosity etc. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity
  • anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation
  • torment of Tantalus. hope etc. Hope
  • trust etc. (belief) Belief
  • auspices etc. (prediction) Prediction
  • assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance.
Verbs
  • expect
  • look for, look out for, look forward to
  • hope for
  • anticipate
  • have in prospect, have in contemplation
  • keep in view
  • contemplate, promise oneself
  • not wonder at etc. Wonder, not wonder if. wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for
  • keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for
  • await
  • stand at 'attention'" abide, bide one's time, watch. foresee etc. Foresight
  • prepare for etc. Preparation
  • forestall etc. (be early) Earliness
  • count upon etc. (believe in) Belief
  • think likely etc. (probability) Probability. lead one to expect etc. (predict) Prediction
  • have in store for etc. (destiny) Destiny. prick up one's ears, hold one's breath.
Adjectives
  • expectant
  • expecting etc. v.
  • in expectation etc. n.
  • on the watch etc. (vigilant) Care [Vigilance.]
  • open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation
  • agape, gaping, all agog
  • on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation
  • aux aguets
  • ready
  • curious etc. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity
  • looking forward to. expected etc. v.
  • long expected, foreseen
  • in prospect etc. n.
  • prospective
  • in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner
  • impending etc. (destiny) Destiny.
Adverbs
  • on the watch etc. adj.
  • with breathless expectation etc. n.
  • with bated breath, with rapt anticipation
Phrases
  • we shall see
  • expectation whirls me round" [Troilus and Cressida]
  • the light at the end of the tunnel.

Inexpectation

Nouns
  • inexpectation, non-expectation
  • false expectation etc. (disappointment) [Failure of expectation.] Disappointment
  • miscalculation etc. Misjudgment. surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start
  • bolt out of the blue
  • wonder etc. Wonder
  • eye opener. unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise.
Verbs
  • not expect etc. Expectation
  • be taken by surprise
  • start
  • miscalculate etc. Misjudgment
  • not bargain for
  • come upon, fall upon. be unexpected etc. adj.
  • come unawares etc. adv.
  • turn up, pop, drop from the clouds
  • come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep upon one
  • come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt
  • take by surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping
  • yach [S. Afr.]. pounce upon, spring a mine upon. surprise, startle, take aback, electrify, stun, stagger, take away one's breath, throw off one's guard
  • astonish, dumbfound etc. (strike with wonder) Wonder.
Adjectives
  • nonexpectant
  • surprised etc. v.
  • unwarned, unaware
  • off one's guard
  • inattentive Inattention. unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for
  • dropped from the clouds
  • beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation
  • out of one's reckoning
  • unheard of etc. (exceptional) Unconformity
  • startling, surprising
  • sudden etc. (instantaneous) [Point of time] Instantaneity. unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable) Unintelligibility.
Adverbs
  • abruptly, unexpectedly, surprisingly
  • plump, pop, unawares
  • without notice, without warning, without a 'by your leave'
  • " like a thief in the night, like a thunderbolt
  • in an unguarded moment
  • suddenly etc. (instantaneously) [Point of time] Instantaneity.
Int
  • heydey! , c. (wonder) Wonder.
Phrases
  • little did one think, little did one expect
  • nobody would ever suppose, nobody would ever think, nobody would ever expect
  • who would have thought
  • ? it beats the Dutch.

Disappointment (Failure of expectation)

Nouns
  • disappointment
  • blighted hope, balk
  • blow
  • anticlimax
  • slip 'twixt cup and lip
  • nonfulfillment of one's hopes
  • sad disappointment, bitter disappointment
  • trick of fortune
  • afterclap
  • false expectation, vain expectation
  • miscalculation etc. Misjudgment
  • fool's paradise
  • much cry and little wool.
Verbs
  • be disappointed
  • look blank, look blue
  • look aghast, stand aghast etc. (wonder) Wonder
  • find to one's cost
  • laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth
  • find one a false prophet. not realize one's hope, not realize one's expectation. [cause to be disappointed] disappoint
  • frustrate, discomfit, crush, defeat (failure) Failure
  • crush one's hope, dash one's hope, balk one's hope, disappoint one's hope, blight one's hope, falsify one's hope, defeat one's hope, discourage
  • balk, jilt, bilk
  • play one false, play a trick
  • dash the cup from the lips, tantalize
  • dumfound, dumbfound, dumbfounder, dumfounder (astonish) Wonder.
Adjectives
  • disappointed etc. v.
  • disconcerted, aghast
  • disgruntled
  • out of one's reckoning.
Phrases
  • the mountain labored and brought forth a mouse
  • the bubble burst
  • one's countenance falling.

Foresight

Nouns
  • foresight, prospicience, prevision, long-sightedness
  • anticipation
  • providence etc. (preparation) Preparation. forethought, forecast
  • predeliberation, presurmise
  • foregone conclusion etc. (prejudgment) Misjudgment
  • prudence etc. (caution) Caution. foreknowledge
  • prognosis
  • precognition, prescience, prenotion, presentiment
  • second sight
  • sagacity etc. (intelligence) Intelligence, Wisdom
  • antepast, prelibation, prophasis. prospect etc. (expectation) Expectation
  • foretaste
  • prospectus etc. (plan) Plan.
Verbs
  • foresee
  • look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond
  • scent from afar
  • look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future. see one's way
  • see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps. anticipate
  • expect etc. Expectation
  • be beforehand etc. (early) Earliness
  • predict etc. Prediction
  • foreknow, forejudge, forecast
  • presurmise
  • have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance
  • keep a sharp lookout etc. (vigilance) Care [Vigilance.]
  • forewarn etc. Warning.
Adjectives
Adverbs
  • against the time when.
Phrases
  • run it up the flagpole and see who salutes.

Prediction

Nouns
  • prediction, announcement
  • program, programme [Brit.] etc. (plan) Plan
  • premonition etc. (warning) Warning
  • prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology, prognostication, premonstration
  • augury, auguration
  • ariolation, hariolation
  • foreboding, aboding
  • bodement, abodement
  • omniation, omniousness
  • auspices, forecast
  • omen etc. Omen
  • horoscope, nativity
  • sooth, soothsaying
  • fortune telling, crystal gazing
  • divination
  • necromancy etc. Sorcery. [Divination by the stars] astrology, horoscopy, judicial astrology. [Place of Prediction]. adytum prefiguration, prefigurement
  • prototype, type. [person who predicts] oracle etc. Oracle.
Verbs
  • predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes
  • cast a horoscope, cast a nativity
  • advise
  • forewarn etc. Warning. presage, augur, bode
  • abode, forebode
  • foretoken, betoken
  • prefigure, preshow
  • portend
  • foreshow, foreshadow
  • shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to. usher in, herald, premise, announce
  • lower. hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope
  • bid fair, promise, lead one to expect
  • be the precursor etc. Precursor. [predict by mathematical or statistical means from past experience] extrapolate, project.
Adjectives
  • predicting etc. v.
  • predictive, prophetic
  • fatidic, fatidical
  • vaticinal, oracular, fatiloquent, haruspical, Sibylline
  • weatherwise. ominous, portentous, augurous, augurial, augural
  • auspicial, auspicious
  • prescious, monitory, extispicious, premonitory, significant of, pregnant with, bit with the fate of.
Phrases
  • coming events cast their shadows before" [Campbell]
  • there buds the promise of celestial worth" [Young]. [Divination: list] by oracles, Theomancy
  • by the Bible, Bibliomancy
  • by ghosts, Psychomancy
  • by crystal gazing, Crystallomancy
  • by shadows or manes, Sciomancy
  • by appearances in the air, Aeromancy, Chaomancy
  • by the stars at birth, Genethliacs
  • by meteors, Meteoromancy
  • by winds, Austromancy
  • by sacrificial appearances, Aruspicy, Haruspicy, Hieromancy, Hieroscopy
  • by the entrails of animals sacrificed, Extispicy, Hieromancy
  • by the entrails of a human sacrifice, Anthropomancy
  • by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy
  • by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy
  • by red-hot iron, Sideromancy
  • by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy
  • by mice, Myomancy
  • by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy
  • by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy, Alectromancy
  • by fishes, Ophiomancy
  • by herbs, Botanomancy
  • by water, Hydromancy
  • by fountains, Pegomancy
  • by a wand, Rhabdomancy
  • by dough of cakes, Crithomancy
  • by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy
  • by salt, Halomancy
  • by dice, Cleromancy
  • by arrows, Belomancy
  • by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy
  • by a balanced sieve, Coscinomancy
  • by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy
  • by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy
  • by precious stones, Lithomancy
  • by pebbles, Pessomancy
  • by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy
  • by mirrors, Catoptromancy
  • by writings in ashes, Tephramancy
  • by dreams, Oneiromancy
  • by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy
  • by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy
  • by finger rings, Dactylomancy
  • by numbers, Arithmancy
  • by drawing lots, Sortilege
  • by passages in books, Stichomancy
  • by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy
  • by the features, Anthroposcopy
  • by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy
  • by ventriloquism, Gastromancy
  • by walking in a circle, Gyromancy
  • by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy
  • by currents, Bletonism
  • by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy.

Omen

Nouns
  • omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice
  • sign etc. (indication) Indication
  • harbinger etc. (precursor) Precursor
  • yule candle. bird of ill omen
  • signs of the times
  • gathering clouds
  • warning etc. Warning. prefigurement etc. Prediction.
Adjectives
  • ill-boding.

Oracle

Nouns
  • oracle
  • prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex
  • aruspice, haruspice
  • haruspex
  • astrologer, star gazer
  • Sibyl
  • Python, Pythoness
  • Pythia
  • Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle
  • Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves
  • Zadkiel, Old Moore
  • sorcerer etc. Sorcerer
  • interpreter, c. Interpreter. [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, prognosticator, forecaster
  • weather forecaster, weatherman.
Phrases
  • a prophet is without honor in his own country
  • you don't need a weatherman to know which way the you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" [Bob Dylan].