Classes Intellectual Faculties Means of Communicating Ideas Natural Means
Natural Means
Nouns
indication
symbolism, symbolization
semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics
Zeitgeist. [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic
lineament, feature, trait
fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint [for animals]
cloven hoof
footfall
recognition (memory) Memory . [means of recognition: tool] diagnostic, divining rod
detector. sign, symbol
index, indice, indicator
point, pointer
exponent, note, token, symptom
dollar sign, dollar mark. type, figure, emblem, cipher, device
representation etc. Representation
epigraph, motto, posy. gesture, gesticulation
pantomime
wink, glance, leer
nod, shrug, beck
touch, nudge
dactylology, dactylonomy
freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology [Med.] , byplay, dumb show
cue
hint etc. Information
clue, clew, key, scent. signal, signal post
rocket, blue light
watch fire, watch tower
telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff
cresset, fiery cross
calumet
heliograph
guidon
headlight. [sign (evidence) on physobj of contact with another physobj] mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick. print
imprint, impress, impression. [symbols accompanying written text to signify modified interpretation] keyboard symbols, printing symbols
[Symbols for emphasis] , red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font
jotting
note, annotation, reference
blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure [Topo.]
[Special Characters list] , quotation marks, "
double quotes, " "
parentheses, "( ) "
brackets, "[ ] "
braces, "{ }", curly brackets
arrows, slashes
left parenthesis, "("
right parenthesis, ")"
opening bracket, "["
closing bracket, "]"
left curly brace, "{"
right curly brace, "}"
left arrow, ""
right arrow, """"
forward slash, "/"
backward slash, "\\"
exclamation point, "!"
commercial at, "@"
pound sign, "#"
percent sign, "%"
carat, "^"
ampersand, ""
asterisk, "*"
hyphen, "-"
dash, "-", "_"
em dash, "--"
plus sign, "+"
equals sign, "="
question mark, "?"
period, "."
semicolon, "
"
colon, ":"
comma, ", "
apostrophe, "'"
single quote, "'"
tilde, "~". [For identification: general] badge, criterion
countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil
duplicate, tally
label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop
dib
totem
tessera, card, bill
witness, voucher
stamp
trade mark, Hall mark. [For identification of people, on a document] signature, mark, autograph, autography
attestation
hand, hand writing, sign manual
cipher
seal, signet, hand and seal [Law]
paraph, brand
superscription
indorsement, endorsement. [For identification of people, to gain access to restricted (locations or information) ] password, watchword, catchword
security card, pass, passkey
credentials etc. (evidence) Evidence [On one side.]
open sesame
timbrology
pass-parole
shibboleth. title, heading, docket. address card, visiting card
banner, banneret, bannerol
bandrol
flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme
figurehead
ensign
pennon, pennant, pendant
burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack
banderole, old glory [U.S.] , quarantine flag
vexillum
yellow-flag, yellow jack
tricolor, stars and stripes
bunting. heraldry, crest
coat of arms, arms
armorial bearings, hatchment
escutcheon, scutcheon
shield, supporters
livery, uniform
cockade, epaulet, chevron
garland, love knot, favor. [Of locality] beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock
guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost
pillars of Hercules, pharos
bale-fire, beacon-fire
landmark, seamark
lighthouse, balize
polestar, loadstar, lodestar
cynosure, guide
address, direction, name
sign, signboard. [Of the future] warning etc. Warning
omen etc. Omen
prefigurement etc. Prediction . [Of the past] trace, record etc. , Record . [Of danger] warning etc. Warning , alarm etc. [Indication of danger.] Alarm[of authority] . scepter etc. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter[of triumph] . trophy etc. Trophy . [of quantity] . gauge etc. Measurement . [Of Distance] milestone, milepost. [Of disgrace] , brand, fool's cap. [For detection] , check, telltale
test etc. (experiment) Experiment
mileage ticket
milliary. notification etc. (information) Information
advertisement etc. (publication) Publication . word of command, call
bugle call, trumpet call
bell, alarum, cry
battle cry, rallying cry
angelus
reveille
sacring bell, proof etc. (evidence) Experiment
pattern etc. (prototype) [Thing copied.] Prototype
Verbs
indicate
be the sign etc. n.. of
denote, betoken
argue, testify etc. (evidence) Evidence [On one side.]
bear the impress etc. n.. of
connote, connotate. represent, stand for
typify etc. (prefigure) Prediction
symbolize. put an indication, put a mark etc. n.
note, mark, stamp, earmark
blaze
label, ticket, docket
dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk
print
imprint, impress
engrave, stereotype. make a sign etc. n.. signalize
underscore
give a signal, hang out a signal
beckon
nod
wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink
gesticulate
raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand
saw the air, suit the action to the word" [Hamlet] . wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner etc. n.
wave the hand, wave a kerchief
give the cue etc. (inform) Information
show one's colors
give an alarm, sound an alarm
beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry. sign, seal, attest etc. (evidence) Evidence [On one side.]
underline etc. (give importance to) Importance
call attention to etc. (attention) Attention
give notice etc. (inform) Information .
Adjectives
indicating etc. v., indicative, indicatory
denotative, connotative
diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial
individual etc. (special) Speciality . known by, recognizable by
indicated etc. v.
pointed, marked. [Capable of being denoted] denotable
indelible.
Adverbs
in token of
symbolically etc. adj.
in dumb show.
Nouns
trace, vestige, relic, remains
scar, cicatrix
footstep, footmark, footprint
pug
track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste. monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement
obelisk, pillar, column, monolith
memorial
memento etc. (memory) Memory
testimonial, medal
commemoration etc. (celebration) Celebration . record, note, minute
register, registry
roll etc. (list) List
cartulary, diptych, Domesday book
entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket
notch etc. (mark) Indication
muniment, deed etc. (security) Security
document
deposition
affidavit
certificate etc. (evidence) Evidence [On one side.] . notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book
portfolio
pigeonholes, excerpta, jottings, dottings. gazette, gazetteer
newspaper, daily, magazine
almanac, almanack
calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger
cashbook, petty cashbook
professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article. archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book
statistics etc. List
Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of
Hansard's Debates
chronicle, annals, legend
history, biography etc. Description
Congressional Records. registration
registry
enrollment, inrollment
tabulation
entry, booking
signature etc. (identification) Indication
recorder etc. Recorder
journalism. [analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape. [digital recording media] compact disk
floppy disk, diskette
hard disk, Winchester disk
read-only memory, ROM
write once read mostly memory, WORM.
Verbs
record
put on record, place on record
chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity
keep up the memory etc. (remember) Memory
commemorate etc. (celebrate) Celebration
report etc. (inform) Information
write, commit to writing, reduce to writing
put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white
put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down
note, minute, put on paper
take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum
make a return. mark etc. (indicate) Indication
sign etc. (attest) Evidence [On one side.] . enter, book
post, post up, insert, make an entry of
mark off, tick off
register, enroll, inscroll
file etc. (store) Store . burn into memory
carve in stone.
Phrases
exegi monumentum aere perennium [Horace]
read their history in a nation's eyes" [Gray]
records that defy the tooth of time" [Young] .
Nouns
obliteration
erasure, rasure
cancel, cancellation
circumduction
deletion, blot
effacement, extinction.
Verbs
efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel
blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out
wipe off, rub off
wipe away
deface, render illegible
draw the pen through, apply the sponge. be effaced etc.
leave no trace etc. Indication
leave not a rack behind"
Adjectives
obliterated etc. v.
out of print
printless
leaving no trace
intestate
unrecorded, unregistered, unwritten.
Nouns
recorder, notary, clerk
registrar, registrary, register
prothonotary [Law]
amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, Master of the Rolls. annalist
historian, historiographer
chronicler, journalist
biographer etc. (narrator) Description
antiquary etc. (antiquity) [Retrospective time.] The Past
memorialist
interviewer.
Nouns
representation, representment
imitation etc. Imitation
illustration, delineation, depictment
imagery, portraiture, iconography
design, designing
art, fine arts
painting etc. Painting
sculpture etc. Sculpture
engraving etc. Engraving
photography, cinematography
radiography, autoradiography [Bioch.] , fluorography [Chem] , sciagraphy. personation, personification
impersonation
drama etc. The Drama . picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot
X-ray photo
movie film, movie
tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV. copy etc. [Result of imitation.] Copy
drawing, sketch, drought, draft
plot, chart, figure, scheme. image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness
very image
effigy, facsimile. figure, figure head
puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust
statue, statuette. ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph
diagram, monogram. map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) Plan . ichnography, cartography
atlas
outline, scheme
view etc. (painting) Painting
radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph
spectrogram, heliogram.
Verbs
represent, delineate
depict, depicture
portray
take a likeness, catch a likeness etc. n.
hit off, photograph, daguerreotype
snapshot
figure, shadow forth, shadow out
adumbrate
body forth
describe etc. Description
trace, copy
mold. dress up
illustrate, symbolize. paint etc. Painting
carve etc. Sculpture
engrave etc. Engraving . personate, personify
impersonate
assume a character
pose as
act
play etc. (drama) The Drama
mimic etc. (imitate) Imitation
hold the mirror up to nature.
Adjectives
represent, representing etc. v., representative
illustrative [Slang]
represented etc. v.
imitative, figurative
iconic. like etc. Similarity
graphic etc. (descriptive) Description
trecento.
Nouns
misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura, exaggeration
daubing etc. v.
bad likeness, daub, sign painting
scratch, caricature
anamorphosis
burlesque, falsification, misstatement
parody, lampoon, take-off, travesty.
Verbs
misrepresent, distort, overdraw, exaggerate, caricature, daub
burlesque, parody, travesty.
Nouns
painting
depicting
drawing etc. v.
design
perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy
chiaroscuro etc. (light) Light
composition
treatment. historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting
landscape painting, marine painting
still life, flower painting, scene painting
scenography. school, style
the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture
ornamental art etc. Ornament . monochrome, polychrome
palette
easel
brush, pencil, stump
black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel
paint etc. (coloring matter) Color
watercolor, body color, oil color
oils, oil paint
varnish etc. Oil .Existence , priming
gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass
enamel
encaustic painting
mosaic
tapestry. photography, heliography, color photography
sun painting
graphics, computer graphics. picture, painting, tableau, canvas
oil painting etc.
fresco, cartoon
easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft
pencil drawing etc. , water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink
sketch, outline, study. photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph
daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype
negative, positive
print, glossy print, matte print
enlargement, reduction, life-size print
instant photo, Polaroid photo. technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome
Polaroid. portrait etc. (representation) Representation
whole length, full length, half length
kitcat, head
miniature
shade, silhouette
profile. landscape, seapiece
view, scene, prospect
panorama, diorama
still life. picture gallery, exhibit
studio, atelier
pinacotheca.
Verbs
paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up
color, dead color, wash, varnish
draw in pencil etc. n.
paint in oils etc. n.
stencil
depict etc. (represent) Representation .
Adjectives
painted etc. v.
pictorial, graphic, picturesque. pencil, oil etc. n..
Nouns
sculpture, insculpture
carving etc. v.
statuary. high relief, low relief
relief
relieve
bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo
intaglio, anaglyph
medal, medallion
cameo. marble, bronze, papier-mache
ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware
cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma. statue, c. (image) Representation
cast etc. (copy) [Result of imitation.] Copy
glyptotheca.
Verbs
sculpture, carve, cut, chisel, model, mold
cast [Slang] .
Adjectives
sculptured etc. , v.. in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic
parian
marble etc. n.
xanthian.
Nouns
engraving, chalcography
line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving
dry point, bur
etching, aquatinta
chiseling
plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, wood engraving
xylography, lignography, glyptography, cerography, lithography, chromolithography, photolithography, zincography, glyphography, xylograph, lignograph, glyptograph, cerograph, lithograph, chromolithograph, photolithograph, zincograph, glyphograph, holograph. impression, print, engraving, plate
steelplate, copperplate
etching
mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint
cut, woodcut
stereotype, graphotype, autotype, heliotype. graver, burin, etching point, style
plate, stone, wood block, negative
die, punch, stamp. printing
plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing, color printing, lithographic printing
type printing etc. Printing
three-color process. illustration, illumination
half tone
photogravure
vignette, initial letter, tailpiece. [person who inscribes on stone] lapidary, lapidarian.
Verbs
engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch
bite, bite in
lithograph etc. n.
print.
Adjectives
insculptured
engraved etc. v.. [of inscriptions on stone] lapidary.
Nouns
artist
painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver
master, old master
draftsman, draughtsman
copyist, dauber, hack
enamel, enameler, enamelist
caricaturist. historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter
engraver
Apelles
sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste, statuary
Phidias, Praxiteles
Royal Academician. photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff
wildlife photographer.
Phrases
photo safari
with gun and camera"