Classes Matter Means of Communicating Ideas
Means of Communicating Ideas
Nouns
organized world, organized nature
living nature, animated nature
living beings
organic remains, fossils. protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein
albumen
structure etc. [Structure.] Texture
organization, organism. [Science of living beings] biology
natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology
zoology etc. [The science of animals.] Zoology
botany
microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology etc. [The science of plants.] Botany
naturalist. archegenesis etc. (production) Production
antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph
ecology, oecology
erythroblast [Physio.] , gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination [Biol.]
isogamy, oogamy
karyaster
macrogamete, microgamete
metabolism, anabolism, catabolism
metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote. Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism. morphology, taxonomy.
Adjectives
organic, organized
karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.
Nouns
mineral world, mineral kingdom
unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter. [Science of the mineral kingdom] mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy
metallurgy, metallography
lithology
oryctology, oryctography.
Verbs
turn to dust
mineralize, fossilize.
Adjectives
inorganic, inanimate, inorganized
lithoidal
azoic
mineral.
Nouns
life, vitality, viability
animation
vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit. respiration, wind
breath of life, breath of one's nostrils
oxygen, air. [devices to sustain respiration] respirator, artificial respirator, heart and lung machine, iron lung
medical devices etc. Remedy . lifeblood
Archeus
existence etc. Existence . vivification
vital force
vitalization
revivification etc. Reproduction
Prometheus
life to come etc. (destiny) Destiny . [Science of life] physiology, biology
animal ecology. nourishment, staff of life etc. (food) [Eating.] Food(production) Production . microbe, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative anaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, halophile [Micro.] , methanogen [Micro.] , archaebacteria [Micro.] , microaerophile [Micro.] . animal etc. Animal
vegetable etc. Vegetable . artificial life, robot, robotics, artificial intelligence. [vital signs] breathing, breathing rate, heartbeat, pulse, temperature. preservation of life, healing (medicine) Remedy .
Verbs
be alive etc. adj.
live, breathe, respire
subsist etc. (exist) Existence
walk the earth, strut and fret one's hour upon the stage" [Macbeth]
be spared. see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life
quicken
revive
come to life. give birth to etc. (produce) Production
bring to life, put into life, vitalize
vivify, vivificate
reanimate etc. (restore) Restoration
keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door
support life. hive nine lives like a cat.
Adjectives
living, alive
in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living
on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated
animative
lively etc. (active) Activity
all alive and kicking
tenacious of life
full of life, yeasty. vital, vitalic
vivifying, vivified, c. v.
viable, zoetic
Promethean.
Nouns
death
decease, demise
dissolution, departure, obit, release, rest, quietus, fall
loss, bereavement
mortality, morbidity. end of life etc. End , cessation of life etc. [Change from action to rest.] Cessationetc. Life . death warrant, death watch, death rattle, death bed
stroke of death, agonies of death, shades of death, valley of death, jaws of death, hand of death
last breath, last gasp, last agonies
dying day, dying breath, dying agonies
Stygian shore. King of terrors, King Death
Death
doom etc. (necessity) Necessity
Hell's grim Tyrant" [Pope] . euthanasia
break up of the system
natural death, natural decay
sudden death, violent death
untimely end, watery grave
debt of nature
suffocation, asphyxia
fatal disease etc. (disease) Disease
death blow etc. (killing) [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing
death song etc. (lamentation) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
Verbs
die, expire, perish
meet one's death, meet one's end
pass away, be taken
yield one's breath, resign one's breath
resign one's being, resign one's life
end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career
breathe one's last
cease to live, cease to breathe
depart this life
be no more etc. adj.
go off, drop off, pop off
lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life
drop into the grave, sink into the grave
close one's eyes
fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead
break one's neck
give up the ghost, yield up the ghost
be all over with one. pay the debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, take one's last sleep
go the way of all flesh
hand in one's checks, pass in one's checks, hand in one's chips, pass in one's chips [U.S.]
join the greater number, join the majority
come to dust, turn to dust
cross the Stygian ferry, cross the bar
go to one's long account, go to one's last home, go to Davy Jones's locker, go to the wall
receive one's death warrant, make one's will, step out, die a natural death, go out like the snuff of a candle
come to an untimely end
catch one's death
go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up one's toes
die a violent death etc. (be killed) [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing
Adjectives
dead, lifeless
deceased, demised, departed, defunct, extinct
late, gone, no more
exanimate, inanimate
out of the world, taken off, released
departed this life etc. v.
dead and gone
dead as a doornail, dead as a doorpost, dead as a mutton, dead as a herring, dead as nits
launched into eternity, gone to one's eternal reward, gone to meet one's maker, pushing up daisies, gathered to one's fathers, numbered with the dead. dying etc. v.
moribund, morient
hippocratic
in articulo, in extremis
in the jaws of death, in the agony of death
going off
one one's last legs, on one's death bed
at the point of death, at death's door, at the last gasp
near one's end, given over, booked
with one foot in the grave, tottering on the brink of the grave. stillborn
mortuary
deadly etc. (killing) [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing
Phrases
life ebbs, life fails, life hangs by a thread
one's days are numbered, one's hour is come, one's race is run, one's doom is sealed
Death knocks at the door, Death stares one in the face
the breath is out of the body
the grave closes over one
in adamantine chains shall death be bound" [Pope]
Spake the grisly Terror" [Paradise Lost]
the lone couch of this everlasting sleep" [Shelley]
nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Nouns
killing etc. v.
homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, trucidation, iccusion
effusion of blood
blood, blood shed
gore, slaughter, carnage, butchery
battue. massacre
fusillade, noyade
thuggery, Thuggism. deathblow, finishing stroke, coup de grace, quietus
execution etc. (capital punishment) Punishment
judicial murder
martyrdom. butcher, slayer, murderer, Cain, assassin, terrorist, cutthroat, garroter, bravo, Thug, Moloch, matador, sabreur
guet-a-pens
gallows, executioner etc. (punishment) [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge
man-eater, apache, hatchet man [U.S.] , highbinder [U.S.] . regicide, parricide, matricide, fratricide, infanticide, feticide, foeticide, uxoricide, vaticide. suicide, felo de se, hara-kiri, suttee, Juggernath
immolation, auto da fe, holocaust. suffocation, strangulation, garrote
hanging etc. v.
lapidation. deadly weapon etc. (arms) Arms
Aceldama. [Destruction of animals] slaughtering
phthisozoics
sport, sporting
the chase, venery
hunting, coursing, shooting, fishing
pig-sticking
sportsman, huntsman, fisherman
hunter, Nimrod
slaughterhouse, meat packing plant, shambles, abattoir. fatal accident, violent death, casualty.
Verbs
kill, put to death, slay, shed blood
murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate
massacre
take away life, deprive of life
make away with, put an end to
despatch, dispatch
burke, settle, do for. strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown. saber
cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat
jugulate
stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate
put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword. shoot dead
blow one's brains out
brain, knock on the head
stone, lapidate
give a deathblow
deal a deathblow
give a quietus, give a coupe de grace. behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas etc. (execute) Punishment . hunt, shoot etc. n.. cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of. give no quarter, pour out blood like water
decimate
run amuck
wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood. die a violent death, welter in one's blood
dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains
commit suicide
kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all.
Adjectives
killing etc. v.
murderous, slaughterous
sanguinary, sanguinolent
blood stained, blood thirsty
homicidal, red handed
bloody, bloody minded
ensanguined, gory
thuggish. mortal, fatal, lethal
dead, deadly
mortiferous, lethiferous
unhealthy etc. Insalubrity
internecine
suicidal. sporting
piscatorial, piscatory.
Phrases
assassination has never changed the history of the assassination has never changed the history of the world" [Disraeli] .
Nouns
corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones
defunct, relics, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay
mummy
carrion
food for worms, food for fishes
tenement of clay this mortal coil. shade, ghost, manes. organic remains, fossils.
Adjectives
cadaverous, corpse-like
unburied etc. Interment
sapromyiophyllous.
Nouns
interment, burial, sepulture
inhumation
obsequies, exequies
funeral, wake, pyre, funeral pile
cremation. funeral, funeral rite, funeral solemnity
kneel, passing bell, tolling
dirge etc. (lamentation) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
cypress
orbit, dead march, muffled drum
mortuary, undertaker, mute
elegy
funeral, funeral oration, funeral sermon
epitaph. graveclothes, shroud, winding sheet, cerecloth
cerement. coffin, shell, sarcophagus, urn, pall, bier, hearse, catafalque, cinerary urn. grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house
cemetery, necropolis
burial place, burial ground
grave yard, church yard
God's acre
tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn
ossuary
bone house, charnel house, dead house
morgue
lich gate
burning ghat
crematorium, crematory
dokhma, mastaba, potter's field, stupa, Tower of Silence. sexton, gravedigger. monument, cenotaph, shrine
grave stone, head stone, tomb stone
hatchment, stone
obelisk, pyramid. exhumation, disinterment
necropsy, autopsy
zoothapsis.
Verbs
inter, bury
lay in the grave, consign to the grave, lay in the tomb, entomb, in tomb
inhume
lay out, perform a funeral, embalm, mummify
toll the knell
put to bed with a shovel
inurn. exhume, disinter, unearth.
Adjectives
burried etc. v.
burial, funereal, funebrial
mortuary, sepulchral, cinerary
elegiac
necroscopic.
Adverbs
in memoriam
post obit
beneath the sod.
Phrases
RIP
the lone couch of his everlasting sleep" [Shelley]
without a grave-unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and without a grave-unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown" [Byron]
in the dark union of insensate dust" [Byron]
the deep cold shadow of the tomb" [Moore] .
Nouns
animal life
animation, animality, animalization
animalness, corporeal nature, human system
breath. flesh, flesh and blood
physique
strength etc. [Degree of power.] Strength
Adjectives
fleshly, human, corporeal.
Nouns
vegetable life
vegetation, vegetability
vegetality.
Verbs
vegetate, grow roots, put down roots.
Adjectives
rank, lush
vegetable, vegetal, vegetive.
Nouns
animal, animal kingdom
fauna
brute creation. beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]
wight, created being
creeping thing, living thing
dumb animal, dumb creature
zoophyte. [major divisions of animals] mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe. [microscopic animals] microbe, animalcule etc. Littleness . [reptiles] alligator, crocodile
saurian
dinosaur (extinct)
snake, serpent, viper, eft
asp, aspick. [amphibians] frog, toad. [fishes] trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel. [insects] ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee. [arthropods] tardigrade, spider. [classification by number of feet] biped, quadruped
[web-footed animal] webfoot. flocks and herds, live stock
domestic animals, wild animals
game
beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea
black game, black grouse
blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe. [domesticated mammals] horse etc. (beast of burden) Carrier
cattle, kine, ox
bull, bullock
cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn
sheep
lamb, lambkin
ewe, ram, tup
pig, swine, boar, hog, sow
steer, stot
tag, teg
bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat. [dogs] dog, hound
pup, puppy
whelp, cur, mongrel
house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog
mastiff
blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound
harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever
Newfoundland
water dog, water spaniel
pug, poodle
turnspit
terrier
fox terrier, Skye terrier
Dandie Dinmont
collie. [cats--generally] feline, puss, pussy
grimalkin
gib cat, tom cat. [wild mammals] fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe
caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar. [birds] bird
poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl
feathered tribes, feathered songster
singing bird, dicky bird
canary, warbler
finch
aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon. [undesirable animals] vermin, varmint [U.S.] , pest.
Adjectives
animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy
piscatory, piscatorial
molluscous, vermicular
gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.
Nouns
vegetable, vegetable kingdom
flora, verdure. plant
tree, shrub, bush
creeper
herb, herbage
grass. annual
perennial, biennial, triennial
exotic. timber, forest
wood, woodlands
timberland
hurst, frith, holt, weald, park, chase, greenwood, brake, grove, copse, coppice, bocage, tope, clump of trees, thicket, spinet, spinney
underwood, brushwood
scrub
boscage, bosk, chaparal, motte [U.S.]
arboretum etc. [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture
heath, heather
fern, bracken
furze, gorse, whin
grass, turf
pasture, pasturage
turbary
sedge, rush, weed
fungus, mushroom, toadstool
lichen, moss, conferva, mold
growth
alfalfa, alfilaria, banyan
blow, blowth
floret, petiole
pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia. foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella
spray etc. Part
leaf. flower, blossom, bine
flowering plant
timber tree, fruit tree
pulse, legume.
Adjectives
vegetable, vegetal, vegetive, vegitous
herbaceous, herbal
botanic
sylvan, silvan
arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arborical
woody, grassy
verdant, verdurous
floral, mossy
lignous, ligneous
wooden, leguminous
vosky, cespitose, turf-like, turfy
endogenous, exogenous.
Phrases
green-robed senators of mighty woods" [Keats]
this is the forest primeval" [Longfellow] .
Nouns
zoology, zoonomy, zoography, zootomy
anatomy
comparative anatomy
animal physiology, comparative physiology
morphology
mammalogy. anthropology, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, ophiology, malacology, helminthology [Med.] , entomology, oryctology, paleontology, mastology, vermeology
ornithotomy, ichthyotomy, c.
taxidermy. zoologist etc.
Nouns
botany
physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany
phytography, phytology, phytotomy
vegetable physiology, herborization, dendrology, mycology, fungology, algology
flora, romona
botanic garden etc. (garden) [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture
herbarium, herbal. botanist etc.
herbist, herbarist, herbalist, herborist, herbarian.
Adjectives
botanical etc. n.
botanic.
Nouns
husbandry, taming etc. v.
circuration, zoohygiantics
domestication, domesticity
veterinary art
farriery
breeding, pisciculture. menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden
bear pit
aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive
hive
aquarium, fishery
duck pond, fish pond. phthisozoics etc. (killing) [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing[Destruction of animals]
euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction. neatherd, cowherd, shepherd
grazier, drover, cowkeeper
trainer, breeder
apiarian, apiarist
bull whacker [U.S.] , cowboy, cow puncher [U.S.] , farrier
horse leech, horse doctor
vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon. cage etc. (prison) [Means of restraint.] Prison
hencoop, bird cage, cauf
range, sheepfold, c. (inclosure) Inclosure .
Verbs
tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train
cage, bridle, c. (restrain) Restraint .
Adjectives
pastoral, bucolic
tame, domestic.
Nouns
agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming
georgics, geoponics
tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage
horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture
landscape gardening
viticulture. husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist
agricultor, agriculturist
yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman
granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist
Triptolemus. field, meadow, garden
botanic garden, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden
nursery
green house, hot house
conservatory, bed, border, seed plot
grassplot, grassplat, lawn
park etc. (pleasure ground) Amusement
parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery, pinetum, orchard
vineyard, vinery
orangery
farm etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode
Verbs
cultivate
till the soil
farm, garden
sow, plant
reap, mow, cut
manure, dress the ground, dig, delve, dibble, hoe, plough, plow, harrow, rake, weed, lop and top
backset [U.S.] .
Adjectives
agricultural, agrarian, agrestic. arable, predial, rural, rustic, country
horticultural.
Nouns
man, mankind
human race, human species, human kind, human nature
humanity, mortality, flesh, generation. [Science of man] anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy
ethnology, ethnography
humanitarian. human being
person, personage
individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody
one
such a one, some one
soul, living soul
earthling
party, head, hand
persons, folk, public, society, world
community, community at large
general public
nation, nationality
state, realm
commonweal, commonwealth
republic, body politic
million etc. (commonalty) Commonalty
population etc. (inhabitant) Inhabitant . tribe, clan (paternity) Paternity
family (consanguinity) [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity
lords of the creation
ourselves.
Adjectives
human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social
cosmopolitan
anthropoid.
Phrases
am I not a man and a brother? [Wedgwood] .
Nouns
man, male, he, him
manhood etc. (adolescence) Adolescence
gentleman, sir, master
sahib
yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man
husband etc. (married man) Marriage
Mr., mister
boy etc. (youth) Infant . [Male animal] cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion
gibcat, tomcat
he goat, Billy goat
ram, tup
bull, bullock
capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot. androgen. homosexual, gay, queen [Slang] .
Adjectives
male, he-, masculine
manly, virile
unwomanly, unfeminine. Pron. he, him, his.
Nouns
woman, she, her, female, petticoat. feminality, muliebrity
womanhood etc. (adolescence) Adolescence . womankind
the sex, the fair
fair sex, softer sex
weaker vessel. dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs. lady, matron, dowager, goody, gammer
frow, Vrouw [Du.] , rani
good woman, good wife
squaw
wife etc. (marriage) Marriage
matronage, matronhood. bachelor girl, new woman, feminist, suffragette, suffragist. nymph, wench, grisette
girl etc. (youth) Infant . [Effeminacy] sissy, betty, cot betty [U.S.] , cotquean, henhussy, mollycoddle, muff, old woman. [Female animal] hen, bitch, sow, doe, roe, mare
she goat, Nanny goat, tabita
ewe, cow
lioness, tigress
vixen. gynecaeum. estrogen, oestrogen. consanguinity etc. Paternity [Female relatives] , paternity etc. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity[Slang] .
Adjectives
female, she-
feminine, womanly, ladylike, matronly, maidenly, wifely
womanish, effeminate, unmanly
gynecic, gynaecic. Pron. she, her, hers.'
Phrases
a perfect woman nobly planned" [Wordsworth]
a lovely lady garmented in white" [Shelley]
earth's noblest thing, a woman perfected" [Lowell]
she moves a goddess and she looks a queen" [Pope]
the beauty of a lovely woman is like music" [G. Eliot]
Nouns
sex, sexuality, gender
male, masculinity, maleness etc. Man
female, femininity etc. Woman . sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex
lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union
sleeping together, carnal knowledge. sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence
hots, horns [Coll.]
arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus
tumescence
erection, hard-on, boner. masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self-abuse. orgasm, climax, ejaculation. sexiness, attractiveness
sensuality, voluptuousness. [sexual intercourse outside of marriage] fornication, adultery. [person who is sexy] sex symbol, sex goddess
stud, hunk. one-night stand. pornography, porn, porno
hardcore pornography, softcore pornography
pin-up, cheesecake
beefcake
[magazines with sexual photos] , Playboy, Esquire, Hustler. [unorthodox sexual activity] perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality
fetish, fetishism
homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality
sodomy, buggery
pederasty
sadism. masochism, sado-masochism
incest.
Verbs
mate, copulate
make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have sex, do it, sleep together, fuck [Vulg.]
sleep around, play the field. masturbate, jerk off [Coll.] , jack off [Coll.] , play with oneself. have the hots [Coll.]
become aroused, get hot
have an erection, get it up. come, climax, ejaculate.
Adjectives
sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual. hot, horny, randy, rutting
passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous
up, in the mood. homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.
Nouns
sensibility
sensitiveness etc. adj.
physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics
moral sensibility etc. Sensibility . sensation, impression
consciousness etc. (knowledge) Knowledge . external senses.
Verbs
be sensible of etc. adj.
feel, perceive. render sensible etc. adj.
sharpen, cultivate, tutor. cause sensation, impress
excite an impression, produce an impression.
Adjectives
sensible, sensitive, sensuous
aesthetic, perceptive, sentient
conscious etc. (aware) Knowledge . acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.
Phrases
the touch'd needle trembles to the pole" [Pope] .
Nouns
insensibility, physical insensibility
obtuseness etc. adj.
palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia [Med.] , anaesthesia
sleep etc. Insensibility
hemiplegia, motor paralysis
vegetable state
coma. anaesthetic agent, opium, ether, chloroform, chloral
nitrous oxide, laughing gas
exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen
refrigeration.
Verbs
be insensible etc. adj.
have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide. render insensible etc. adj.
anaesthetize, blunt, pall, obtund, benumb, paralyze
put under the influence of chloroform etc. n.
stupefy, stun.
Adjectives
insensible, unfeeling, senseless, impercipient, callous, thick-skinned, pachydermatous
hard, hardened
case hardened
proof, obtuse, dull
anaesthetic
comatose, paralytic, palsied, numb, dead.
Nouns
pleasure
physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure
bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality
luxuriousness etc. adj.
dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease
pillow etc. (support) Support
luxury, lap of luxury
purple and fine linen
bed of downs, bed of roses
velvet, clover
cup of Circe etc. (intemperance) Intemperance . treat
refreshment, regale
feast
dainty etc. Savoriness
happiness etc. (mental enjoyment) Pleasure .
Verbs
feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure
enjoy, relish
luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in
feast on
gloat over, float on
smack the lips. live on the fat of the land, live in comfort etc. adv.
bask in the sunshine
Adverbs
in comfort etc. n.
on a bed of roses etc. n.
at one's ease.
Nouns
pain
suffering, sufferance, suffrance
bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain
mental suffering etc. Pain
dolour, ache
aching etc. v.
smart
shoot, shooting
twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina
hurt, cut
sore, soreness
discomfort, malaise
cephalalgia [Med.] , earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica
toothache, tormina, torticollis. spasm, cramp
nightmare, ephialtes
crick, stitch
thrill, convulsion, throe
throb etc. (agitation) [Irregular motion] Agitation
pang
colic
kink. sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain
excruciating pain. anguish, agony
torment, torture
rack
cruciation, crucifixion
martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection.
Verbs
feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain etc. n.
suffer, ache, smart, bleed
tingle, shoot
twinge, twitch, lancinate
writhe, wince, make a wry face
sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles. give pain, inflict pain
lacerate
pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe
pinch, tweak
grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse
torment, torture
rack, agonize
crucify
cruciate, excruciate
break on the wheel, put to the rack
flog etc. (punish) Punishment
grate on the ear etc. (harsh sound) [Harsh sounds.] Stridor
Adjectives
in pain etc. n., in a state of pain
pained etc. v.
gouty, podagric, torminous. painful
aching etc. v.
sore, raw.
Nouns
touch
tact, taction, tactility
feeling
palpation, palpability
contrectation
manipulation
massage. [Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna
palpus.
Verbs
touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble
twiddle, tweedle
pass the fingers over, run the fingers over
manipulate, wield
throw out a feeler.
Adjectives
tactual, tactile
tangible, palpable
lambent.
Nouns
itching, pruritis [Med.] etc. v.
titillation, formication, aura
stereognosis.
Verbs
itch, tingle, creep, thrill, sting
prick, prickle
tickle, titillate.
Adjectives
itching etc. v.
stereognostic, titillative.
Adjectives
numb
benumbed etc. v.
deadened
intangible, impalpable.
Nouns
heat, caloric
temperature, warmth, fervor, calidity
incalescence, incandescence
glow, flush
fever, hectic. phlogiston
fire, spark, scintillation, flash, flame, blaze
bonfire
firework, pyrotechnics, pyrotechny
wildfire
sheet of fire, lambent flame
devouring element
adiathermancy
recalescence [Phys.] . summer, dog days
canicular days
baking etc. Calefaction
heat, white heat, tropical heat, Afric heat, Bengal heat, summer heat, blood heat
sirocco, simoom
broiling sun
insolation
warming etc. Calefaction . sun etc. (luminary) [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary[Science of heat] pyrology
thermology, thermotics, thermodynamics
thermometer etc. Thermometer . [thermal units] calorie, gram-calorie, small calorie
kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie
British Thermal Unit, B.T.U.
therm, quad. [units of temperature] degrees Kelvin, kelvins, degrees centigrade, degrees Celsius
degrees Fahrenheit.
Verbs
be hot etc. adj.
glow, flush, sweat, swelter, bask, smoke, reek, stew, simmer, seethe, boil, burn, blister, broil, blaze, flame
smolder
parch, fume, pant. heat etc. (make hot) Calefaction
recalesce
thaw, give.
Adjectives
hot, warm, mild, genial, tepid, lukewarm, unfrozen
thermal, thermic
calorific
fervent, fervid
ardent
aglow. sunny, torrid, tropical, estival, canicular, steamy
close, sultry, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, oppressive
reeking etc. v.
baking etc. Calefaction . red hot, white hot, smoking hot, burning etc. v.. hot, piping hot
like a furnace, like an oven
burning, hot as fire, hot as pepper
hot enough to roast an ox, hot enough to boil an egg. fiery
incandescent, incalescent
candent, ebullient, glowing, smoking
live
on fire
dazzling etc. v.
in flames, blazing, in a blaze
alight, afire, ablaze
unquenched, unextinguished
smoldering
in a heat, in a glow, in a fever, in a perspiration, in a sweat
sudorific
sweltering, sweltered
blood hot, blood warm
warm as a toast, warm as wool. volcanic, plutonic, igneous
isothermal, isothermic, isotheral.
Phrases
not a breath of air
whirlwinds of tempestuous fire" [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
cold, coldness etc. adj.
frigidity, inclemency, fresco. winter
depth of winter, hard winter
Siberia, Nova Zembla
wind-chill factor. [forms of frozen water] ice
snow, snowflake, snow crystal, snow drift
sleet
hail, hailstone
rime, frost
hoar frost, white frost, hard frost, sharp frost
barf
glaze [U.S.] , lolly [U.S.]
icicle, thick-ribbed ice
fall of snow, heavy fall
iceberg, icefloe
floe berg
glacier
nev_ee, serac
pruina. [cold substances] freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium. [Sensation of cold] chilliness etc. adj.
chill
shivering etc. v.
goose skin, horripilation
rigor
chattering of teeth
numbness, frostbite.
Verbs
be cold etc. adj.
shiver, starve, quake, shake, tremble, shudder, didder, quiver
freeze, freeze to death, perish with cold. freeze etc. (render cold) Refrigeration
horripilate, make the skin crawl, give one goose flesh.
Adjectives
cold, cool
chill, chilly
icy
gelid, frigid, algid
fresh, keen, bleak, raw, inclement, bitter, biting, niveous, cutting, nipping, piercing, pinching
clay-cold
starved etc. (made cold) Refrigeration
chilled to the bone, shivering etc. v.
aguish
frostbitten, frost-bound, frost-nipped. cold as a stone, cold as marble, cold as lead, cold as iron, cold as a frog, cold as charity, cold as Christmas
cool as a cucumber, cool as custard. icy, glacial, frosty, freezing, pruinose, wintry, brumal, hibernal, boreal, arctic, Siberian, hyemal
hyperborean, hyperboreal
icebound
frozen out. unwarmed, unthawed
lukewarm, tepid
isocheimal, isocheimenal, isocheimic. frozen, numb, frost-bitten.
Adverbs
coldly, bitterly etc. adj.
Nouns
increase of temperature
heating etc. v.
calefaction, tepefaction, torrefaction
melting, fusion
liquefaction etc. Liquefaction
burning etc. v.
ambustion, combustion
incension, accension
concremation, cremation
scorification
cautery, cauterization
ustulation, calcination
cracking, refining
incineration, cineration
carbonization
cupellation [Chem] . ignition, inflammation, adustion, flagration
deflagration, conflagration
empyrosis, incendiarism
arson
coction, ebullition, estuation, elixation, decoction
ebullioscope
geyser
distillation (vaporization) Vaporization . furnace etc. Furnace
blanket, flannel, fur
wadding etc. (lining) Lining
clothing etc. Clothing . still
refinery
fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower. match etc. (fuel) Fuel
incendiary
[biological effects resembling the effects of heat] [substances causing a burning sensation and damage on skin or tissue] cauterizer
caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa
acid, aqua regia
catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid
radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium. sunstroke
insolation. [artifacts requiring heat in their manufacture] pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china
earthenware, stoneware
pot, mug, brick, clinker. [products of combustion] cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot
slag. [products of heating organic materials] coke, carbon, charcoal
wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil
gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel) Fuel
wax, paraffin
residue, tar. inflammability, combustibility. [Transmission of heat] diathermancy, transcalency, conduction
convection
radiation, radiant heat
heat conductivity, conductivity. [effects of heat Inexistence ] thermal expansion
coefficient of expansion.
Verbs
heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment
make hot etc. Heat
sun oneself, sunbathe. go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame) Heat . fire
set fire to, set on fire
kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light
apply the match to, apply the torch to
rekindle, relume
fan the flame, add fuel to the flame
poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire
make a bonfire of. melt, thaw, fuse
liquefy etc. Liquefaction . burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch
brand, cauterize, sear, burn in
corrode, char, calcine, incinerate
smelt, scorify
reduce to ashes
burn to a cinder
commit to the flames, consign to the flames. boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer
do to rags. take fire, catch fire
blaze etc. (flame) Heat .
Adjectives
heated etc. v.
molten, sodden
r_echauff_e
heating etc. v.
adust. inflammable, combustible
diathermal, diathermanous
burnt etc. v.
volcanic, radioactive.
Nouns
refrigeration, infrigidation, reduction of temperature
cooling etc. v.
congelation, conglaciation
ice etc. Cold
solidification etc. (density) Density
fire annihilator
amianth, amianthus
earth-flax, mountain-flax
flexible asbestos
fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility) Fuel .Existence . incombustibility, incombustibleness etc. adj. . (insulation) Fuel .Existence . air conditioning [residential cooling] , central air conditioning
air conditioner
fan, attic fan
dehumidifier.
Verbs
cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice
congeal, freeze, glaciate
benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter, damp, slack quench
put out, stamp out
extinguish
go out, burn out (incombustibility) Fuel .Existence .
Adjectives
cooled etc. v.
frozen out
cooling etc. v.
frigorific.
Nouns
furnace, stove, kiln, oven
cracker
hearth, focus, combustion chamber
athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory
volcano
forge, fiery furnace
limekiln
Dutch oven
tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan
boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot
urn, kettle
chafing-dish
retort, crucible, alembic, still
waffle irons
muffle furnace, induction furnace
electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat. [steel-making furnace] open-hearth furnace. fireplace, gas fireplace
coal fire, wood fire
fire-dog, fire-irons
grate, range, kitchener
caboose, camboose
poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet
andiron, gridiron
ashdrop
frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog. [area near a fireplace] hearth, inglenook. [residential heating methods] oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove
wood-burning stove
central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump
solar heat, convective heat. hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse
laundry
conservatory
sudatory
Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath
vaporarium.
Nouns
refrigerator, refrigeratory
frigidarium
cold storage, cold room, cold laboratory
icehouse, icepail, icebag, icebox
cooler, damper, polyurethane cooler
wine cooler. freezer, deep freeze, dry ice freezer, liquid nitrogen freezer, refigerator-freezer. freezing mixture [refrigerating substances] , ice, ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice
liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry ice-acetone, liquid helium.
Nouns
fuel, firing, combustible. [solid fuels] coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale
turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log
cinder etc. (products of combustion) Calefaction
ingle, tinder, touchwood
sulphur, brimstone
incense
port-fire
fire-barrel, fireball, brand
amadou, bavin
blind coal, glance coal
German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge [U.S.]
solid fueled rocket. [fuels for candles and lamps] wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil
lamp oil, whale oil. [liquid fuels] oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice [Coll.] , gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number Inexistence oil, number Unsubstantiality oil, naphtha
rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox. [gaseous fuels] natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen. brand, torch, fuse
wick
spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco
linstock. candle etc. (luminary) [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary
oil etc. (grease) Oil .
Adjectives
carbonaceous
combustible, inflammable
high octane, high specific impulse
heat of combustion
Nouns
insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material
fire retardant, flame retardant
fire wall, fire door. incombustibility
fire annihilator
amianth, amianthus
earth-flax, mountain-flax
asbestos
fireman, fire fighter, fire eater, fire department, fire brigade, engine company
pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial ladder, bucket
fire hose, fire hydrant. [forest fires] backfire, firebreak, trench
aerial water bombardment. wet blanket
fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher, CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam
sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system
fire bucket, sand bucket. [warning of fire] fire alarm, evacuation alarm, [laws to prevent fire] fire code, fire regulations, fire
fire inspector
code violation, citation.
Verbs
go out, die out, burn out
fizzle. extinguish
damp, slack, quench, smother
put out, stamp out
douse, snuff, snuff out, blow out. fireproof, flameproof.
Adjectives
incombustible
nonflammable, uninflammable, unflammable
fireproof.
Nouns
thermometer, thermometrograph, mercury thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, gas thermometer, telethermometer
color-changing temperature indicator
thermopile, thermoscope
pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb calorimeter
thermistor, thermocouple. [temperature-control devices] thermostat, thermoregulator.
Nouns
taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor
gout, relish
sapor, sapidity
twang, smack, smatch
aftertaste, tang. tasting
degustation, gustation. palate, tongue, tooth, stomach.
Verbs
taste, savor, smatch, smack, flavor, twang
tickle the palate etc. (savory) Savoriness
smack the lips.
Adjectives
sapid, saporific
gustable, gustatory
gustful
strong, gamy
palatable etc. Savoriness .
Nouns
insipidity, blandness
tastelessness etc. adj. .
Adjectives
bland, void of taste etc. Taste
insipid
tasteless, gustless, savorless
ingustible, mawkish, milk and water, weak, stale, flat, vapid, fade, wishy-washy, mild
untasted.
Nouns
pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race. sharpness etc. adj.
acrimony
roughness etc. (sour) Pungency
unsavoriness etc. Unsavoriness . mustard, cayenne, caviare
seasoning etc. (condiment) Condiment
niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) Pungency .Existence
carbonate of ammonia
sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts
hartshorn (acridity) Existence -fetor">Fetor.1. dram, cordial, nip. nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke
segar
cigar, cigarette
weed
fragrant weed, Indian weed
Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy.
Verbs
be pungent etc. adj.
bite the tongue. render pungent etc. adj.
season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff.
Adjectives
pungent, strong
high-, full-flavored
high-tasted, high-seasoned
gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy
biting, mordant
spicy
seasoned etc. v.
hot, hot as pepper
peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious
acrid, acrimonious, bitter
rough etc. (sour) Sourness
unsavory etc. Unsavoriness .
Nouns
saltiness. niter, saltpeter, brine.
Adjectives
salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny
salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife. salty, racy (indecent) Impurity .
Phrases
take it with a grain of salt.
Nouns
bitterness, acridness, acridity, acrimony
caustic, alkali
acerbity
gall, wormwood
bitters, astringent bitters. Angostura [additive for alcoholic beverages] , aromatic bitters. sourness etc. Sourness
pungency etc. Pungency . [bitter substances] alkaloids
turmeric.
Adjectives
bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic.
Phrases
bitter as gall
bitter pill to take
sugar coating on a bitter pill.
Nouns
condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, appetizer. [Condiments] salt
mustard, grey poupon mustard
pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry
caviare, onion, garlic, pickle
achar, allspice
bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper
chutney
cubeb, pimento. [capsicum peppers] capsicum, red pepper, chili peppers, cayenne. nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, oregano, cloves, fennel. [herbs] pot herbs, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, marjoram. [fragrant woods and gums] frankincense, balm, myrrh. [from pods] paprika. [from flower stigmas] saffron. [from roots] ginger, turmeric.
Verbs
season, spice, flavor, spice up etc. (render pungent) Pungency .
Nouns
savoriness etc. adj.
good taste, deliciousness, delectability. relish, zest
appetizer. tidbit, titbit, dainty, delicacy, tasty morsel
appetizer
ambrosia, nectar
game, turtle, venison
delicatessen.
Verbs
be savory etc. adj.
tickle the palate, tickle the appetite
flatter the palate. render palatable etc. adj. . relish, like, smack the lips.
Adjectives
savory, delicious, tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good, palatable, nice, dainty, delectable
toothful, toothsome
gustful, appetizing, lickerish, delicate, exquisite, rich, luscious, ambrosial, scrumptious, delightful.
Nouns
unsavoriness etc. adj.
amaritude
acrimony, acridity (bitterness) Inexistence -pungency">Pungency.2
roughness etc. (sour) Sourness
acerbity, austerity
gall and wormwood, rue, quassia, aloes
marah
sickener.
Verbs
be unpalatable etc. adj.
sicken, disgust, nauseate, pall, turn the stomach.
Nouns
sweetness, dulcitude. sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna
confection, confectionary
sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep
sugar-candy, sugar-plum
licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat
apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose
maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar
mithai, sorghum, taffy. nectar
hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif. [sources of sugar] sugar cane, sugar beets. [sweet foods] desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food) [Eating.] Food
artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low.
Verbs
be sweet etc. adj. . render sweet etc. adj.
sweeten
edulcorate
dulcorate, dulcify
candy
mull.
Adjectives
sweet
saccharine, sacchariferous
dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous
sweetened etc. v.. sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey. sickly sweet.
Phrases
sweets to the sweet" [Hamlet] .
Nouns
sourness etc. adj.
acid, acidity, low pH
acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation. vinegar, verjuice, crab, alum
acetic acid, lactic acid.
Verbs
be sour
sour, turn sour etc. adj.
set the teeth on edge. render sour etc. adj.
acidify, acidulate.
Adjectives
sour
acid, acidulous, acidulated
tart, crabbed
acetous, acetose
acerb, acetic
sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent, subacid [Chem]
styptic, hard, rough.
Nouns
odor, smell, odorament, scent, effluvium
emanation, exhalation
fume, essence, trail, nidor, redolence. sense of smell
scent
act of smelling etc. v.
olfaction, olfactories. [pleasant odor] fragrance etc. Fragrance . odorant. [animal with acute sense of smell] bloodhound, hound. [smell detected by a hound] spoor.
Verbs
have an odor etc. n.
smell, smell of, smell strong of
exhale
give out a smell etc. n.
reek, reek of
scent. smell, scent
snuff, snuff up
sniff, nose, inhale.
Adjectives
odorous, odoriferous
smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong-scented
redolent, graveolent, nidorous, pungent
putrid, foul. [Relating to the sense of smell] olfactory, quick-scented.
Nouns
inodorousness
absence of smell, want of smell. deodorant, deodorization, deodorizer.
Verbs
be inodorous etc. adj.
not smell. deodorize.
Adjectives
inodorous, onodorate
scentless
without smell, wanting smell etc. Odor . deodorized, deodorizing.
Nouns
fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet, essence, scent
sweet smell, aromatic perfume. agalloch, agallochium
aloes wood
bay rum
calambac, calambour
champak, horehound, lign-aloes, marrubium, mint, muskrat, napha water, olibanum, spirit of myrcia. essential oil. incense
musk, frankincense
pastil, pastille
myrrh, perfumes of Arabia
otto, ottar, attar
bergamot, balm, civet, potpourri, pulvil
nosegay
scentbag
sachet, smelling bottle, vinaigrette
toilet water, lotion, after-shave lotion
thurification. perfumer. [fragrant wood oils] eucalyptus oil, pinene.
Verbs
be fragrant etc. adj.
have a perfume etc. n.
smell sweet. scent [render fragrant] , perfume, embalm.
Adjectives
fragrant, aromatic, redolent, spicy, savory, balmy, scented, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented
perfumed, perfumatory
thuriferous
fragrant as a rose, muscadine, ambrosial.
Nouns
fetor
bad etc. adj. . smell, bad odor
stench, stink
foul odor, malodor
empyreuma
mustiness etc. adj.
rancidity
foulness etc. (uncleanness) Uncleanness . stoat, polecat, skunk
assafoetida
fungus, garlic
stinkpot
fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary. acridity etc. Existence -fetor">Fetor.1.
Verbs
have a bad smell etc. n.
smell
stink, stink in the nostrils, stink like a polecat
smell strong etc. adj. , smell offensively.
Adjectives
fetid
strong-smelling
high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy
olid, olidous
nidorous
smelling, stinking
putrid etc. Uncleanness
suffocating, mephitic
empyreumatic.
Nouns
acridity, astringency, bite. [acrid substances] tear gas
smoke, acrid fumes.
Adjectives
acrid, biting, astringent, sharp, harsh
bitter etc. Inexistence -pungency">Pungency.2.
Nouns
sound, noise, strain
accent, twang, intonation, tone
cadence
sonorousness etc. adj.
audibility
resonance etc. Resonance
voice etc. Voice
aspirate
ideophone
rough breathing. [Science, of sound] acoustics
phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography
diacoustics, diaphonics
phonetism.
Verbs
produce sound
sound, make a noise
give out sound, emit sound
resound etc. Resonance .
Adjectives
sounding
soniferous
sonorous, sonorific
resonant, audible, distinct
stertorous
phonetic
phonic, phonocamptic.
Phrases
a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]
Nouns
silence
stillness etc. (quiet) Quiescence
peace, hush, lull
muteness etc. Aphony
solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.
Verbs
be silent etc. adj.
hold one's tongue etc. (not speak) Taciturnity . render silent etc. adj.
silence, still, hush
stifle, muffle, stop
muzzle, put to silence etc. (render mute) Aphony .
Adjectives
silent
still, stilly
noiseless, soundless
hushed etc. v.
mute etc. Aphony . soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave
inaudible etc. (faint) Faintness .
Int
hush!, silence!, soft!, whist!, tush!, chut! , tut!, be quiet!, be silent!, be still!, shut up! [Slang]
chup! , chup rao!
Phrases
one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop
silence more musical than any song" [C.G. Rossetti]
better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.
Nouns
loudness, power
loud noise, din
blare
clang, clangor
clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom
bang (explosion) [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap
resonance etc. Resonance . vociferation, hullabaloo, c. Cry
lungs
Stentor. artillery, cannon
thunder.
Verbs
be loud etc. adj.
peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare, fulminate, roar
resound etc. Resonance . speak up, shout etc. (vociferate) Cry
bellow etc. (cry as an animal) [Animal sounds.] Ululation
fill the air
din in the ear, ring in the ear, thunder in the ear
pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head
deafen, stun
make one's windows shake, rattle the windows
awaken the echoes, startle the echoes
wake the dead.
Adjectives
loud, sonorous
high-sounding, big-sounding
deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous
thundering, deafening etc. v.
trumpet-tongued
ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening
piercing
obstreperous, rackety, uproarious
enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers. shrill etc. [Harsh sounds.] Stridoretc. (vociferous) Cry stentorian, stentorophonic.
Adverbs
loudly etc. adj. . aloud
at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry.
Phrases
the air rings with
the deep dread-bolted thunder" [Lear] .
Nouns
faintness etc. adj.
faint sound, whisper, breath
undertone, underbreath
murmur, hum, susurration
tinkle
still small voice." hoarseness etc. adj.
raucity.
Verbs
whisper, breathe, murmur, purl, hum, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow
tinkle
mutter etc. (speak imperfectly) [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering
susurrate. steal on the ear
melt in the air, float on the air.
Adjectives
inaudible
scarcely audible, just audible
low, dull
stifled, muffled
hoarse, husky
gentle, soft, faint
floating
purling, flowing etc. v.
whispered etc. v.
liquid
soothing
dulcet etc. (melodious) Melody. Concord
susurrant, susurrous.
Adverbs
in a whisper, with bated breath, between the teeth, aside
piano, pianissimo
d la sourdine
out of earshot inaudibly etc. adj. .
Nouns
snap etc. v.
rapping etc. v.
decrepitation, crepitation
report, thud
burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley. squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, MNormality , gun, cap, cap gun, popgun. implosion. bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms) Arms . [explosive substances] gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms) Arms . whack, wham, pow.
Verbs
rap, snap, tap, knock, ping
click
clash
crack, crackle
crash
pop
slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham
brustle
burst on the ear
crepitate, rump. blow up, blow
detonate.
Int
kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!
Nouns
roll etc. v.
drumming etc. v.
berloque, bombination, rumbling
tattoo, drumroll
dingdong
tantara
rataplan
whirr
ratatat, ratatat-tat
rubadub
pitapat
quaver, clutter, charivari, racket
cuckoo
repetition etc. Repetition
peal of bells, devil's tattoo
reverberation etc. Resonance . [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack. hum, purr. [animals that hum] hummingbird. [animals that purr] cat, kitten (animal sounds) [Animal sounds.] Ululation
Verbs
roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack
bombinate. hum, trill, shake
chime, peal, toll
tick, beat. drum in the ear, din in the ear.
Adjectives
rolling etc. v.
monotonous etc. (repeated) Repetition
like a bee in a bottle.
Nouns
resonance
ring etc. v.
ringing, tintinabulation etc. v.
reflexion [Brit.] , reflection, reverberation
echo, reecho
zap, zot [Coll.]
buzz (hiss) [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation
bass
basso
baritone, barytone
contralto. [device to cause resonance] echo chamber, resonator. [ringing in the ears] tinnitus [Med.] . [devices which make a resonating sound] bell, doorbell, buzzer
gong, cymbals (musical instruments) Musical Instruments . [physical resonance] sympathetic vibrations
natural frequency, coupled vibration frequency
overtone
resonating cavity
sounding board, tuning fork. [electrical resonance] tuning, squelch, frequency selection
resonator, resonator circuit
radio etc. . [chemical resonance] resonant structure, aromaticity, alternating double bonds, non-bonded resonance
pi clouds, unsaturation, double bond, (valence) .
Verbs
resound, reverberate, reecho, resonate
ring, jingle, gingle, chink, clink
tink, tinkle
chime
gurgle etc. Faintness
plash, goggle, echo, ring in the ear.
Adjectives
resounding etc. v.
resonant, reverberant, tinnient, tintinnabulary
sonorous, booming, deep-toned, deep-sounding, deep-mouthed, vibrant
hollow, sepulchral
gruff etc. (harsh) [Harsh sounds.] Stridor
Phrases
sweet bells jangled, out of time and harsh" [Hamlet]
echoing down the mountain and through the echoing down the mountain and through the dell.
Nouns
thud, thump, dead sound
nonresonance
muffled drums, cracked bell
damper
silencer.
Verbs
sound dead
stop the sound, damp the sound, deaden the sound, deaden the reverberations, dampen the reverberations.
Adjectives
nonresonant, dead
dampened, muffled.
Nouns
sibilance, sibilation
zip
hiss etc. v.
sternutation
high note etc. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor[animals that hiss] goose, serpent, snake (animal sounds) [Animal sounds.] Ululation[animals that buzz] insect, bug
bee, mosquito, wasp, fly. [inanimate things that hiss] tea kettle, pressure cooker
air valve, pressure release valve, safety valve, tires, air escaping from tires, punctured tire
escaping steam, steam, steam radiator, steam release valve.
Verbs
hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle
fizz, fizzle
wheeze, whistle, snuffle
squash
sneeze
sizzle, swish.
Adjectives
sibilant
hissing etc. v.
wheezy
sternutative.
Nouns
creak etc. v.
creaking etc. v.
discord, c. Discord
stridor
roughness, sharpness, c. adj.
cacophony
cacoepy. acute note, high note
soprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet
Verbs
creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink
scream etc. (cry) Cry
yelp etc. (animal sound) [Animal sounds.] Ululation
buzz etc. (hiss) [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation
pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head
offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear.
Adjectives
creaking etc. v.
stridulous, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous, rough, gruff, grum, sepulchral, hollow. sharp, high, acute, shrill
trumpet-toned
piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned
cracked
discordant etc. Discord
cacophonous.
Nouns
cry etc. v.
voice etc. (human) Voice
hubbub
bark etc. (animal) [Animal sounds.] Ululation
lungs
stentor.
Verbs
cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak, shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup. cheer
hoot
grumble, moan, groan. snore, snort
grunt etc. (animal sounds) [Animal sounds.] Ululation
raise up the voice, lift up the voice
call out, sing out, cry out
exclaim
rend the air
thunder at the top of one's voice, shout at the top of one's voice, shout at the pitch of one's breath, thunder at the pitch of one's breath
s'_egosiller
strain the throat, strain the voice, strain the lungs
give a cry etc.
Adjectives
crying etc. v.
clamant, clamorous
vociferous
stentorian etc. (loud) Loudness
open-mouthed.
Nouns
cry etc. v.
crying etc. v.
bowwow, ululation, latration, belling
reboation
wood-note
insect cry, fritiniancy, drone
screech owl
cuckoo. wailing (lamentation) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
Verbs
cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow
growl, snarl. [specific animal sounds] bark [dog, seal]
bow-wow, yelp [dog]
bay, bay at the moon [dog, wolf]
yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl [dog, wolf]
grunt, gruntle
snort [pig, hog, swine, horse]
squeak, [swine, mouse]
neigh, whinny [horse]
bray [donkey, mule, hinny, ass]
mew, mewl [kitten]
meow [cat]
purr [cat]
caterwaul, pule [cats]
baa, bleat [lamb]
low, moo [cow, cattle]
troat, croak, peep [frog]
coo [dove, pigeon]
gobble [turkeys]
quack [duck]
honk, gaggle, guggle [goose]
crow, caw, squawk, screech, [crow]
cackle, cluck, clack [hen, rooster, poultry]
chuck, chuckle
hoot, hoo [owl]
chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle [small birds]
hum [insects, hummingbird]
buzz [flying insects, bugs]
hiss [snakes, geese]
blatter
ratatat [woodpecker] .
Adjectives
crying etc. v.
blatant, latrant, remugient, mugient
deep-mouthed, full-mouthed
rebellowing, reboant.
Nouns
melody, rhythm, measure
rhyme etc. (poetry) Poetry . pitch, timbre, intonation, tone. scale, gamut
diapason
diatonic chromatic scale, enharmonic scale
key, clef, chords. modulation, temperament, syncope, syncopation, preparation, suspension, resolution. staff, stave, line, space, brace
bar, rest
appoggiato, appoggiatura
acciaccatura. note, musical note, notes of a scale
sharp, flat, natural
high note etc. (shrillness) [Harsh sounds.] Stridor
low note etc. Resonance
interval
semitone
second, third, fourth etc.
diatessaron. breve, semibreve [Mus.] , minim, crotchet, quaver
semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver
sustained note, drone, burden. tonic
key note, leading note, fundamental note
supertonic, mediant, dominant
submediant, subdominant
octave, tetrachord
major key, minor key, major scale, minor scale, major mode, minor mode
passage, phrase. concord, harmony
emmeleia
unison, unisonance
chime, homophony
euphony, euphonism
tonality
consonance
consent
part. [Science of harmony] harmony, harmonics
thorough-bass, fundamental-bass
counterpoint
composer, harmonist, contrapuntist (musician) Musician [Performance of Music.] .
Verbs
be harmonious etc. adj.
harmonize, chime, symphonize, transpose
put in tune, tune, accord, string.
Adjectives
harmonious, harmonical
in concord etc. n., in tune, in concert
unisonant, concentual, symphonizing, isotonic, homophonous, assonant
ariose, consonant. measured, rhythmical, diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic. melodious, musical
melic
tuneful, tunable
sweet, dulcet, canorous
mellow, mellifluous
soft, clear, clear as a bell
silvery
euphonious, euphonic, euphonical
symphonious
enchanting etc. (pleasure-giving) [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Pleasurableness
fine-toned, full-toned, silver-toned.
Adverbs
harmoniously, in harmony
as one etc. adj. .
Phrases
the hidden soul of harmony" [Milton] .
Nouns
discord, discordance
dissonance, cacophony, want of harmony, caterwauling
harshness etc. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor[Confused sounds] , Babel, Dutch concert, cat's concert
marrowbones and cleavers.
Adjectives
discordant
dissonant, absonant
out of tune, tuneless
unmusical, untunable
unmelodious, immelodious
unharmonious, inharmonious
singsong
cacophonous
harsh etc. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor
jarring.
Nouns
music
concert
strain, tune, air
melody etc. Melody. Concord
aria, arietta
work, number, opus
sonata
rondo
pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza
cadence
fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, dithyramb
opera, operetta
oratorio
composition, movement
stave
toccata
full score
minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra
potpourri, capriccio. vocal music, vocalism
chaunt, chant
psalm, psalmody
hymn
song etc. (poem) Poetry
canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio. Lydian measures
slow music, slow movement
adagio etc. adv.
minuet
siren strains, soft music, lullaby
dump
dirge etc. (lament) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
pibroch
martial music, march
dance music
waltz etc. (dance) Amusement . solo, duet, duo, trio
quartet, quartett
septett
part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale
antiphon, antiphony
accompaniment, second, bass
score
bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto. composer etc. Melody. Concord
musician etc. Musician [Performance of Music.] .
Adjectives
musical
instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic
harmonious etc. Melody. Concord
Wagnerian.
Adverbs
adagio
largo, larghetto, andante, andantino
maestoso, moderato
allegro, allegretto
spiritoso, vivace, veloce
presto, prestissimo
con brio
capriccioso
scherzo, scherzando
legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso
obbligato
pizzicato
desto.
Phrases
in notes by distance made more sweet" [Collins]
like the faint exquisite music of a dream" [Moore]
music arose with its voluptuous swell" [Byron]
music is the universal language of mankind" [Longfellow]
music's golden tongue" [Keats]
the speech of angels" [Carlyle]
will sing the savageness out of a bear" [Othello]
music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
Nouns
musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel
bard etc. (poet) Poetry
[specific types of musicians] accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist
harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer
catgut scraper. band, orchestral waits. vocalist, melodist
singer, warbler
songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress
cantatrice. choir, quire, chorister
chorus, chorus singer
philomel, thrush
siren
bulbul, mavis
Pierides
sacred nine
Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore
tuneful nine, tuneful quire. composer etc. Melody. Concord . performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization.
Verbs
play, pipe, strike up, sweep the chords, tweedle, fiddle
strike the lyre, beat the drum
blow the horn, sound the horn, wind the horn
doodle
grind the organ
touch the guitar etc. (instruments) Musical Instruments
thrum, strum, beat time. execute, perform
accompany
sing a second, play a second
compose, set to music, arrange. sing, chaunt, chant, hum, warble, carol, chirp, chirrup, lilt, purl, quaver, trill, shake, twitter, whistle
sol-fa
intone. have an ear for music, have a musical ear, have a correct ear.
Adverbs
adagio, andante etc. (music) Music .
Nouns
musical instruments
band
string-band, brass-band
orchestra
orchestrina. [Stringed instruments] , monochord, polychord
harp, lyre, lute, archlute
mandola, mandolin, mandoline
guitar
zither
cither, cithern
gittern, rebeck, bandurria, bandura, banjo
bina, vina
xanorphica. viol, violin, fiddle, kit
viola
tenor, cremona, violoncello, bass
bass viol, base viol
theorbo, double base, contrabasso, violone, psaltery [Slang]
bow, fiddlestick. piano, pianoforte
harpsichord, clavichord, clarichord, manichord
clavier, spinet, virginals, dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, vielle, pianino, Eolian harp. [Wind instruments]
organ, harmonium, harmoniphon
American organ, barrel organ, hand organ
accordion, seraphina, concertina
humming top. flute, fife, piccolo, flageolet
clarinet, claronet
basset horn, oboe, hautboy, corno Inglese, bassoon, double bassoon, contrafagotto, serpent, bass clarinet
bagpipes, union pipes
musette, ocarina, Pandean pipes
reed instrument
sirene, pipe, pitch-pipe
sourdet
whistle, catcall
doodlesack, harmoniphone. horn, bugle, cornet, cornet-a-pistons, cornopean, clarion, trumpet, trombone, ophicleide
French horn, saxophone, sax [Slang] , buglehorn, saxhorn, flugelhorn, althorn, helicanhorn, posthorn
sackbut, euphonium, bombardon tuba. [Vibrating surfaces] cymbal, bell, gong
tambour, tambourine, tamborine
drum, tom-tom
tabor, tabret, tabourine, taborin
side drum, kettle drum
timpani, tympani
tymbal, timbrel, castanet, bones
musical glasses, musical stones
harmonica, sounding-board, rattle
tam-tam, zambomba. [Vibrating bars] reed, tuning fork, triangle, Jew's harp, musical box, harmonicon, xylophone. sordine, sordet
sourdine, sourdet
mute.
Nouns
hearing etc. v.
audition, auscultation
eavesdropping
audibility. acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear
ear for music. ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus
eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane. [devices to aid human hearing by amplifying sound] ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope. [distance within which direct hearing is possible] earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance. [devices for talking beyond hearing distance: list] telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie [Mil.] , handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication
(communication) Manifestation , Information , Disclosure , Publication , News
electronic devices [devices for recording and reproducing recorded sound] , phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon. [device to convert sound to electrical signals] microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone. [devices to convert recorded sound to electronic signals] phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup
reading head (electronic devices) . hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in. auditory, audience. [science of hearing] otology, otorhinolaryngology. [physicians specializing in hearing] otologist, otorhinolaryngologist.
Verbs
hear, overhear
hark, harken
list, listen, pay attention, take heed
give an ear, lend an ear, bend an ear
catch, catch a sound, prick up one's ears
give ear, give a hearing, give audience to. hang upon the lips of, be all ears, listen with both ears. become audible
meet the ear, fall upon the ear, catch the ear, reach the ear
be heard
ring in the ear etc. (resound) Resonance .
Adjectives
hearing etc. v.
auditory, auricular, acoustic
phonic.
Int
hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up [Coll.]
listen here!, hear ye!, attention!
Nouns
deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity
inaudibility, inaudibleness.
Verbs
be deaf etc. adj.
have no ear
shut one's ears, stop one's ears, close one's ears
turn a deaf ear to. render deaf, stun, deafen.
Adjectives
deaf, earless, surd
hard of hearing, dull of hearing
deaf-mute, stunned, deafened
stone deaf
deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker. inaudible, out of hearing.
Nouns
light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil
sunbeam, moonbeam
aurora. day
sunshine
light of day, light of heaven
moonlight, starlight, sunlight etc. (luminary) Gray
daylight, broad daylight, noontide light
noontide, noonday, noonday sun. glow etc. v.
glimmering etc. v.
glint
play of light, flood of light
phosphorescence, lambent flame. flush, halo, glory, nimbus, aureola. spark, scintilla
facula
sparkling etc. v.
emication, scintillation, flash, blaze, coruscation, fulguration
flame etc. (fire) Heat
lightning, levin, c. (luminary) [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary[Brit.] , reflection
gloss, tinsel, spangle, brightness, brilliancy, splendor
effulgence, refulgence
fulgor, fulgidity
dazzlement, resplendence, transplendency
luminousness etc. adj.
luminosity
lucidity
renitency, nitency
radiance, radiation
irradiation, illumination. actinic rays, actinism
Roentgen-ray, Xray
photography, heliography
photometer etc. Optical Instruments . [Science of light] optics
photology, photometry
dioptrics, catoptrics. [Distribution of light] chiaroscuro, clairobscur, clear obscure, breadth, light and shade, black and white, tonality. reflection, refraction, dispersion
refractivity.
Verbs
shine, glow, glitter
glister, glisten
twinkle, gleam
flare, flare up
glare, beam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash, blaze
be bright etc. adj.
reflect light, daze, dazzle, bedazzle, radiate, shoot out beams
fulgurate. clear up, brighten. lighten, enlighten
levin
light, light up
irradiate, shine upon
give out a light, hang out a light
cast light upon, cast light in, throw light upon, throw light in, shed light upon, shed luster upon
illume, illumine, illuminate
relume, strike a light
kindle etc. (set fire to) Calefaction .
Adjectives
shining etc. v.
luminous, luminiferous
lucid, lucent, luculent, lucific, luciferous
light, lightsome
bright, vivid, splendent, nitid, lustrous, shiny, beamy, scintillant, radiant, lambent
sheen, sheeny
glossy, burnished, glassy, sunny, orient, meridian
noonday, tide
cloudless, clear
unclouded, unobscured. gairish, garish
resplendent, transplendent
refulgent, effulgent
fulgid, fulgent
relucent, splendid, blazing, in a blaze, ablaze, rutilant, meteoric, phosphorescent
aglow. bright as silver
light as day, bright as day, light as noonday, bright as noonday, bright as the sun at noonday. actinic
photogenic, graphic
heliographic
heliophagous.
Phrases
dark with excessive bright" [Milton] .
Nouns
darkness etc. adj. , absence of light
blackness etc. (dark color) Blackness
obscurity, gloom, murk
dusk etc. (dimness) Dimness . Cimmerian darkness, Stygian darkness, Egyptian darkness
night
midnight
dead of night, witching hour of night, witching time of night
blind man's holiday
darkness visible, darkness that can be felt
palpable obscure
the jaws of darkness" [Midsummer Night's Dream]
sablevested night" [Milton] . shade, shadow, umbra, penumbra
sciagraphy. obscuration
occultation, adumbration, obumbration
obtenebration, offuscation, caligation
extinction
eclipse, total eclipse
gathering of the clouds. shading
distribution of shade
chiaroscuro etc. (light) Light . noctivagation. [perfectly black objects] black body
hohlraum [Phys.]
black hole
dark star
dark matter, cold dark matter.
Verbs
be dark etc. adj. . darken, obscure, shade
dim
tone down, lower
overcast, overshadow
eclipse
obfuscate, offuscate
obumbrate, adumbrate
cast into the shade becloud, bedim, bedarken
cast a shade, throw a shade, spread a shade, cast a shadow, cast a gloom, throw a shadow, spread a shadow, cast gloom, throw gloom, spread gloom. extinguish
put out, blow out, snuff out
doubt. turn out the lights, douse the lights, dim the lights, turn off the lights, switch off the lights.
Adjectives
dark, darksome, darkling
obscure, tenebrious, sombrous, pitch dark, pitchy, pitch black
caliginous
black etc. (in color) Blackness . sunless, lightless etc. (sun) (light) , c. [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary
somber, dusky
unilluminated etc. (illuminate) etc. Light
nocturnal
dingy, lurid, gloomy
murky, murksome
shady, umbrageous
overcast etc. (dim) Dimness
cloudy etc. (opaque) Opacity
darkened
c. v.. dark as pitch, dark as a pit
noctivagant, noctivagous.
Adverbs
in the dark, in the shade.
Phrases
brief as the lightning in the collied night" [M. N. D.]
eldest Night and Chaos, ancestors of Nature" [Paradise Lost]
the blackness of the noonday night" [Longfellow]
the prayer of Ajax was for light" [Longfellow] .
Nouns
dimness etc. adj.
darkness etc. Darkness
paleness etc. (light color) [Absence of color.] Achromatism
partial shadow, partial eclipse
shadow of a shade
glimmer, gliming
nebulosity
cloud etc. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.]
eclipse. aurora, dusk, twilight, shades of evening, crepuscule, cockshut time
break of day, daybreak, dawn. moonlight, moonbeam, moonglade, moonshine
starlight, owl's light, candlelight, rushlight, firelight
farthing candle.
Verbs
be dim, grow dim etc. adj.
flicker, twinkle, glimmer
loom, lower
fade
pale, pale its ineffectual fire [Hamlet] . render dim etc. adj.
dim, bedim, obscure
darken, tone down.
Adjectives
dim, dull, lackluster, dingy, darkish, shorn of its beams, dark Darkness . faint, shadowed forth
glassy
cloudy
misty etc. (opaque) Opacity
blear
muggy, fuliginous
nebulous, nebular
obnubilated, overcast, crepuscular, muddy, lurid, leaden, dun, dirty
looming etc. v.. pale etc. (colorless) [Absence of color.] Achromatism
confused etc. (invisible) Invisibility .
Nouns
luminary
light etc. Light
flame etc. (fire) Heat . spark, scintilla
phosphorescence, fluorescence. sun, orb of day, Phoebus, Apollo, Aurora
star, orb
meteor, falling star, shooting star
blazing star, dog star, Sirius
canicula, Aldebaran
constellation, galaxy
zodiacal light
anthelion
day star, morning star
Lucifer
mock sun, parhelion
phosphor, phosphorus
sun dog
Venus. aurora, polar lights
northern lights, aurora borealis
southern lights, aurora australis. lightning
chain lightning, fork lightning, sheet lightning, summer lightning
ball lightning
[chemical substances giving off light without burning] phosphorus, yellow phosphorus
scintillator, phosphor
Jack o'lantern, Friar's lantern
will-o'-the-wisp, firedrake
Saint Elmo's fire. [luminous insects] glowworm, firefly, June bug, lightning bug. [luminous fish] anglerfish. [Artificial light] gas
gas light, lime light, lantern, lanthorn
dark lantern, bull's-eye
candle, taper, rushlight
oil etc. (grease) Oil
wick, burner
Argand, moderator, duplex
torch, flambeau, link, brand
gaselier, chandelier, electrolier, candelabrum, candelabra, girandole, sconce, luster, candlestick. [non-combustion based light sources] lamp, light
incandescent lamp, tungsten bulb, light bulb
flashlight, torch [Brit.]
arc light
laser
[microwave radiation]
maser neon bulb, neon sign
fluorescent lamp. [parts of a light bulb] filament
socket
contacts
filler gas. firework, fizgig
pyrotechnics
rocket, lighthouse etc. (signal) Indication .
Verbs
illuminate etc. (light) Light .
Adjectives
self-luminous, glowing
phosphoric, phosphorescent, fluorescent
incandescent
luminescent, chemiluminescent
radiant etc. (light) Light .
Phrases
blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels" [Longfellow]
the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky" [Campbell]
the planets in their station list'ning stood" [Paradise Lost]
the Scriptures of the skies" [Bailey]
that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from night" [Twelfth Night] .
Nouns
shade
awning etc. (cover) Covering
parasol, sunshade, umbrella
chick
portiere
screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, chador, mantle, mask
cloud, mist, gathering. of clouds. umbrage, glade
shadow etc. Darkness . beach umbrella, folding umbrella.
Verbs
draw a curtain
put up a shutter, close a shutter
veil etc. v.
cast a shadow etc. (darken) Darkness .
Phrases
welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail" [Thomson] .
Nouns
transparence, transparency
clarity
translucence, translucency
diaphaneity
lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity
fluorescence
transillumination, translumination. transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite, water.
Verbs
be transparent etc. adj.
transmit light.
Adjectives
transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent, relucent
limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous, glassy, hyaline
hyaloid [Med.] , vitreform.
Verbs
be opaque etc. adj.
obstruct the passage of light
obfuscate, offuscate.
Adjectives
opaque, impervious to light
adiaphanous
dim etc. Dimness
turbid, thick, muddy, opacous, obfuscated, fuliginous, cloud, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous, muggy etc. (turbidity) Opacity .Existence . smoky, fumid, murky, dirty.
Nouns
turbidity, cloudiness, fog, haze, muddiness, haziness, obscurity. nephelometer [instrument to measure turbidity] .
Adjectives
turbid, thick, muddy, obfuscated, fuliginous, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous
cloudy (cloud) [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.]
Adjectives
semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid, semidiaphanous, semiopacous, semiopaque
opalescent, opaline
pearly, milky
frosted, nacreous.
Nouns
color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush
tone, key. pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color
three primaries
spectrum, chromatic dispersion
broken color, secondary color, tertiary color. local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective. [Science of color] chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy
chromatism, chromatography, chromatology. [instruments to measure color] prism, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments) Optical Instruments . pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain
medium
mordant
oil paint etc. (painting) Painting .
Verbs
color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue
paint etc. (fine art) Painting .
Adjectives
colored etc. v.
colorific, tingent, tinctorial
chromatic, prismatic
full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored
doubly-dyed
polychromatic
chromatogenous
tingible. bright, vivid, intense, deep
fresh, unfaded
rich, gorgeous
gay. gaudy, florid
gay, garish
rainbow-colored, multihued
showy, flaunting, flashy
raw, crude
glaring, flaring
discordant, inharmonious. mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.
Nouns
achromatism
decoloration, discoloration
pallor, pallidness, pallidity
paleness etc. adj.
etiolation
neutral tint, monochrome, black and white.
Verbs
lose color etc. Color
fade, fly, go
become colorless etc. adj.
turn pale, pale. deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, tarnish, achromatize, blanch, etiolate, wash out, tone down.
Adjectives
uncolored etc. (color) etc. Color
colorless, achromatic, aplanatic
etiolate, etiolated
hueless, pale, pallid
palefaced, tallow-faced
faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster
discolored etc. v.. light-colored, fair, blond
white etc. Whiteness . pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse.
Nouns
whiteness etc. adj.
argent. albification, etiolation
lactescence. snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster
albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate [Chem] , titanium oxide, ceruse, pearl white
white lead, carbonate of lead.
Verbs
be white etc. adj. . render white etc. adj.
whiten, bleach, blanch, etiolate, whitewash, silver.
Adjectives
white
milk-white, snow-white
snowy
niveous, candid, chalky
hoar, hoary
silvery
argent, argentine
canescent, cretaceous, lactescent. whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond
blanched etc. v.
high in tone, light. white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver
like ivory etc. n..
Nouns
blackness, c. adj.
darkness, c. (want of light) .. Darkness
swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color
chiaroscuro etc. Light . nigrification, infuscation. jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow. [derogatory terms for black-skinned people] negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black
buck, nigger [U.S.]
coon [U.S.] , sambo. [Pigments] lampblack, ivory black, blueblack
writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink.
Verbs
be black etc. adj.
render black etc. adj. . blacken, infuscate, denigrate
blot, blotch
smutch
smirch
darken etc. Darkness . black, sable, swarthy, somber, dark, inky, ebony, ebon, atramentous, jetty
coal-black, jet-black
fuliginous, pitchy, sooty, swart, dusky, dingy, murky, Ethiopic
low-toned, low in tone
of the deepest dye. black as jet etc. n., black as my hat, black as a shoe, black as a tinker's pot, black as November, black as thunder, black as midnight
nocturnal etc. (dark) Darkness
nigrescent
gray etc. Gray
obscure etc. Darkness .
Nouns
gray etc. adj.
neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro
black etc. Blackness .
Adjectives
gray, grey
iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan
calcareous, limy, favillous
silver, silvery, silvered
ashen, ashy
cinereous, cineritious
grizzly, grizzled
slate-colored, stone-colored, mouse-colored, ash-colored
cool.
Nouns
brown etc. adj. . [Pigments] , bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown.
Verbs
render brown etc. adj.
tan, embrown, bronze.
Adjectives
brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown
fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored
brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves
khaki. sun-burnt
tanned etc. v..
Nouns
red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, rose du Barry
magenta, damask, purple
flesh color, flesh tint
color
fresh color, high color
warmth
gules [Heral.] . ruby, carbuncle
rose
rust, iron mold. [Dyes and pigments] cinnabar, cochineal
fuchsine
ruddle, madder
Indian red, light red, Venetian red
red ink, annotto
annatto, realgar, minium, red lead. redness etc. adj.
rubescence, rubicundity, rubification
erubescence, blush.
Verbs
be red, become red etc. adj.
blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden. render red etc. adj.
redden, rouge
rubify, rubricate
incarnadine.
ruddle.
Adjectives
red etc. n., reddish
rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine
rosy, roseate
blowzy, blowed
burnt
rubicund, rubiform
lurid, stammell blood red
russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious
rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous. rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame-colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored. blushing etc. v.
erubescent
reddened etc. v.. red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster
warm, hot
foxy.
Nouns
green etc. adj.
blue and yellow
vert [Heral.] . emerald, verdigris, malachite, beryl, aquamarine
absinthe, verditer, verdine, copperas. greenness, verdure
viridity, viridescence
verditure. [disease of eyes with green tint] glaucoma, rokunaisho [Jap.Tr.] .
Adjectives
green, verdant
glaucous, olive, olive green
green as grass
verdurous. emerald green, pea green, grass green, apple green, sea green, olive green, bottle green, coke bottle green. greenish
virent, virescent. green (learner) Learner , new, inexperienced, novice, (unskillful) Unskillfulness . green (ill, sick) .
Phrases
green with envy
the green grass of Ireland
the wearing of the green.
Nouns
yellow etc. adj.
or. [Pigments] gamboge
cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow
orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin
xanthein [Chem] , xanthin
zaofulvin. crocus, saffron, topaz
xanthite
yolk. jaundice
London fog
yellowness etc. adj.
icterus
xantho-cyanopia, xanthopsia [Med.] .
Adjectives
yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow
fulvous, fulvid
sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy
xanthic, xanthous
jaundiced, auricomous. gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose-colored, creamcolored
xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous. yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot. warm, advancing.
Nouns
purple etc. adj.
blue and red, bishop's purple
aniline dyes, gridelin, amethyst
purpure [Heral.]
heliotrope. lividness, lividity.
Adjectives
purple, violet, ultraviolet
plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve
livid.
Nouns
blue etc. adj.
garter-blue
watchet. [Pigments] ultramarine, smalt, cobalt, cyanogen [Chem]
Prussian blue, syenite blue
bice, indigo
zaffer. lapis lazuli, sapphire, turquoise
indicolite. blueness, bluishness
bloom.
Adjectives
blue, azure, cerulean
sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed
cerulescent
powder blue, bluish
atmospheric, retiring
cold.
Nouns
orange, red and yellow
gold
or
flame color etc. adj. . [Pigments] ocher, Mars'orange, cadmium. cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia (a flowering plant) .
Adjectives
orange
ochreous
orange-colored, gold-colored, flame-colored, copper-colored, brass-colored, apricot-colored
warm, hot, glowing.
Nouns
variegation
colors, dichroism, trichroism
iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae. spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell
mackerel, mackerel sky
zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble. check, plaid, tartan, patchwork
marquetry-, parquetry
mosaic, tesserae, strigae
chessboard, checkers, chequers
harlequin
Joseph's coat
tricolor.
Verbs
be variegated etc. adj.
variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer
bespeckle, speckle
besprinkle, sprinkle
stipple, maculate, dot, bespot
tattoo, inlay, damascene
embroider, braid, quilt.
Adjectives
variegated etc. v.
many-colored, many-hued
divers-colored, party-colored
dichromatic, polychromatic
bicolor, tricolor, versicolor
of all the colors of the rainbow, of all manner of colors
kaleidoscopic. iridescent
opaline, opalescent
prismatic, nacreous, pearly, shot, gorge de pigeon, chatoyant
irisated, pavonine. pied, piebald
motley
mottled, marbled
pepper and salt, paned, dappled, clouded, cymophanous. mosaic, tesselated, plaid
tortoise shell etc. n.. spotted, spotty
punctated, powdered
speckled etc. v.
freckled, flea-bitten, studded
flecked, fleckered
striated, barred, veined
brinded, brindled
tabby
watered
grizzled
listed
embroidered etc. v.
daedal
naevose, stipiform
strigose, striolate.
Nouns
vision, sight, optics, eyesight. view, look, espial, glance, ken [Scot.]
glimpse, glint, peep
gaze, stare, leer
perlustration, contemplation
conspection, conspectuity
regard, survey
introspection
reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, autopsy
ocular inspection, ocular demonstration
sight-seeing. point of view
gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower. field of view
theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon
commanding view, bird's eye view
periscope. visual organ, organ of vision
eye
naked eye, unassisted eye
retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white
optics, orbs
saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes. short sight etc. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye
perspicacity, discernment
catopsis. eagle, hawk
cat, lynx
Argus. evil eye
basilisk, cockatrice [Myth.] .
Verbs
see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken [Scot.]
get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of
command a view of
witness, contemplate, speculate
cast the eyes on, set the eyes on
be a spectator of etc. Spectator
look on etc. (be present) Presence
see sights etc. (curiosity) [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity
see at a glance etc. (intelligence) Intelligence, Wisdom . look, view, eye
lift up the eyes, open one's eye
look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round
survey, scan, inspect
run the eye over, run the eye through
reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon
direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance. observe etc. (attend to) Attention
watch etc. (care) Care [Vigilance.]
see with one's own eyes
watch for etc. (expect) Expectation
peep, peer, pry, take a peep
play at bopeep. look full in the face, look hard at, look intently
strain one's eyes
fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon
stare, gaze
pore over, gloat on
leer, ogle, glare
goggle
cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance.
Adjectives
seeing etc. v.
visual, ocular
optic, optical
ophthalmic. clear-eyesighted etc. n.
eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed. visible etc. Visibility .
Adverbs
visibly etc. Visibility
in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush
Phrases
the scales falling from one's eyes
an eye like Mars to threaten or command" [Hamlet]
looking before and after" [Hamlet]
thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes" [Milton] .
Nouns
blindness, cecity, excecation, amaurosis, cataract, ablepsy, ablepsia, prestriction
dim-sightedness etc. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
Braille, Braille-type
guttaserena (drop serene) , noctograph, teichopsia.
Verbs
be blind etc. adj.
not see
lose sight of
have the eyes bandaged
grope in the dark. not look
close the eyes, shut the eyes-, turn away the eyes, avert the eyes
look another way
wink etc. (limited vision) [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
shut the eyes to, be blind to, wink at, blink at. render blind etc. adj.
blind, blindfold
hoodwink, dazzle, put one's eyes out
throw dust into one's eyes, pull the wool over one's eyes
screen from sight etc. (hide) Concealment .
Adverbs
blindly, blindfold, blindfolded
darkly.
Phrases
O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon" [Milton] .
Nouns
dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight
dimsightedness etc.
purblindness, lippitude
myopia, presbyopia
confusion of vision
astigmatism
color blindness, chromato pseudo blepsis, Daltonism
nyctalopia
strabismus, strabism, squint
blearedness, day blindness, hemeralopia, nystagmus
xanthocyanopia, xanthopsia [Med.]
cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle-eyes
obliquity of vision. winking etc. v.
nictitation
blinkard, albino. dizziness, swimming, scotomy
cataract
ophthalmia. [Limitation of vision] blinker
screen etc. (hider) Ambush [Means of concealment] . . [Fallacies of vision] deceptio visus [Lat.]
refraction, distortion, illusion, false light, anamorphosis, virtual image, spectrum, mirage, looming, phasma
phantasm, phantasma, phantom
vision
specter, apparition, ghost
specter of the Brocken
magic mirror
magic lantern etc. (show) Appearance
mirror lens etc. (instrument) Optical Instruments .
Verbs
be dimsighted etc. n.
see double
have a mote in the eye, have a mist before the eyes, have a film over the eyes
see through a prism, see through a glass darkly
wink, blink, nictitate
squint
look askant, askant askance
screw up the eyes, glare, glower
nictate. dazzle, loom.
Adjectives
dim-sighted etc. n.
myopic, presbyopic
astigmatic, moon-eyed, mope-eyed, blear-eyed, goggle-eyed, gooseberry-eyed, one-eyed
blind of one eye, monoculous
half-blind, purblind
cock-eyed, dim-eyed, mole-eyed
dichroic. blind as a bat etc. (blind) Blindness
winking etc. v..
Nouns
spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by
sightseer
rubberneck, rubbernecker [U.S.] . spy
sentinel etc. (warning) Warning .
Verbs
witness, behold etc. (see) Vision
look on etc. (be present) Presence
gawk, rubber [Slang] , rubberneck [U.S.] .
Nouns
optical instruments
lens, meniscus, magnifier, sunglass, magnifying glass, hand lens
microscope, megascope, tienoscope. spectacles, specs [Coll.] , glasses, barnacles, goggles, eyeglass, pince-nez, monocle, reading glasses, bifocals
contact lenses, soft lenses, hard lenses
sunglasses, shades [Coll.] . periscopic lens
telescope, glass, lorgnette
spyglass, opera glass, binocular, binoculars, field glass
burning glass, convex lens, concave lens, convexo-concave lens, coated lens, multiple lens, compound lens, lens system, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, fish-eye lens, zoom lens
optical bench. astronomical telescope, reflecting telescope, reflector, refracting telescope, refractor, Newtonian telescope, folded-path telescope, finder telescope, chromatoscope
X-ray telescope
radiotelescope, phased-array telescope, Very Large Array radiotelescope
ultraviolet telescope
infrared telescope
star spectroscope
space telescope. [telescope mounts] altazimuth mount, equatorial mount. refractometer, circular dichroism spectrometer. interferometer. phase-contrast microscope, fluorescence microscope, dissecting microscope
electron microscope, transmission electron microscope
scanning electron microscope, SEM
scanning tunneling electron microscope. [microscope components] objective lens, eyepiece, barrel, platform, focusing knob
slide, slide glass, cover glass, counting chamber
illuminator, light source, polarizer, [component parts of telescopes] reticle, cross-hairs. light pipe, fiber optics mirror, reflector, speculum
looking-glass, pier-glass, cheval-glass, rear-view mirror, hand mirror, one-way mirror, magnifying mirror. [room with distorting mirrors] fun house. prism, diffraction grating
beam splitter, half-wave plate
magic lantern etc. (show) Appearance
stereopticon
chromatrope, thaumatrope
stereoscope, pseudoscope, polyscope, kaleidoscope. photometer, eriometer, actinometer, lucimeter, radiometer
ligth detector, photodiode, photomultiplier, photodiode array, photocell. X-ray diffractometer, goniometer. spectrometer, monochrometer, UV spectrometer, visible spectrometer, Infrared spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, recording spectrometer
densitometer, scanning densitometer, two-dimensional densitometer. abdominoscope, gastroscope [Med.] , helioscope, polariscope, polemoscope, spectroscope. abdominoscopy
gastroscopy [Med.]
microscopy, microscopist.
Nouns
visibility, perceptibility
conspicuousness, distinctness etc. adj.
conspicuity, conspicuousness
appearance etc. Appearance
bassetting
exposure
manifestation etc. Manifestation
ocular proof, ocular evidence, ocular demonstration
field of view etc. (vision) Vision
periscopism.
Verbs
be become visible etc. adj.
appear, open to the view
meet the eye, catch the eye
basset
present itself, show manifest itself, produce itself, discover itself, reveal itself, expose itself, betray itself
stand forth, stand out
materialize
show
arise
peep out, peer out, crop out
start up, spring up, show up, turn up, crop up
glimmer, loom
glare
burst forth
burst upon the view, burst upon the sight
heave in sight
come in sight, come into view, come out, come forth, come forward
see the light of day
break through the clouds
make its appearance, show its face, appear to one's eyes, come upon the stage, float before the eyes, speak for itself etc. (manifest) Manifestation
attract the attention etc. Attention
reappear
live in a glass house. expose to view etc. Manifestation .
Adjectives
visible, perceptible, perceivable, discernible, apparent
in view, in full view, in sight
exposed to view, en vidence
unclouded, unobscured, in the foreground. obvious etc. (manifest) Manifestation
plain, clear, distinct, definite
well defined, well marked
in focus
recognizable, palpable, autoptical
glaring, staring, conspicuous
stereoscopic
in bold, in strong relief. periscopic, panoramic. before one's eyes, under one's eyes
before one, in one's eye
Adverbs
visibly etc. adj.
in sight of
before one's eyes etc. adj.
Nouns
invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance, imperceptibility
indistinctness etc. adj.
mystery, delitescence. concealment etc. Concealment
latency etc. Latency. Implication .
Adjectives
invisible, imperceptible
undiscernible, indiscernible
unapparent, non-apparent
out of sight, not in sight
behind the scenes, behind the curtain
viewless, sightless
inconspicuous, unconspicuous
unseen etc. (see) etc. Vision
covert etc. (latent) Latency. Implication
eclipsed, under an eclipse. dim etc. (faint) Dimness
mysterious, dark, obscure, confused
indistinct, indistinguishable
shadowy, indefinite, undefined
ill-defined, ill-marked
blurred, fuzzy, out of focus
misty etc. (opaque) Opacity
delitescent. hidden, obscured, covered, veiled (concealed) Concealment .
Phrases
full many a flower is born to blush unseen" [Gray] .
Nouns
appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view
lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau
display, exposure
rising of the curtain. phantasm, phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.]
peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show
magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views
biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures
panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama
coup de theatre
pageantry etc. (ostentation) Ostentation
insignia etc. (indication) Indication . aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming
shape etc. (form) Form
guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor
presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing
point of view, light. lineament feature trait lines
outline, outside
contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz., cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy
outside etc. Exteriority .
Verbs
appear
be visible, become visible etc. Visibility
seem, look, show
present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of
look like
cut a figure, figure
present to the view
show etc. (make manifest) Manifestation .
Adjectives
apparent, seeming, ostensible
on view.
Adverbs
apparently
to all seeming, to all appearance
ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it
at the first blush, at first sight
in the eyes of
to the eye.
Verbs
disappear, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt, evaporate, vaporize
be gone etc. adj.
leave no trace, leave 'not a rack behind'" [Tempest]
go off the stage etc. (depart) [Initial motion from.] Departure
suffer an eclipse, undergo an eclipse
retire from sight
be lost to view, pass out of sight. lose sight of. efface etc. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration
Adjectives
disappearing etc. v.
evanescent
missing, lost
lost to sight, lost to view
gone.