Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Centrical Dimensions

Exteriority

Nouns
  • exteriority
  • outside, exterior
  • surface, superficies
  • skin etc. (covering) Covering
  • superstratum
  • disk, disc
  • face, facet
  • extrados. excentricity
  • eccentricity
  • circumjacence etc. Circumjacence.
Verbs
  • be exterior etc. adj.
  • lie around etc. Circumjacence. place exteriorly, place outwardly, place outside
  • put out, turn out.
Adjectives
  • exterior, external
  • outer most
  • outward, outlying, outside, outdoor
  • round about etc. Circumjacence
  • extramural
  • extralimitary, extramundane. superficial, skin-deep
  • frontal, discoid. extraregarding
  • excentric, eccentric
  • outstanding
  • extrinsic etc. Extrinsicality
  • ecdemic [Med.], exomorphic.
Adverbs
  • externally etc. adj.
  • out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors
  • sub Jove
  • al fresco.

Interiority

Nouns
  • interiority
  • inside, interior
  • interspace, subsoil, substratum
  • intrados. contents etc. [Things contained.] Contents
  • substance, pith, marrow
  • backbone etc. (center) Centrality
  • heart, bosom, breast
  • abdomen
  • vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap
  • recesses, innermost recesses
  • cave etc. (concavity) Concavity.
Verbs
Adjectives
  • interior, internal
  • inner, inside, inward, intraregarding
  • inmost, innermost
  • deep seated, gut
  • intestine, intestinal
  • inland
  • subcutaneous
  • abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic [Physio.]
  • interstitial etc. (interjacent) Interposition
  • inwrought etc. (intrinsic) Intrinsicality
  • inclosed etc. v.. home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular
  • endemic.
Adverbs
  • internally etc. adj.
  • inwards, within, in, inly
  • here in, there in, where in
  • ab intra, withinside
  • in doors, within doors
  • at home, in the bosom of one's family.

Centrality

Nouns
  • centrality, centricalness, center
  • middle etc. Middle
  • focus etc. [Place of meeting.] Focus. core, kernel
  • nucleus, nucleolus
  • heart, pole axis, bull's eye
  • nave, navel
  • umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith
  • vertebra, vertebral column
  • hotbed
  • concentration etc. (convergence) [Motion nearer to.] Convergence
  • centralization
  • symmetry. center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy etc.
  • metacenter.
Verbs
Adjectives
  • central, centrical
  • middle etc. Middle
  • azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric
  • middlemost
  • rachidian
  • spinal, vertebral.
Adverbs
  • middle
  • midst
  • centrally etc. adj..

Covering

Nouns
  • covering, cover
  • baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin
  • canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, umbrella, parasol, sunshade
  • veil (shade) Shade
  • shield etc. (defense) Defense. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile
  • pantile, pentile
  • tiling, slates, slating, leads
  • barrack [U.S.], plafond, planchment [U.S.], tiling, shed etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode. top, lid, covercle, door, operculum
  • bulkhead [U.S.]. bandage, plaster, lint, wrapping, dossil, finger stall. coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget
  • housing
  • antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip
  • linoleum
  • saddle cloth, blanket cloth
  • tidy
  • tilpah [U.S.], apishamore [U.S.]. integument, tegument
  • skin, pellicle, fleece, fell, fur, leather, shagreen, hide
  • pelt, peltry
  • cordwain
  • derm
  • robe, buffalo robe [U.S.]
  • cuticle, scarfskin, epidermis. clothing etc. Clothing
  • mask etc. (concealment) Ambush [Means of concealment].. peel, crust, bark, rind, cortex, husk, shell, coat
  • eggshell, glume. capsule
  • sheath, sheathing
  • pod, cod
  • casing, case, theca
  • elytron
  • elytrum
  • wrapping, wrapper
  • envelope, vesicle
  • corn husk, corn shuck [U.S.]
  • dermatology, conchology
  • testaceology. inunction
  • incrustation, superimposition, superposition, obduction
  • scale etc. (layer) Layer. [specific coverings] veneer, facing
  • overlay
  • plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate
  • engobe
  • ormolu
  • Sheffield plate
  • pavement
  • coating, paint
  • varnish etc. (resin) Existence6-parallelism">Parallelism.1
  • plating, barrel plating, anointing etc. v.
  • enamel
  • epitaxial deposition [Eng.], vapor deposition
  • ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo
  • cerement
  • ointment etc. (grease) Oil.
Verbs
  • cover
  • superpose, superimpose
  • overlay, overspread
  • wrap etc. Clothing
  • encase, incase
  • face, case, veneer, pave, paper
  • tip, cap, bind
  • bulkhead, bulkhead in
  • clapboard [U.S.]. coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar
  • wash
  • besmear, bedaub
  • anoint, do over
  • gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash
  • parget
  • lay it on thick. overlie, overarch
  • endome
  • conceal etc. Concealment. [of aluminum] anodize. [of steel] galvanize.
Adjectives
  • covering etc. v.
  • superimposed, overlaid, plated etc. v.
  • cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous [Anat.]
  • covered etc. v.
  • imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad
  • under cover
  • cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform
  • vaginate.

Lining

Nouns
  • lining, inner coating
  • coating etc. (covering) Covering
  • stalactite, stalagmite. filling, stuffing, wadding, padding. wainscot, wall.
Verbs
  • line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill.
Adjectives
  • lined etc. v..

Clothing

Nouns
  • clothing, investment
  • covering etc. Covering
  • dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim
  • habiliment
  • vesture, vestment
  • garment, garb, palliament, apparel, wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothes, things
  • underclothes. array
  • tailoring, millinery
  • finery etc. (ornament) Ornament
  • full dress etc. (show) Ostentation
  • garniture
  • theatrical properties. outfit, equipment, trousseau
  • uniform, regimentals
  • continentals [U.S.]
  • canonicals etc. Canonicals
  • livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery
  • day wear, night wear, zoot suit
  • designer clothes
  • masquerade. dishabille, morning dress, undress. kimono
  • lungi
  • shooting-coat
  • mufti
  • rags, tatters, old clothes
  • mourning, weeds
  • duds
  • slippers. robe, tunic, paletot, habit, gown, coat, frock, blouse, toga, smock frock, claw coat, hammer coat, Prince Albert coat, sack coat, tuxedo coat, frock coat, dress coat, tail coat. cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper
  • veil
  • cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure
  • surcoat, overcoat, great coat
  • spencer
  • mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat
  • ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine
  • barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma jacket, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine
  • farthingale, kilt, jupe, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore
  • bloomer, bloomers
  • chaqueta, tablier. pants, trousers, trowsers
  • breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles, overalls, smalls, small clothes
  • shintiyan
  • shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts
  • tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables
  • knickers, knickerbockers
  • philibeg, fillibeg
  • pants suit
  • culottes
  • jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims. [brand names for jeans] Levis, Calvin Klein, Calvins, Bonjour, Gloria Vanderbilt. headdress, headgear
  • crush hat, opera hat
  • kaffiyeh
  • sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh, topi, pagri, puggaree
  • cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap
  • castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, billycock, wimple
  • nightcap, mobcap, skullcap
  • hood, coif
  • capote, calash
  • kerchief, snood, babushka
  • head, coiffure
  • crown etc. (circle) [Simple circularity.] Circularity
  • chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako, busby
  • kepi, forage cap, bearskin
  • baseball cap
  • fishing hat
  • helmet etc. Defense
  • mask, domino. body clothes
  • linen
  • hickory shirt [U.S.]
  • shirt, sark, smock, shift, chemise
  • night gown, negligee, dressing gown, night shirt
  • bedgown, underpants, undershirt
  • slip [for women], brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle etc. (circle) [Simple circularity.] Circularity
  • stomacher
  • petticoat, panties
  • under waistcoat
  • jock [for men], athletic supporter, jockstrap. sweater, jersey
  • cardigan
  • turtleneck, pullover
  • sweater vest. neckerchief, neckcloth
  • tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf
  • bib, tucker
  • boa
  • cummerbund, rumal, rabat. shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog
  • sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots
  • high-low
  • Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot
  • Balmoral
  • arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos
  • chavar, chivarras, chivarros
  • gums [U.S.], larrigan [U.S.], rubbers, showshoe, stogy, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos
  • stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock
  • hosiery. glove, gauntlet, mitten, cuff, wristband, sleeve. swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette
  • ice wool
  • taffeta. pocket handkerchief, hanky, hankie. clothier, tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress, snip
  • dressmaker, habitmaker, breechesmaker, shoemaker
  • Crispin
  • cordwainer, cobbler, hosier, hatter
  • draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer. [underpants for babies] diaper, nappy [Brit.]
  • disposable diaper, cloth diaper
  • [brand names for diapers], Luvs Huggies.
Verbs
  • invest
  • cover etc. Covering
  • envelope, lap, involve
  • inwrap, enwrap
  • wrap
  • fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up
  • overlap
  • sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest. vest, clothe, array, dress, dight, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter, rig, fit out
  • deck etc. (ornament) Ornament
  • perk, equip, harness, caparison. wear
  • don
  • put on, huddle on, slip on
  • mantle.
Adjectives
  • invested etc. v.
  • habited
  • dighted
  • barbed, barded
  • clad, costume, shod
Phrases
  • the soul of this man is his clothes" [All's Well].

Divestment

Nouns
  • divestment
  • taking off etc. v.. nudity
  • bareness etc. adj.
  • undress
  • dishabille etc. Clothing
  • the altogether
  • nudation, denudation
  • decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation
  • molting
  • exfoliation
  • trichosis [Med.].
Verbs
  • divest
  • uncover etc. (cover) etc. Covering
  • denude, bare, strip
  • disfurnish
  • undress, disrobe etc. (dress, enrobe) etc. Clothing
  • uncoif
  • dismantle
  • put off, take off, cast off
  • doff
  • peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay
  • expose, lay open
  • exfoliate, molt, mew
  • cast the skin.
Adjectives
  • divested etc. v.
  • bare, naked, nude
  • undressed, undraped
  • denuded
  • exposed
  • in dishabille
  • bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless. in a state of nature, in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit
  • with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked [Joc.]
  • bald as a coot, bare as the back of one's hand
  • out at elbows
  • barefoot
  • bareback, barebacked
  • leafless, napless, hairless.

Circumjacence

Nouns
  • circumjacence, circumambience
  • environment, encompassment
  • atmosphere, medium, surroundings. outpost
  • border etc. (edge) Edge
  • girdle etc. (circumference) Outline
  • outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue
  • neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.
Verbs
  • lie around etc. adv.
  • surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird
  • belt
  • begird, engird
  • skirt, twine round
  • hem in etc. (circumscribe) Circumscription.
Adjectives
  • circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent
  • ambient
  • surrounding etc. v.
  • circumferential, suburban.
Adverbs
  • around, about
  • without
  • on every side
  • on all sides
  • right and left, all round, round about.

Interposition

Nouns
  • interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation. [interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration
  • permeation
  • infiltration. [interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative] intervention, interference
  • intrusion, obtrusion
  • insinuation. insertion etc. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion
  • dovetailing
  • embolism. intermediary, intermedium
  • go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper
  • parenthesis, episode, flyleaf. partition, septum, diaphragm
  • midriff
  • dissepiment
  • party wall, panel, room divider. halfway house.
Verbs
  • lie between, come between, get between
  • intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate. put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in
  • interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in
  • let in, dovetail, splice, mortise
  • insinuate, smuggle
  • infiltrate, ingrain. interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in
  • intrude, obtrude
  • have a finger in the pie
  • introduce the thin end of the wedge
  • thrust in etc. (insert) [Forcible ingress.] Insertion.
Adjectives
  • interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening etc. v., intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial
  • embolismal. parenthetical, episodic
  • mediterranean
  • intrusive
  • embosomed
  • merged.
Adverbs
  • between, betwixt
  • twixt
  • among, amongst
  • amid, amidst
  • mid, midst
  • in the thick of
  • betwixt and between
  • sandwich-wise
  • parenthetically, obiter dictum.

Circumscription

Nouns
  • circumscription, limitation, inclosure
  • confinement etc. (restraint) Restraint
  • circumvallation
  • encincture
  • envelope etc. Inclosure. container (receptacle) Receptacle.
Verbs
Adjectives
  • circumscribed etc. v.
  • begirt, lapt
  • buried in, immersed in
  • embosomed, in the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up
  • imprisoned etc. Restraint
  • landlocked, in a ring fence.

Outline

Nouns
  • outline, circumference
  • perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette
  • bounds
  • coast line. zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre [Brit.], cingle, clasp, girt
  • cordon etc. (inclosure) Inclosure
  • circlet, c. [Simple circularity.] Circularity.

Edge

Nouns
  • edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth
  • jaws, chops, chaps, fauces
  • lip, muzzle. threshold, door, porch
  • portal etc. (opening) Opening
  • coast, shore. frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp.
Adjectives
  • border, marginal, skirting
  • labial, labiated, marginated.

Inclosure

Nouns
  • inclosure, envelope
  • case etc. (receptacle) Receptacle
  • wrapper
  • girdle etc. Outline. pen, fold
  • pen fold, in fold, sheep fold
  • paddock, pound
  • corral
  • yard
  • net, seine net. wall, hedge, hedge row
  • espalier
  • fence etc. (defense) Defense
  • pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation, enceinte, ring fence. barrier, barricade
  • gate, gateway
  • bent, dingle [U.S.]
  • door, hatch, cordon
  • prison etc. [Means of restraint.] Prison. dike, dyke, ditch, fosse, moat.
Verbs

Limit

Nouns
  • limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation
  • termination, terminus
  • stint, frontier, precinct, marches
  • backwoods. boundary line, landmark
  • line of demarcation, line of circumvallation
  • pillars of Hercules
  • Rubicon, turning point
  • sluice, floodgate.
Adjectives
  • definite
  • conterminate, conterminable
  • terminal, frontier
  • bordering.
Adverbs
  • thus far, thus far and no further.
Phrases
  • stick to the reservation
  • go beyond the pale.

Front

Nouns
  • front
  • fore, forepart
  • foreground
  • face, disk, disc, frontage
  • facade, proscenium, frontispiece
  • anteriority
  • obverse (of a medal or coin). fore rank, front rank
  • van, vanguard
  • advanced guard
  • outpost
  • first line
  • scout. brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz, countenance, mut [Slang]
  • rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore, jib. pioneer etc. (precursor) Precursor
  • metoposcopy.
Verbs
  • be in front, stand in front etc. adj.
  • front, face, confront
  • bend forwards
  • come to the front, come to the fore.
Adjectives
  • fore, anterior, front, frontal.
Adverbs
  • before
  • in front, in the van, in advance
  • ahead, right ahead
  • forehead, foremost
  • in the foreground, in the lee of
  • before one's face, before one's eyes
  • face to face, vis-a-vis
  • front a front.
Phrases
  • Human face divine" [Milton]
  • sea of upturned faces" [Scott].

Rear

Nouns
  • rear, back, posteriority
  • rear rank, rear guard
  • background, hinterland. occiput [Anat.], nape, chine
  • heels
  • tail, rump, croup, buttock, posteriors, backside scut, breech, dorsum, loin
  • dorsal region, lumbar region
  • hind quarters
  • aitchbone
  • natch, natch bone. stern, poop, afterpart, heelpiece, crupper. wake
  • train etc. (sequence) [Going after.] Sequence. reverse
  • other side of the shield.
Verbs
  • be behind etc. adv.
  • fall astern
  • bend backwards
  • bring up the rear.
Adjectives
  • back, rear
  • hind, hinder, hindmost, hindermost
  • postern, posterior
  • dorsal, after
  • caudal, lumbar
  • mizzen, tergal.
Adverbs
  • behind
  • in the rear, in the background
  • behind one's back
  • at the heels of, at the tail of, at the back of
  • back to back. after, aft, abaft, astern, sternmost, aback, rearward.
Phrases
  • the other side of the coin.

Laterality

Nouns
  • laterality
  • side, flank, quarter, lee
  • hand
  • cheek, jowl, jole, wing
  • profile
  • temple, loin, haunch, hip
  • beam. gable, gable end
  • broadside
  • lee side. points of the compass
  • East, Orient, Levant
  • West
  • orientation.
Verbs
  • be on one side etc. adv.
  • flank, outflank
  • sidle
  • skirt
  • orientate.
Adjectives
  • lateral, sidelong
  • collateral
  • parietal, flanking, skirting
  • flanked
  • sideling. many sided
  • multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral. Eastern
  • orient, oriental
  • Levantine
  • Western, occidental, Hesperian.
Adverbs
  • sideways, sidelong
  • broadside on
  • on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside
  • by the side of
  • side by side
  • cheek by jowl etc. (near) Nearness
  • to windward, to leeward
  • laterally etc. adj.
  • right and left
  • on her beam ends.
Phrases
  • his cheek the may of days outworn" [Shakespeare].

Contraposition

Nouns
  • contraposition, opposition
  • polarity
  • inversion etc. Inversion
  • opposite side
  • reverse, inverse
  • counterpart
  • antipodes
  • opposite poles, North and South. antonym, opposite (contrariety) [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety.
Verbs
  • be opposite etc. adj.
  • subtend.
Adjectives
  • opposite
  • reverse, inverse
  • converse, antipodal, subcontrary
  • fronting, facing, diametrically opposite. Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic
  • Southern, Austral, antarctic.
Adverbs
  • over, over the way, over against
  • against
  • face to face, vis-a-vis
  • as poles asunder.

Dextrality

Nouns
  • dextrality
  • right, right hand
  • dexter, offside, starboard.
Adjectives
  • dextral, right-handed
  • dexter, dextrorsal, dextrorse
  • ambidextral, ambidextrous
  • dextro-.
Adverbs
  • dextrad, dextrally.

Sinistrality

Nouns
  • sinistrality
  • left, left hand, a gauche
  • sinister, nearside, larboard, port.
Adjectives
  • left-handed
  • sinister
  • sinistral, sinistrorsal, sinistrorse, sinistrous
  • laevo- [Pref.].
Adverbs
  • sinistrally, sinistrously.