Classes Voluntary Powers Possessive Relations Property in General
Property in General
Nouns
difficulty
hardness etc. adj.
impracticability etc. (impossibility) Impossibility
tough work, hard work, uphill work
hard task, Herculean task, Augean task
task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper, dead lift. dilemma, embarrassment
deadlock
perplexity etc. (uncertainty) Uncertainty
intricacy
entanglement, complexity etc. [Absence, or want of Order, etc. ] Disorder
cross fire
awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, net, meshes, maze
coil etc. (convolution) [Complex curvature.] Convolution
crooked path
involvement. nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point
vexed question, poser
puzzle etc. (riddle) Secret
paradox
hard nut to crack, nut to crack
bone to pick, crux, where the shoe pinches. nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt
critical situation, crisis
trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble. scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest
sea of troubles, peck of troubles
pretty kettle of fish
pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado
false position. set fast, stand, standstill
deadlock, dead set. fix, horns of a dilemma
hitch
stumbling block etc. (hindrance) Hindrance . [difficult person] crab
curmudgeon.
Verbs
be difficult etc. adj.
run one hard, go against the grain, try one's patience, put one out
put to one's shifts, put to one's wit's end
go hard with one, try one
pose, perplex etc. (uncertain) Uncertainty
bother, nonplus, gravel, bring to a deadlock
be impossible etc. Impossibility
be in the way of etc. (hinder) Hindrance . meet with difficulties
labor under difficulties
get into difficulties
plunge into difficulties
struggle with difficulties
contend with difficulties
grapple with difficulties
labor under a disadvantage
be in difficulty etc. adj. . fish in troubled waters, buffet the waves, swim against the stream, scud under bare poles. Have much ado with, have a hard time of it
come to the push, come to the pinch
bear the brunt. grope in the dark, lose one's way, weave a tangled web, walk among eggs. get into a scrape etc. n.
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears
be put to one's shifts
flounder, boggle, struggle
not know which way to turn etc. (uncertain) Uncertainty
stick at, stick in the mud, stick fast
come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock
hold the wolf by the ears, hold the tiger by the tail. render difficult etc. adj.
enmesh, encumber, embarrass, ravel, entangle
put a spoke in the wheel etc. (hinder) Hindrance
lead a pretty dance.
Adjectives
difficult, not easy, hard, tough
troublesome, toilsome, irksome
operose, laborious, onerous, arduous, Herculean, formidable
sooner said than done
more easily said than done, easier said than done. difficult to deal with, hard to deal with
ill-conditioned, crabbed, crabby
not to be handled with kid gloves, not made with rose water. awkward, unwieldy, unmanageable
intractable, stubborn etc. (obstinate) Obstinacy
perverse, refractory, plaguy, trying, thorny, rugged
knotted, knotty
invious
pathless, trackless
labyrinthine etc. (convoluted) [Complex curvature.] Convolution
intricate, complicated etc. (tangled) [Absence, or want of Order, etc. ] Disorder
impracticable etc. (impossible) Impossibility
not feasible etc. Possibility
desperate etc. (hopeless) [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessnessetc. (uncertain) Uncertainty
delicate, ticklish, critical
beset with difficulties, full of difficulties, surrounded by difficulties, entangled by difficulties, encompassed with difficulties. under a difficulty
in a box
in difficulty, in hot water, in the suds, in a cleft stick, in a fix, in the wrong box, in a scrape etc. n., in deep water, in a fine pickle
in extremis
between two stools, between Scylla and Charybdis
surrounded by shoals, surrounded by breakers, surrounded by quicksands
at cross purposes
not out of the wood. reduced to straits
hard pressed, sorely pressed
run hard
pinched, put to it, straitened
hard up, hard put to it, hard set
put to one's shifts
puzzled, at a loss, c. (uncertain) Uncertainty
at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill
graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground
stuck fast, set fast
up a tree, at bay, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall
au bout de son Latin
out of one's depth
thrown out. accomplished with difficulty
hard-fought, hard-earned.
Adverbs
with difficulty, with much ado
barely, hardly etc. adj.
uphill
against the stream, against the grain
in the teeth of
at a pinch, upon a pinch
at long odds, against long odds.
Phrases
ay there's the rub" [Hamlet]
things are come to a pretty pass
Nouns
facility, ease
easiness etc. adj.
capability
feasibility etc. (practicability) Possibility
flexibility, pliancy etc. Softness
smoothness etc. Smoothness . plain sailing, smooth sailing, straight sailing
mere child's play, holiday task
cinch [U.S.] . smooth water, fair wind
smooth royal road
clear coast, clear stage
full play etc. (freedom) Freedom . disencumbrance, disentanglement
deoppilation
permission etc. Permission . simplicity, lack of complication.
Verbs
be easy etc. adj.
go on smoothly, run smoothly
have full play etc. n.
go on all fours, run on all fours
obey the helm, work well. flow with the stream, swim with the stream, drift with the stream, go with the stream, flow with the tide, drift with the tide
see one's way
have all one's own way, have the game in one's own hands
walk over the course, win at a canter
make light of, make nothing of, make no bones of. be at home in, make it look easy, do it with one's eyes closed, do it in one's sleep etc. (skillful) Skill . render easy etc. adj.
facilitate, smooth, ease
popularize
lighten, lighten the labor
free, clear
disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage
deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel
untie the knot, cut the knot
disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate
humor etc. (aid) Aid
lubricate etc. [Absence of friction. Prevention of friction.] Lubrication
relieve etc. Relief . leave a hole to creep out of, leave a loophole, leave the matter open
give the reins to, give full play, give full swing
make way for
open the door to, open the way, prepare the ground, smooth the ground, clear the ground, open the way, open the path, open the road
pave the way, bridge over
permit etc. Permission .
Adjectives
easy, facile
feasible etc. (practicable) Possibility
easily managed, easily accomplished
within reach, accessible, easy of access, for the million, open to. manageable, wieldy
towardly, tractable
submissive
yielding, ductile
suant
pliant etc. (soft) Softness
glib, slippery
smooth etc. Smoothness
on friction wheels, on velvet. unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed
exonerated
unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled
unrestrained etc. (free) Freedom
at ease, light. [able to do easily] at home with
quite at home
in one's element, in smooth water
skillful etc. Skill
accustomed etc. Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence] .
Adverbs
easily etc. adj.
readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed.
Nouns
acquisition
gaining etc. v.
obtainment
procuration, procurement
purchase, descent, inheritance
gift etc. Giving . recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin [Law] , restitution etc. Restitution
redemption, salvage, trover [Law] . find, trouvaille, foundling. gain, thrift
money-making, money grubbing
lucre, filthy lucre, pelf
loaves and fishes, the main chance
emolument etc. (remuneration) Reward . profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit
avails
income etc. (receipt) Receipt
proceeds, produce, product
outcome, output
return, fruit, crop, harvest
second crop, aftermath
benefit etc. (good) Good . sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool
pot
wealth etc. Wealth . subreption [Fraudulent acquisition]
obreption
stealing etc. Stealing .
Verbs
acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather
collect etc. (assemble) Assemblage
pick, pickup
glean. find
come upon, pitch upon, light upon
scrape up, scrape together
get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure
derive, draw, get in the harvest. profit
make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit
turn to profit, turn to account
make capital out of, make money by
obtain a return, reap the fruits of
reap an advantage, gain an advantage
turn a penny, turn an honest penny
make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill
make money, coin money, raise money
raise funds, raise the wind
fill one's pocket etc. (wealth) Wealth . treasure up etc. (store) Store
realize, clear
produce etc. Production
take etc. Taking . get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy [Law] , redeem, come by one's own. come by, come in for
receive etc. Receiving
inherit
step into a fortune, step into the shoes of
succeed to. get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at
take possession, come into possession, enter into possession. be profitable etc. adj.
pay, answer. accrue etc. (be received) Receiving .
Adjectives
acquiring, acquired etc. v.
profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative.
Nouns
loss
deperdition, perdition
forfeiture, lapse. privation, bereavement
deprivation etc. (dispossession) Taking
riddance
damage, squandering, waste.
Verbs
lose
incur a loss, experience a loss, meet with a loss
miss
mislay, let slip, allow to slip through the fingers
be without etc. (exempt) Possession .Existence
forfeit. get rid of etc. Relinquishment
waste etc. Waste . be lost
lapse.
Nouns
possession, seizin [Law] , seisin [Law]
ownership etc. Property
occupancy
hold, holding
tenure, tenancy, feodality, dependency
villenage, villeinage
socage, chivalry, knight service. exclusive possession, impropriation, monopoly, retention etc. Retention
prepossession, preoccupancy
nine points of the law
corner, usucaption. future possession, heritage, inheritance, heirship, reversion, fee, seigniority
primogeniture, ultimogeniture. futures contract [right of future possession
financial instruments], warrant, put, call, option
right of first refusal. bird in hand, chose in possession.
Verbs
possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy
be possessed of etc. adj.
have in hand etc. adj.
own etc. Property
command. inherit
come to, come in for. engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate, impropriate, have all to oneself
corner
have a firmhold of etc. (retain) Retention
get into one's hand etc. (acquire) Acquisition . belong to, appertain to, pertain to
be in one's possession etc. adj.
vest in.
Adjectives
possessing etc. v.
worth
possessed of, seized of, master of, in possession of
usucapient
endowed with, blest with, instinct with, fraught with, laden with, charged with. possessed etc. v.
on hand, by one
in hand, in store, in stock
in one's hands, in one's grasp, in one's possession
at one's command, at one's disposal
one's own etc. (property) Property . unsold, unshared.
Nouns
exemption
absence etc. Absence
exception, immunity, privilege, release.
Verbs
not have etc. Possession
be without etc. adj.
excuse.
Adjectives
exempt from, devoid of, without, unpossessed of, unblest with
immune from. not having etc. Possession
unpossessed
untenanted etc. (vacant) Absence
without an owner. unobtained, unacquired.
Nouns
participation
cotenancy, joint tenancy
occupancy in common, possession in common, tenancy in common
joint stock, common stock
co-partnership, partnership
communion
community of possessions, community of goods
communism, socialism
cooperation etc. Cooperation . snacks, coportion, picnic, hotchpot
co-heirship, co-parceny, co-parcenary
gavelkind. participator, sharer
co-partner, partner
shareholder
co-tenant, joint tenant
tenants in common
co-heir, co-parcener. communist, socialist.
Verbs
participate, partake
share, share in
come in for a share
go shares, go snacks, go halves
share and share alike. have in common, possess in common, be seized in common, have as joint tenants, possess as joint tenants, be seized as joint tenants etc. n.. join in
have a hand in etc. (cooperate) Cooperation .
Adjectives
partaking etc. v.
communistic.
Nouns
possessor, holder
occupant, occupier
tenant
person in possession, man in possession etc. Possession
renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee
zemindar, ryot
tenant on sufferance, tenant at will, tenant from year to year, tenant for years, tenant for life. owner
proprietor, proprietress, proprietary
impropriator, master, mistress, lord. land holder, land owner, landlord, land lady, slumlord
lord of the manor, lord paramount
heritor, laird, vavasour, landed gentry, mesne lord
beneficiary, mortgagor. grantee, feoffee, releasee [Law] , relessee, devisee
legatee, legatary. trustee
holder of the legal estate etc.
mortgagee. right owner, rightful owner. [Future possessor] heir presumptive, heir apparent
heiress
inheritor, inheritress, inheritrix
reversioner, remainderman.
Nouns
property, possession, proprietorship, lordship
seignority
empire etc. (dominion) Authority . interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding
tenure etc. (possession) Possession
vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest
use, trust, benefit
legal estate, equitable estate
seizin [Law] , seisin [Law] . absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold
fee tail, fee simple
estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail
estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general. limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate
estate for life, estate for years
remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility. dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony
legacy etc. (gift) Giving
Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds. assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances
wealth etc. Wealth
money etc. Money
what one is worth, what one will cut up for
estate and effects. landed property, landed real estate property
realty
land, lands
tenements
hereditaments
corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments
acres
ground etc. (earth) Land
acquest, messuage, toft. territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence. manor, honor, domain, demesne
farm, plantation, hacienda
allodium etc. (free) Freedom
fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency
arado, merestead, ranch. free lease-holds, copy lease-holds
folkland
chattels real
fixtures, plant, heirloom
easement
right of common, right of user. personal property, personal estate, personal effects
personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables
stock, stock in trade
things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia
equipage etc. Instrument . parcels, appurtenances. impedimenta
luggage, baggage
bag and baggage
pelf
cargo, lading. rent roll
income etc. (receipts) Receipt
maul and wedges [U.S.] . patent, copyright
chose in action
credit etc. Credit
debt etc. Debt .
Verbs
possess etc. Possession
be the possessor of etc. Possessor , own
have for one's own, have for one's very own
come in for, inherit. savor of the realty. be one's property etc. n.
belong to
appertain to, pertain to.
Adjectives
one's own
landed, predial, manorial, allodial
free lease-hold, copy lease-hold
feudal, feodal.
Adverbs
to one's credit, to one's account
to the good. to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and to one and his executors administrators and assigns.
Nouns
retention
retaining etc. v.
keep, detention, custody
tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip. fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum
bond etc. (vinculum) [Connecting medium.] Connection
captive etc. Prisoner .
Verbs
retain, keep
hold fast one's own, hold tight one's own, hold fast one's ground, hold tight one's ground
clinch, clench, clutch, grasp, gripe, hug, have a firm hold of. secure, withhold, detain
hold back, keep back
keep close
husband etc. (store) Store
reserve
have in stock, have on hand, keep in stock etc. (possess) Possession
entail, tie up, settle.
Adjectives
retaining etc. v.
retentive, tenacious. unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated. incommunicable, inalienable
in strict settlement.
Nouns
relinquishment, abandonment etc. (of a course) Relinquishment
renunciation, expropriation, dereliction
cession, surrender, dispensation
quitclaim deed
resignation etc. Resignation
riddance. derelict etc. adj.
foundling
jetsam, waif. discards, culls, rejects
garbage, refuse, rubbish.
Verbs
relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede
let go, let slip
spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with
lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf etc. (disuse) Disuse
set aside, put aside, put away
make away with, cast behind
maroon. give notice to quit, give warning
supersede
be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of
eject etc. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
wash one's hands of. discard, cast off, dismiss
cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs
cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds
put away, turn away, sweep away
jettison
reject. quit one's hold, quitclaim.