RELATION
1. ABSOLUTE RELATION
9. Relation — N. relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,
cognation; correlation &c 12; analogy; similarity &c 17; affinity,
homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation &c
(nearness) 197; filiation &c (consanguinity) 11; interest; relevancy &c
23; dependency, relationship, relative position.
comparison &c 464; ratio, proportion.
link, tie, bond of union.
V. be related &c adj.; have a relation &c n.; relate to, refer to; bear
upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with; pertain to,
belong to, appertain to; answer to; interest.
bring into relation with, bring to bear upon; connect, associate,
draw a parallel; link &c 43.
Adj. relative; correlative &c 12; cognate; relating to &c v.; relative
to, in relation with, referable or referrible to†; belonging to &c v.;
appurtenant to, in common with.
related, connected; implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to;
en rapport, in touch with.
approximative†, approximating; proportional, proportionate,
proportionable; allusive, comparable.
in the same category &c 75; like &c 17; relevant &c (apt) 23;
applicable, equiparant†.
Adv. relatively &c adj.; pertinently &c 23.
thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning
&c v.; anent; relating to, as relates to; with relation, with reference
to, with respect to, with regard to; in respect of; while speaking of,
a propos of [Fr.]; in connection with; by the way, by the by; whereas;
for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of,
on the score of; quoad hoc [Lat.]; pro re nata [Lat.]; under the head
of &c (class) 75, of; in the matter of, in re.
Phr. thereby hangs a tale [Taming of the Shrew].
10. [Want, or absence of relation.] Irrelation — N. irrelation†,
dissociation; misrelation†; inapplicability; inconnection†;
multifariousness; disconnection &c (disjunction) 44; inconsequence,
independence; incommensurability; irreconcilableness &c (disagreement)
24; heterogeneity; unconformity &c 83; irrelevancy, impertinence, nihil
ad rem [Lat.]; intrusion &c 24; non-pertinence.
V. have no relation to &c 9; have no bearing upon, have no concern with
&c 9, have no business with; not concern &c 9; have no business there,
have nothing to do with, intrude &c 24.
bring in head and shoulders, drag in head and shoulders, lug in
head and shoulders.
Adj. irrelative†, irrespective, unrelated; arbitrary; independent,
unallied; unconnected, disconnected; adrift, isolated, insular;
extraneous, strange, alien, foreign, outlandish, exotic.
not comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable &c
83.
irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose;
impertinent, inapposite, beside the mark, a propos de bottes [Fr.];
aside from the purpose, away from the purpose, foreign to the purpose,
beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, beside
the point; misplaced &c (intrusive) 24; traveling out of the record.
remote, far-fetched, out of the way, forced, neither here nor
there, quite another thing; detached, segregate; disquiparant†.
multifarious; discordant &c 24.
incidental, parenthetical, obiter dicta, episodic.
Adv. parenthetically &c adj.; by the way, by the by; en passant [Fr.],
incidentally; irrespectively &c adj.; without reference to, without
regard to; in the abstract &c 87; a se.
11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity — N. consanguinity,
relationship, kindred, blood; parentage &c (paternity) 166; filiation†,
affiliation; lineage, agnation†, connection, alliance; family
connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism.
kinsman, kinfolk; kith and kin; relation, relative; connection;
sibling, sib; next of kin; uncle, aunt, nephew, niece; cousin, cousin-
german†; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin twice
removed; &c near relation, distant relation; brother, sister, one's own
flesh and blood.
family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood†.
race, stock, generation; sept &c 166; stirps, side; strain; breed,
clan, tribe, nation.
V. be related to &c adj.. claim relationship with &c n.. with.
Adj. related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied,
collateral; cognate, agnate, connate; kindred; affiliated; fraternal.
intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely
related, distantly related, allied; german.
12. [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation — N. reciprocalness
&c adj.†; reciprocity, reciprocation; mutuality, correlation,
interdependence, interrelation, connection, link, association;
interchange &c 148; exchange, barter.
reciprocator, reprocitist.
V. reciprocate, alternate; interchange &c 148; exchange; counterchange†.
Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual†, correlative, reciprocative,
interrelated, closely related; alternate; interchangeable;
interdependent; international; complemental, complementary.
Adv. mutually, mutatis mutandis [Lat.]; vice versa; each other, one
another; by turns &c 148; reciprocally &c adj..
Phr. happy in our mutual help [Milton].
13. Identity — N. identity, sameness; coincidence, coalescence;
convertibility; equality &c 27; selfness†, self, oneself;
identification.
monotony, tautology &c (repetition) 104.
facsimile &c (copy) 21; homoousia: alter ego &c (similar) 17;
ipsissima verba &c (exactness) 494 [Lat.]; same; self, very, one and
the same; very thing, actual thing; real McCoy; no other; one and only;
in the flesh.
V. be identical &c adj.; coincide, coalesce, merge.
treat as the same, render the same, identical; identify; recognize
the identity of.
Adj. identical; self, ilk; the same &c n.. selfsame, one and the same,
homoousian†.
coincide, coalescent, coalescing; indistinguishable; one;
equivalent &c (equal) 27; tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.]; much the
same, of a muchness†; unaltered.
Adv. identically &c adj.; on all fours.
14. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety — N. contrariety, contrast, foil,
antithesis, oppositeness; contradiction; antagonism &c (opposition)
708; clashing, repugnance.
inversion &c 218; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the
converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme.
V. be contrary &c adj.; contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo
[Lat.].
invert, reverse, turn the tables; turn topsy-turvy, turn end for
end, turn upside down, turn inside out.
contradict, contravene; antagonize &c 708.
Adj. contrary, contrarious†, contrariant†; opposite, counter, dead
against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted,
antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; conflicting, inconsistent,
contradictory, at cross purposes; negative; hostile &c 703.
differing toto coelo [Lat.]; diametrically opposite; diametrically
opposed; as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and
darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles; as
different as night and day; Hyperion to a satyr [Hamlet]; quite the
contrary, quite the reverse; no such thing, just the other way, tout au
contraire [Fr.].
Adv. contrarily &c adj.; contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the
contrary, nay rather; vice versa; on the other hand &c (in
compensation) 30.
Phr. all concord's born of contraries [B.
Jonson].
Thesis, antithesis, synthesis [Marx].
15. Difference — N. difference; variance, variation, variety;
diversity, dissimilarity &c 18; disagreement &c 24; disparity &c
(inequality) 28; distinction, contradistinction; alteration.
modification, permutation, moods and tenses.
nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle
distinction; shade of difference, nuance; discrimination &c 465;
differentia.
different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another
pair of shoes; horse of a different color; this that or the other.
V. be different &c adj.; differ, vary, ablude†, mismatch, contrast;
divaricate; differ toto coelo [Lat.], differ longo intervallo [It].
vary, modify &c (change) 140.
discriminate &c 465.
Adj. differing &c v.; different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious,
polyglot; distinguishable, dissimilar; varied, modified; diversified,
various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of; variform &c 81; daedal†.
other, another, not the same; unequal &c 28.
unmatched; widely apart, poles apart, distinctive; characteristic,
discriminative, distinguishing.
incommensurable, incommensurate.
Adv. differently &c adj..
Phr. il y a fagots et fagots.
2. CONTINUOUS RELATION
16. Uniformity — N. uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness;
consistency; connaturality†, connaturalness†; homology; accordance;
conformity &c 82; agreement &c 23; consonance, uniformness.
regularity, constancy, even tenor, routine; monotony.
V. be uniform &c adj.; accord with &c 23; run through.
become uniform &c adj.; conform to &c 82.
render uniform, homogenize &c adj.; assimilate, level, smooth,
dress.
Adj. uniform; homogeneous, homologous; of a piece [Fr.], consistent,
connatural†; monotonous, even, invariable; regular, unchanged,
undeviating, unvaried, unvarying.
unsegmented.
Adv. uniformly &c adj.; uniformly with &c (conformably) 82; in harmony
with &c (agreeing) 23.
always, invariably, without exception, without fail, unfailingly,
never otherwise; by clockwork.
Phr. ab uno disce omnes [Lat.].
16a. [Absence or want of uniformity.] Nonuniformity — N. diversity,
irregularity, unevenness; multiformity &c 81; unconformity &c 83;
roughness &c 256; dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divarication,
divergence.
Adj. diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough &c 256; multifarious;
multiform &c 81; of various kinds; all manner of, all sorts of, all
kinds of.
Adv. variously, in all manner of ways, here there and everywhere.
3. PARTIAL RELATION
17. Similarity — N. similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude,
semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; agreement &c 23;
analogy, analogicalness†; correspondence, homoiousia†, parity.
connaturalness†, connaturality†; brotherhood, family likeness.
alliteration, rhyme, pun.
repetition &c 104; sameness &c (identity) 13; uniformity &c 16;
isogamy†.
analogue; the like; match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate,
twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister; one's second self, alter
ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum [Lat.], Arcades ambo†,
birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne [Lat.]; gens de meme famille
[Fr.].
parallel; simile; type &c (metaphor) 521; image &c
(representation) 554; photograph; close resemblance, striking
resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful
resemblance.
V. be similar &c adj.; look like, resemble, bear resemblance; smack of,
savor of, approximate; parallel, match, rhyme with; take after; imitate
&c 19; favor, span [U.S.].
render similar &c adj.; assimilate, approximate, bring near;
connaturalize†, make alike; rhyme, pun.
Adj. similar; resembling &c v.; like, alike; twin.
analogous, analogical; parallel, of a piece [Fr.]; such as, so;
homoiousian†.
connatural†, congener, allied to; akin to &c (consanguineous) 11.
approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of,
in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating,
representing.
exact &c (true) 494; lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to
life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like,
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.]; as like as two peas in a pod, as like
as it can stare; instar omnium [Lat.], cast in the same mold,
ridiculously like.
Adv. as if, so to speak; as it were, as if it were; quasi, just as,
veluti in speculum [Lat.].
Phr. et sic de similibus [Lat.]; tel maitre tel valet [Fr.]; tel pere
tel fils [Fr.]; like master, like servant; like father, like son; the
fruit doesn't fall far from the tree; a chip off the old block
18. Dissimilarity — N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude†; unlikeness,
diversity, disparity, dissemblance†; divergence, variation.; difference
&c 15; novelty, originality; creativeness; oogamy†.
V. be unlike &c adj.; vary &c (differ) 15; bear no resemblance to,
differ toto coelo [Lat.].
render unlike &c adj.; vary &c (diversify) 140.
Adj. dissimilar, unlike, disparate; divergent; of a different kind; &c
(class) 75 unmatched, unique; new, novel; unprecedented &c 83;
original.
nothing of the kind; no such thing, quite another thing; far from
it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid [Lat.], as like a dock as a
daisy, very like a whale [Hamlet]; as different as chalk from cheese,
as different as Macedon and Monmouth; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.].
diversified &c 16.1.
Adv. otherwise.
Phr. diis aliter visum [Lat.]; no more like my father than I to
Hercules [Hamlet].
19. Imitation — N. imitation; copying &c v.; transcription;
repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction;
mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint.
mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation;
representation &c 554; semblance; copy &c 21; assimilation.
paraphrase, parody, take-off, lampoon, caricature &c 21.
plagiarism; forgery, counterfeit &c (falsehood) 544; celluloid.
imitator, echo, cuckoo†, parrot, ape, monkey, mocking bird, mime;
copyist, copycat; plagiarist, pirate.
V. imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat; do like, echo,
reecho, catch; transcribe; match, parallel.
mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate; act
&c (drama) 599; represent &c 554; counterfeit, parody, travesty,
caricature, lampoon, burlesque.
follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the
footsteps of, follow in the wake of; take pattern by; follow suit,
follow the example of; walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of
another's book, strike in with, follow suit; take after, model after;
emulate.
Adj. imitated &c v.; mock, mimic; modelled after, molded on.
paraphrastic; literal; imitative; secondhand; imitable; aping,
apish, mimicking.
Adv. literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim [Lat.], sic, totidem
verbis [Lat.], word for word, mot a mot [Fr.]; exactly, precisely.
Phr. like master like man; like - but oh! how different! [Wordsworth];
genius borrows nobly [Emerson]; pursuing echoes calling 'mong the rocks
[A.
Coles]; quotation confesses inferiority [Emerson]; Imitation is
the sincerest form of flattery.
20. Nonimitation — N. no imitation; originality; creativeness.
invention, creation.
Adj. unimitated†, uncopied†; unmatched, unparalleled; inimitable &c 13;
unique, original; creative, inventive, untranslated; exceptional, rare,
sui generis uncommon [Lat.], unexampled.
20a. Variation — N. variation; alteration &c (change) 140.
modification, moods and tenses; discrepance†, discrepancy.
divergency &c 291; deviation &c 279; aberration; innovation.
V. vary &c (change) 140; deviate &c 279; diverge &c 291; alternate,
swerve.
Adj. varied &c v.; modified; diversified &c 16.1.
21. [Result of imitation.] Copy — N. copy, facsimile, counterpart,
effigies, effigy, form, likeness.
image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype†, photo
offset, electrotype; imitation &c 19; model, representation,
adumbration, study; portrait &c (representation) 554; resemblance.
duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion [Brit.],
reflection; shadow, echo.
transcript [copy into a non-visual form], transcription;
recording, scan.
chip off the old block; reprint, new printing; rechauffe [Fr.];
apograph†, fair copy.
parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie†, paraphrase.
[copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification,
expansion, extension, revision; second edition &c (repetition) 104.
servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake &c
(deception) 545; pasticcio†.
Adj. faithful; lifelike &c (similar) 17; close, conscientious.
unoriginal, imitative, derivative.
22. [Thing copied.] Prototype — N. prototype, original, model,
pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type;
archetype, antitype†; protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample†,
paradigm; lay-figure.
text, copy, design; fugleman†, keynote.
die, mold; matrix, last, plasm†; proplasm†, protoplasm; mint; seal,
punch, intaglio, negative; stamp.
V. be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy.
Phr. a precedent embalms a principle [Lat.Tran] [Disraeli]; exempla
sunt odiosa [Lat.].
4. GENERAL RELATION
23. Agreement — N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony;
concord &c 714; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual
understanding.
conformity &c 82; conformance; uniformity &c 16; consonance,
consentaneousness†, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping;
congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union.
fitness, aptness &c adj.; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey†;
sortance†; case in point; aptitude, coaptation†, propriety,
applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility;
cognation &c (relation) 9.
adaption†, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation,
reconcilement; assimilation.
consent &c (assent) 488; concurrence &c 178; cooperation &c 709.
right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just
the thing.
V. be accordant &c adj.; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally,
respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with,
chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with;
dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T;
match &c 17; become one; homologate†.
consent &c (assent) 488.
render accordant &c adj.; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate;
adjust &c (render equal) 27; dress, regulate, readjust; accord,
harmonize, reconcile; fadge†, dovetail, square.
Adj. agreeing, suiting &c v.; in accord, accordant, concordant,
consonant, congruous, consentaneous†, correspondent, congenial;
coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance
with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with, &c n.; at one
with, of one mind, of a piece [Fr.]; consistent, compatible,
proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.
apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose;
happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem [Lat.], in point, on point, directly
on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.
fit adapted, in loco, a propos [Fr.], appropriate, seasonable,
sortable, suitable, idoneous†, deft; meet &c (expedient) 646.
at home, in one's proper element.
Adv. a propos of [Fr.]; pertinently &c adj..
Phr. rem acu tetigisti [Lat.]; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits;
auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Lat.] [Syrus]; discers concordia
[Lat.] [Ovid].
24. Disagreement — N. disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance,
dissidence, discrepancy; unconformity &c 83; incongruity, incongruence†;
discongruity†, mesalliance; jarring &c v.; dissension &c 713; conflict
&c (opposition) 708; bickering, clashing, misunderstanding, wrangle.
disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality;
disproportionateness &c adj.†; variance, divergence, repugnance.
unfitness &c adj.; inaptitude, impropriety; inapplicability &c
adj.; inconsistency, inconcinnity†; irrelevancy &c (irrelation) 10.
misjoining†, misjoinder†; syncretism†, intrusion, interference;
concordia discors [Lat.].
fish out of water.
V. disagree; clash, jar &c (discord) 713; interfere, intrude, come
amiss; not concern &c 10; mismatch; humano capiti cervicem jungere
equinam [Lat.].
Adj. disagreeing &c v.; discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war;
hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable,
inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional &c 83; intrusive,
incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated†; inharmonious,
unharmonious†; inconsonant, unconsonant†; divergent, repugnant to.
inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable;
inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting;
unbecoming; illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos [Fr.], inadmissible;
inapposite &c (irrelevant) 10.
uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined†,
misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible,
incommensurable, uncommensurable†; unsympathetic.
out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint,
out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element; at odds
with, at variance with.
Adv. in defiance, in contempt, in spite of; discordantly &c adj.; a
tort et a travers†.
Phr. asinus ad lyram [Lat.].