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[obs3]; 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[obs3];
belonging to &c. v.; appurtenant to, in common with. related,
connected; implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to; en rapport,
in touch with. approximative[obs3], approximating; proportional,
proportionate, proportionable; allusive, comparable. in the same
category &c. 75; like &c. 17; relevant &c. (apt) 23; applicable,
equiparant[obs3]. 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[obs3], dissociation; misrelation[obs3]; inapplicability;
inconnection[obs3]; 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[obs3], 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[obs3].
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[obs3], affiliation; lineage, agnation[obs3], 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[obs3]; first cousin, second cousin; cousin once removed, cousin
twice &c. removed; near relation, distant relation; brother, sister,
one's own flesh and blood. family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood,
cousinhood[obs3]. 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[obs3].; reciprocity, reciprocation; mutuality,
correlation, interdependence, interrelation, connection, link,
association; interchange &c. 148; exchange, barter. reciprocator,
reprocitist. V. reciprocate, alternate; interchange &c. 148; exchange;
counterchange[obs3]. Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual[obs3],
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[obs3], self, oneself;
identification. monotony, tautology &c. (repetition) 104. facsimile &c.
(copy) 21; homoousia; alter ego &c. (similar) 17[obs3]; 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[obs3]. coincide, coalescent, coalescing; indistinguishable;
one; equivalent &c. (equal) 27; tweedle dee and tweedle dum[Lat]; much
the same, of a muchness[obs3]; 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[obs3],
contrariant[obs3]; 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[obs3]; daedal[obs3]. 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[obs3], connaturalness[obs3]; 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[obs3]; 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[obs3]; correspondence, homoiousia[obs3],
parity. connaturalness[obs3], connaturality[obs3]; brotherhood, family
likeness. alliteration, rhyme, pun. repetition &c. 104; sameness &c.
(identity) 13; uniformity &c. 16; isogamy[obs3]. 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[obs3], 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[obs3], make alike; rhyme, pun. Adj. similar;
resembling &c. v.; like, alike; twin. analogous, analogical; parallel,
of a piece[Fr]; such as, so; homoiousian[obs3]. connatural[obs3],
congener, allied to; akin to &c. (consanguineous) 1 1. 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[obs3];
unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance[obs3]; divergence,
variation.; difference &c. 15; novelty, originality; creativeness;
oogamy[obs3]. 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. 16a. 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.
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invention, creation.
Adj. unimitated[obs3], uncopied[obs3]; 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[obs3], discrepancy.
divergency &c. 291[obs3]; 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. 16a.
#21. [Result of imitation.] Copy.—N. copy, facsimile, counterpart,
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effigies, effigy, form, likeness.
image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance,
ectype[obs3],
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[obs3], fair copy.
parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie[obs3],
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[obs3].
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[obs3]; protoplast, module, exemplar, example,
ensample[obs3], paradigm; lay-figure. text, copy, design;
fugleman[obs3], keynote; die, mold; matrix, last, plasm[obs3];
proplasm[obs3], 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 [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[obs3], consistency; congruity,
congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism,
apposition, union. fitness, aptness &c. adj.; relevancy; pertinence,
pertinencey[obs3]; sortance|; case in point; aptitude,
coaptation[obs3], propriety, applicability, admissibility,
commensurability, compatibility; cognation &c. (relation) 9.
adaption[obs3], 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[obs3]. 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[obs3],
dovetail, square. Adj. agreeing, suiting &c. v.; in accord, accordant,
concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous[obs3], 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[obs3], 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][obs3]; 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[obs3]; discongruity[obs3], mesalliance; jarring &c. v.;
dissension &c. 713; conflict &c. (opposition) 708; bickering, clashing,
misunderstanding, wrangle. disparity, mismatch, disproportion;
dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness &c. adj[obs3].;
variance, divergence, repugnance. unfitness &c. adj.; inaptitude,
impropriety; inapplicability &c. adj.; inconsistency,
inconcinnity[obs3]; irrelevancy &c. (irrelation) 10[obs3].
misjoining[obs3], misjoinder[obs3]; syncretism[obs3], 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[obs3]; inharmonious,
unharmonious[obs3]; inconsonant, unconsonant[obs3]; divergent,
repugnant to. inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited,
unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting,
unbefitting; unbecoming; ill-timed, unseasonable, mal a propos[Fr],
inadmissible; inapposite &c. (irrelevant) 10. uncongenial;
ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined[obs3], misplaced,
misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable,
uncommensurable[obs3]; 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[obs3]. Phr. asinus ad lyram[Lat].