#440. Variegation. -- N. 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

  • mother-of-pearl

  • opal

  • marble

  • check

  • plaid

  • tartan

  • patchwork

  • marquetry-

  • parquetry

  • mosaic

  • chessboard

  • checkers

  • chequers

  • harlequin;

  • Joseph's coat

  • tricolor

  • V. be variegated

  • variegate

  • stripe

  • streak

  • checker

  • chequer

  • speckle

  • besprinkle

  • sprinkle

  • stipple

  • maculate

  • dot

  • tattoo

  • inlay

  • damascene

  • embroider

  • braid

  • quilt

  • Adj. variegated

  • many-colored

  • many-hued

  • divers-colored

  • party-colored

  • dichromatic

  • polychromatic

  • tricolor

  • of all the colors of the rainbow

  • of all manner of

  • colors

  • kaleidoscopic

  • iridescent

  • opalescent

  • prismatic

  • nacreous

  • pearly

  • shot

  • gorge de pigeon

  • pied

  • piebald

  • motley

  • mottled

  • marbled

  • pepper and salt

  • paned

  • dappled

  • clouded

  • mosaic

  • tesselated

  • plaid

  • tortoise shell

  • spotted

  • spotty

  • powdered

  • speckled

  • freckled

  • flea-bitten

  • studded

  • flecked

  • striated

  • barred

  • veined;

  • brindled

  • tabby

  • watered

  • grizzled

  • listed

  • embroidered

  • v

  • (iii) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT

#441. Vision. -- N. vision

• • sight

  • optics

  • eyesight

  • view

  • look

  • glance

  • ken

  • glimpse

  • glint

  • peep

  • gaze

  • stare

  • leer

  • 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

  • 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

  • eagle

  • hawk

  • cat

  • lynx

  • evil eye

  • basilisk

  • cockatrice [Mythical]

  • V. see

  • behold

  • discern

  • perceive

  • have in sight

  • descry

  • sight

  • make

  • out

  • discover

  • distinguish

  • recognize

  • spy

  • espy

  • ken

  • 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

  • look on

  • present)

  • see sights

  • see at a glance

  • (intelligence) 498

  • 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

  • watch

  • see with one's own

  • eyes

  • watch for

  • peep

  • peer

  • pry

  • take a peep

  • play at

  • 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

  • Adj. seeing

  • visual

  • ocular

  • optic

  • optical

  • ophthalmic

  • clear-eyesighted

  • eagle-eyed

  • hawk-eyed

  • lynx-eyed

  • keen-eyed

  • Argus-eyed

  • visible

  • Adv. visibly

  • in sight of

  • with one's eyes open at sight

  • at first sight

  • at a glance

  • at the first blush

  • prima facie[Lat]

  • Int. look!

  • Phr. the scales falling from one's eyes

  • "an eye like Mars to

  • threaten or command" [Hamlet]

  • "her eyes are homes of silent prayer"

  • [Tennyson]

  • "looking before and after" [Hamlet]

  • "thy rapt soul sitting

  • in thine eyes" [Milton]

#442. Blindness. -- N. blindness

• • excecation|

  • cataract

  • ablepsy|

  • prestriction|

  • dim-

  • sightedness

  • Braille

  • Braille-type

  • guttaserena ("drop serene")

  • V. be blind

  • 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

  • shut the eyes

  • to

  • be blind to

  • wink at

  • blink at

  • render blind

  • blind

  • blindfold

  • hoodwink

  • dazzle

  • put one's

  • eyes out

  • throw dust into one's eyes

  • pull the wool over one's eyes

  • jeter

  • screen from sight

  • Adj. blind

  • eyeless

  • sightless

  • visionless

  • dark

  • stone-blind

  • sand-

  • blind

  • stark-blind

  • dimsighted

  • blind as a bat

  • blind as a buzzard

  • blind as a beetle

  • blind as a

  • mole

  • blind as an owl

  • wall-eyed

  • blinded

  • Adv. blindly

  • blindfold

  • blindfolded

  • darkly

  • Phr. "O dark

  • dark

  • dark

  • amid the blaze of noon" [Milton]

#443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness. [Fallacies of vision.] -- N

• • dim sight

  • dull sight half sight

  • short sight

  • near sight

  • long sight

  • double sight

  • astigmatic sight

  • failing sight

  • dimsightedness

  • purblindness

  • myopia

  • confusion of

  • vision

  • astigmatism

  • color blindness

  • Daltonism

  • strabismus

  • squint;

  • day blindness

  • nystagmus;

  • xanthopsia[Med]

  • cast in the eye

  • swivel eye

  • goggle-

  • eyes

  • obliquity of vision

  • winking

  • nictitation

  • albino

  • dizziness

  • swimming

  • cataract

  • ophthalmia

  • [Limitation of vision] blinker

  • screen

  • [Fallacies of vision] deceptio visus[Lat]

  • refraction

  • distortion

  • illusion

  • false light

  • virtual image

  • spectrum

  • mirage

  • looming

  • phasma|

  • phantasm

  • phantom

  • vision

  • specter

  • apparition

  • ghost

  • ignis fatuus

  • magic mirror[Lat]

  • magic lantern

  • mirror lens

  • (instrument) 445

  • V. be dimsighted

  • 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

  • screw up the eyes

  • glare

  • glower

  • dazzle

  • loom

  • Adj. dim-sighted

  • myopic

  • astigmatic moon-

  • eyed

  • mope-eyed

  • blear-eyed

  • goggle-eyed

  • gooseberry-eyed

  • one-eyed

  • blind

  • of one eye

  • half-blind

  • purblind

  • cock-eyed

  • dim-eyed

  • mole-eyed

  • dichroic

  • blind as a bat

  • winking

#444. Spectator. -- N. spectator

• • beholder

  • observer

  • looker-on

  • onlooker

  • witness

  • eyewitness

  • bystander

  • passer by

  • sightseer

  • rubberneck

  • rubbernecker * [U. S.]

  • spy

  • sentinel

  • V. witness

  • behold

  • look on

  • gawk

  • rubber *

  • rubberneck *[U.S.]

#445. Optical Instruments. -- N. optical instruments

• • lens

  • meniscus

  • magnifier

  • sunglass

  • magnifying glass

  • hand lens

  • microscope

  • spectacles

  • specs [coll.],glasses

  • barnacles

  • goggles

  • eyeglass

  • pince-nez

  • monocle

  • reading glasses

  • bifocals

  • contact lenses

  • soft lenses

  • hard lenses

  • sunglasses

  • shades[coll.]

  • telescope

  • glass

  • lorgnette

  • spyglass

  • opera

  • glass

  • binocular

  • binoculars

  • field glass

  • burning glass

  • convex lens

  • 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

  • quarter-

  • wave plate

  • camera lucida[Lat]

  • camera obscura[Lat]

  • magic lantern

  • stereopticon

  • stereoscope

  • kaleidoscope

  • photometer

  • 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

  • gastroscope[Med]

  • spectroscope

  • gastroscopy[Med]

  • microscopy

  • microscopist

#446. Visibility. -- N. visibility

• • perceptibility

  • conspicuousness

  • distinctness

  • conspicuousness

  • appearance

  • 4

  • exposure

  • manifestation

  • ocular proof

  • ocular evidence

  • ocular demonstration

  • field of view

  • V. be become visible

  • 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

  • attract the attention

  • reappear

  • live in

  • a glass house

  • expose to view

  • Adj. visible

  • perceptible

  • perceivable

  • discernible

  • apparent

  • in

  • view

  • in full view

  • in sight

  • exposed to view

  • en evidence

  • unclouded

  • in the foreground

  • obvious

  • plain

  • clear

  • distinct

  • definite

  • well

  • defined

  • well marked

  • in focus

  • recognizable

  • palpable

  • glaring

  • staring

  • conspicuous

  • stereoscopic

  • in bold

  • in strong relief

  • panoramic

  • before one's eyes

  • under one's eyes

  • before one

  • in

  • one's eye

  • oculis subjecta fidelibus[Lat]

  • Adv. visibly

  • in sight of

  • before one's eyes

  • veluti

  • in speculum[Lat]

#447. Invisibility. -- N. invisibility

• • invisibleness

  • nonappearance

  • imperceptibility

  • indistinctness

  • mystery

  • concealment

  • latency

  • V. be invisible

  • be hidden

  • lurk

  • hidden) 5

  • escape notice

  • render invisible

  • conceal

  • put out of sight

  • not see

  • lose sight of

  • Adj. invisible

  • imperceptible

  • indiscernible;

  • unapparent

  • non-apparent

  • out of sight

  • not in sight

  • a perte de

  • behind the scenes

  • behind the curtain

  • viewless

  • sightless;

  • inconspicuous

  • unseen

  • covert

  • eclipsed

  • under an eclipse

  • dim

  • mysterious

  • dark

  • obscure

  • confused

  • indistinct

  • indistinguishable

  • shadowy

  • indefinite

  • undefined

  • ill-defined

  • ill-marked;

  • blurred

  • fuzzy

  • out of focus

  • misty

  • hidden

  • obscured

  • covered

  • veiled (concealed) 528

  • Phr. "full many a flower is born to blush unseen" [Gray]

#448. Appearance. -- N. 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

  • pageant

  • spectacle

  • peep-show

  • raree-show

  • gallanty-show

  • ombres

  • chinoises[Sp]

  • magic lantern

  • phantasmagoria

  • dissolving views;

  • cinematograph

  • moving pictures

  • panorama

  • diorama

  • coup de theatre

  • pageantry

  • insignia

  • angle

  • phase

  • seeming

  • shape

  • 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

  • profile

  • cut of one's jib

  • outside

  • 220

  • V. appear

  • be visible

  • become visible

  • 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

  • manifest) 525

  • Adj. apparent

  • seeming

  • ostensible

  • on view

  • Adv. apparently

  • to all seeming

  • to all appearance

  • ostensibly

  • seemingly

  • as it seems

  • on the face of it

  • prima facie [Lat]

  • at the first

  • blush

  • at first sight

  • in the eyes of

  • to the eye

  • Phr. editio princeps [Lat]

#449. Disappearance. -- N. disappearance

• • evanescence

  • eclipse

  • occultation

  • departure

  • exit

  • vanishing point

  • dissolving views

  • V. disappear

  • vanish

  • dissolve

  • fade

  • melt away

  • pass

  • go

  • evaporate

  • vaporize

  • be gone

  • leave no trace

  • leave

  • "not a rack behind" [Tempest]

  • go off the stage

  • suffer

  • an eclipse

  • undergo an eclipse

  • retire from sight

  • be lost to view

  • pass

  • out of sight

  • lose sight of

  • efface

  • Adj. disappearing

  • evanescent

  • missing

  • lost

  • lost to sight

  • lost to view

  • gone

  • (ejection) 297

#450. Intellect. -- N. intellect

• • mind

  • understanding

  • reason

  • thinking principle

  • rationality

  • cogitative faculties

  • cognitive faculties

  • discursive faculties

  • reasoning faculties

  • intellectual faculties;

  • faculties

  • senses

  • consciousness

  • observation

  • percipience

  • intelligence

  • intellection

  • intuition

  • association of ideas

  • instinct

  • conception

  • judgment

  • wits

  • parts

  • capacity

  • intellectuality

  • genius

  • brains

  • cognitive

  • powers

  • intellectual powers

  • wit

  • ability

  • wisdom

  • Vernunft[Ger]

  • Verstand[Ger]

  • soul

  • spirit

  • ghost

  • inner man

  • heart

  • breast

  • bosom

  • penetralia

  • mentis[Lat]

  • divina particula aurae[Lat]

  • heart's core

  • the Absolute

  • psyche

  • subliminal consciousness

  • supreme principle

  • brain

  • organ of thought

  • seat of thought

  • sensory;

  • head

  • headpiece

  • pate

  • noggin

  • skull

  • scull

  • pericranium[Med]

  • cerebrum

  • cranium

  • sconce

  • upper story

  • [in computers] central processing unit

  • CPU

  • arithmetic and logical

  • unit

  • ALU

  • [Science of mind] metaphysics

  • psychics

  • psychology

  • ideology

  • mental

  • philosophy

  • moral philosophy

  • philosophy of the mind

  • phrenology

  • craniology[Med]

  • cranioscopy[Med]

  • ideality

  • idealism

  • transcendentalism

  • spiritualism

  • immateriality

  • universal concept

  • universal conception

  • metaphysician

  • psychologist

  • V. note

  • notice

  • mark

  • take notice of

  • take cognizance of be aware of

  • be conscious of

  • realize

  • appreciate

  • ruminate

  • fancy

  • (imagine) 515

  • Adj. intellectual[Relating to intellect]

  • mental

  • rational

  • subjective

  • metaphysical

  • spiritual

  • ghostly;

  • psychological

  • cerebral

  • brainy;

  • subconscious

  • subliminal

  • immaterial

  • endowed with reason

  • Adv. in petto

  • Phr. ens rationis [Lat]

  • frons est animi janua [Lat][Cicero]

  • locos y

  • ninos dicen la verdad [Sp]

  • mens sola loco non exulat [Lat][Ovid]

  • "my

  • mind is my kingdom" [Campbell]

  • "stern men with empires in their brains"

  • [Lowell]

  • "the mind

  • the music breathing from her face" [Byron]

  • "thou

  • living ray of intellectual Fire" [Falconer]

  • <-- differentiate between instinct and intuition. Intuition is reserved

  • for people. -->

#450a. Absence or want of Intellect.-- N. absence of intellect

• • want

  • of intellect

  • imbecility

  • brute force

  • instinct

  • brute instinct

  • stimulus-response loop

  • conditioned

  • response

  • instinctive reaction

  • Pavlovian response

  • mimicry

  • aping (imitation) 19

  • moron

  • imbecile

  • idiot

  • fool

  • dumb animal

  • vegetable

  • brain-

  • dead

  • Adj. unendowed with reason

  • void of reason

  • thoughtless

  • vegetative;

  • moronic

  • idiotic

  • brainless [all pejorative]

  • Adv. instinctively

  • like Pavlov's dog

  • vegetatively

  • V. mimic

  • ape (imitate)

  • respond instinctively

#451. Thought. -- N. thought

• • exercise of the intellect

  • intellection

  • reflection

  • cogitation

  • consideration

  • meditation

  • study

  • lucubration

  • speculation

  • deliberation

  • pondering

  • head work

  • brain work

  • cerebration

  • deep reflection

  • close

  • study

  • application

  • abstract thought

  • abstraction contemplation

  • musing

  • brown study

  • (inattention) 45

  • reverie

  • Platonism

  • depth of thought

  • workings of the

  • mind

  • thoughts

  • inmost thoughts

  • self-counsel self-communing

  • self-

  • consultation

  • philosophy of the Absolute

  • philosophy of the Academy

  • philosophy of the Garden

  • philosophy of the lyceum

  • philosophy of the

  • Porch

  • association of thought

  • succession of thought

  • flow of thought

  • train

  • of thought

  • current of thought

  • association of ideas

  • succession of ideas

  • flow of ideas

  • train of ideas

  • current of ideas

  • after thought

  • mature thought

  • reconsideration

  • second thoughts;

  • retrospection

  • examination

  • (inquiry) 461 invention

  • thoughtfulness

  • V. think

  • reflect

  • cogitate

  • consider

  • deliberate;

  • bestow thought upon

  • bestow consideration upon

  • speculate

  • contemplate

  • meditate

  • ponder

  • muse

  • dream

  • ruminate

  • brood over

  • con over

  • animadvert

  • study

  • bend -

  • apply mind

  • digest

  • discuss

  • hammer at

  • weigh

  • perpend

  • realize

  • appreciate

  • fancy

  • take into consideration

  • take counsel

  • commune

  • with oneself

  • bethink oneself

  • collect one's thoughts

  • revolve in the mind

  • turn over in the mind

  • run over in the mind

  • chew the cud upon

  • sleep upon;

  • take counsel of one's pillow

  • advise with one's pillow

  • rack one's brains

  • ransack one's brains

  • crack one's brains

  • beat

  • one's brains

  • cudgel one's brains

  • set one's brain to work

  • set one's wits

  • to work

  • harbor an idea

  • entertain an idea

  • cherish an idea

  • nurture an idea

  • take into one's head

  • bear in mind

  • reconsider

  • occur

  • present itself

  • suggest itself

  • come into one's head

  • get into

  • one's head

  • strike one

  • flit across the view

  • come uppermost

  • run in one's

  • head

  • enter the mind

  • pass in the mind

  • cross the mind

  • flash on the mind

  • flash across the mind

  • float in the mind

  • fasten itself on the mind

  • be

  • uppermost in the mind

  • occupy the mind

  • have in one's mind

  • make an impression

  • sink into the mind

  • penetrate into the mind;

  • engross the thoughts

  • Adj. thinking

  • thoughtful

  • pensive

  • meditative

  • reflective

  • wistful

  • contemplative

  • speculative

  • deliberative

  • studious

  • sedate

  • introspective

  • Platonic

  • philosophical

  • lost in thought

  • deep musing

  • in the mind

  • under consideration

  • Adv. all things considered

  • Phr. the mind being on the stretch

  • the mind turning upon

  • the head

  • turning upon

  • the mind running upon

  • "divinely

  • bent to meditation"

  • [Richard III]

  • "fresh-

  • pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought" [O. Meredith]

  • "go speed the

  • stars of Thought"[Emerson]

  • "in maiden meditation fancy-free" [M. N

  • D.]

  • "so sweet is zealous contemplation" [Richard III]

  • "the power of

  • thought is the magic of the Mind" [Byron]

  • "those that think must govern

  • those that toil" [Goldsmith]

  • "thought is parent of the deed" [Carlyle];

  • "thoughts in attitudes imperious" [Longfellow]

  • "thoughts that breathe

  • and words that burn" [Gray]

  • vivere est cogitare [Lat][Cicero]

  • Volk der

  • Dichter und Denker [Ger]

#452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy. -- N

• • vacancy

  • fatuity

  • thoughtlessness

  • vacuity

  • couch potato

  • vegetable

  • V. not think

  • not think of

  • dismiss from the mind

  • dismiss

  • from the thoughts

  • indulge in reverie

  • put away thought

  • unbend the mind

  • relax the mind

  • divert the mind

  • veg out

  • Adj. vacant

  • unintellectual

  • unoccupied

  • unthinking

  • inconsiderate

  • thoughtless

  • mindless

  • no-brain

  • vacuous

  • absent

  • (inattentive) 45

  • diverted

  • irrational

  • narrow-minded

  • unthought of

  • undreamt 'of

  • unconsidered

  • off one's mind;

  • not to be thought of

  • Phr. absence d'esprit

#453. [Object of thought.] Idea. -- N. idea

• • notion

  • conception

  • thought

  • apprehension

  • impression

  • perception

  • image

  • [Grk]

  • sentiment

  • reflection

  • observation

  • consideration

  • abstract idea;

  • archetype

  • formative notion

  • guiding conception

  • organizing conception;

  • image in the mind

  • regulative principle

  • view

  • theory

  • conceit

  • fancy

  • phantasy

  • (imagination) 515.point of view

  • field of view

  • <-- recall distinction between objective reality and perception thereof:

  • noumenon and phenomenon -->

#454. [Subject of thought

• • ] Topic. -- N. subject of

  • thought

  • material for thought

  • food for the mind

  • mental pabulum

  • subject

  • subject matter

  • matter

  • theme

  • [Grk]

  • topic

  • what it is about

  • thesis

  • text

  • business

  • affair

  • matter in hand

  • argument;

  • motion

  • resolution

  • head

  • chapter

  • case

  • point

  • proposition

  • theorem

  • field

  • of inquiry

  • moot point

  • problem

  • V. float in the mind

  • pass in the mind

  • Adj. thought of

  • uppermost in the mind

  • in petto

  • Adv. under consideration

  • in question

  • in the mind

  • on foot

  • on the

  • carpet

  • on the docket

  • relative to

#455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity. -- N. interest

• • thirst for

  • knowledge

  • thirst for truth

  • curiosity

  • curiousness

  • inquiring mind;

  • inquisitiveness

  • omnivorous intellect

  • devouring mind

  • [person who desires knowledge] inquirer

  • sightseer

  • quidnunc[Lat]

  • newsmonger

  • Paul Pry

  • eavesdropper

  • gossip

  • rubberneck;

  • intellectual

  • seeker[inquirer after religious knowledge]

  • seeker after

  • truth

  • V. be curious

  • take an interest in

  • stare

  • gape

  • prick up the

  • ears

  • see sights

  • lionize

  • pry

  • nose

  • rubberneck*[U. S.]

  • Adj. curious

  • inquisitive

  • burning with curiosity

  • overcurious;

  • inquiring

  • prying

  • snoopy

  • nosy

  • peering

  • prurient

  • inquisitorial

  • curious as a cat

  • agape

  • Phr. what's the matter? what next? consumed with curiosity

  • curiosity

  • killed the cat

  • satisfaction brought it back. "curiouser and curiouser"

  • [Alice in Wonderland]

#456. [Absence of curiosity.] Incuriosity. -- N. incuriosity

• • incuriousness

  • insouciance

  • indifference

  • lack of

  • interest

  • disinterest

  • boredom

  • ennui (weariness)

  • satiety

  • foreknowledge

  • (foresight) 510

  • V. be incurious

  • have no curiosity

  • take no interest

  • in

  • mind one's own business

  • Adj. incurious

  • uninquisitive

  • indifferent

  • impassive

  • uninterested

  • detached

  • aloof

#457. Attention. -- N. attention

• • mindfulness

  • presence of mind

  • intentness

  • alertness

  • thought

  • advertence

  • observance

  • observation

  • consideration

  • reflection

  • perpension|

  • heed

  • heedfulness

  • particularity

  • notice

  • regard

  • circumspection

  • diligence

  • study

  • scrutiny

  • inspection

  • introspection

  • revision

  • revisal

  • active application

  • diligent application

  • exclusive application

  • minute application

  • close application

  • intense application

  • deep

  • application

  • profound application

  • abstract application

  • labored

  • application

  • deliberate application

  • active attention

  • diligent attention

  • exclusive attention

  • minute attention

  • close attention

  • intense attention

  • deep attention

  • profound attention

  • abstract attention

  • labored attention

  • deliberate attention

  • active thought

  • diligent thought

  • exclusive thought

  • minute thought

  • close thought

  • intense thought

  • deep thought

  • profound

  • thought

  • abstract thought

  • labored thought

  • deliberate thought

  • active

  • study

  • diligent study

  • exclusive study

  • minute study

  • close study

  • intense

  • study

  • deep study

  • profound study

  • abstract study

  • labored study

  • deliberate study

  • minuteness

  • attention to detail

  • absorption of mind

  • indication

  • calling attention to

  • V. be attentive

  • attend

  • advert to

  • observe

  • look

  • see

  • view

  • remark

  • notice

  • regard

  • take notice

  • mark

  • give attention to

  • pay attention

  • to

  • pay heed to

  • give heed to

  • incline an ear to

  • lend an ear to

  • trouble

  • one's head about

  • give a thought to

  • animadvert to

  • occupy oneself with;

  • contemplate

  • look at

  • look to

  • look after

  • look into

  • look over

  • see to

  • turn the mind to

  • bend the mind to

  • apply the mind to

  • direct the mind to

  • give the mind to

  • turn the eye to

  • bend the eye to

  • apply the eye to

  • direct the eye to

  • give the eye to

  • turn the attention

  • to

  • bend the attention to

  • apply the attention to

  • direct the attention to

  • give the attention to

  • have an eye to

  • have in one's eye

  • bear in mind;

  • take into account

  • take into consideration

  • keep in sight

  • keep in view;

  • have regard to

  • heed

  • mind

  • take cognizance of entertain

  • recognize

  • make

  • note of

  • take note of

  • note

  • examine cursorily

  • glance at

  • glance upon

  • glance over

  • cast the eyes

  • over

  • pass the eyes over

  • run over

  • turn over the leaves

  • dip into

  • perstringe|

  • skim

  • take a cursory view of

  • examine

  • examine closely

  • examine intently

  • scan

  • scrutinize

  • consider

  • give one's mind to

  • bend one's mind to

  • overhaul

  • revise

  • pore

  • over

  • inspect

  • review

  • pass under review

  • take stock of

  • fix the eye on

  • rivet attention on

  • fix attention on

  • devote the eye to

  • fix the mind on

  • devote the thoughts to

  • hear out

  • think out

  • mind one's business

  • revert to

  • watch

  • (take care of) 45

  • hearken to

  • listen to

  • prick up the ears

  • have the eyes open

  • keep the eyes open

  • come

  • to the point

  • meet with attention

  • fall under one's notice

  • fall under one's

  • observation

  • be under consideration

  • catch the eye

  • strike the eye

  • attract notice

  • catch the attention

  • awaken the attention

  • wake the attention

  • invite the attention

  • solicit the

  • attention

  • attract the attention

  • claim the attention

  • excite the attention

  • engage the attention

  • occupy the attention

  • strike the attention

  • arrest

  • the attention

  • fix the attention

  • engross the attention

  • absorb the

  • attention

  • rivet the attention

  • catch the mind

  • awaken the mind

  • wake the

  • mind

  • invite the mind

  • solicit the mind

  • attract the mind

  • claim the mind

  • excite the mind

  • engage the mind

  • occupy the mind

  • strike the mind

  • arrest

  • the mind

  • fix the mind

  • engross the mind

  • absorb the mind

  • rivet the mind

  • catch the thoughts

  • awaken the thoughts

  • wake the thoughts

  • invite the

  • thoughts

  • solicit the thoughts

  • attract the thoughts

  • claim the thoughts

  • excite the thoughts

  • engage the thoughts

  • occupy the thoughts

  • strike the

  • thoughts

  • arrest the thoughts

  • fix the thoughts

  • engross the thoughts

  • absorb the thoughts

  • rivet the thoughts

  • be present to the mind

  • be

  • uppermost in the mind

  • bring under one's notice

  • point out

  • point to

  • point at

  • point the

  • finger at

  • lay the finger on

  • indigitate|

  • indicate

  • direct attention to

  • call attention to

  • show

  • put a mark

  • call soldiers to

  • "attention"

  • bring forward

  • Adj. attentive

  • mindful

  • observant

  • regardful

  • alive to

  • awake to;

  • observing

  • alert

  • open-eyed

  • intent on

  • taken up with

  • occupied

  • with

  • engaged in

  • engrossed in

  • wrapped in

  • absorbed

  • rapt

  • transfixed

  • riveted

  • mesmerized

  • hypnotized

  • glued to (the TV)

  • breathless

  • preoccupied

  • watchful

  • breathless

  • undistracted

  • upon the stretch

  • on the watch

  • steadfast

  • [compelling attention] interesting

  • engrossing

  • mesmerizing

  • riveting

  • Int. see! look

  • look here

  • look you

  • look to it! mark! lo! behold!

  • hark ye! mind! halloo! observe! lo and behold! attention!

  • nota bene [Latin]

  • "N.B."

  • note well

  • I'd have you to know

  • notice! O yes!

  • Phr. this is to give notice

  • these are to give notice

  • dictum sapienti

  • sat est [Latin: a word to the wise is sufficient]

  • finem respice[Lat]

  • Attention! Now hear this! Oyez!

  • Achtung[German];

  • vnimanie[Russ][Russian]

  • chui[Japanese]

#458. Inattention. -- N. inattention

• • inconsideration;

  • inconsiderateness

  • oversight

  • inadvertence

  • inadvertency

  • nonobservance

  • disregard

  • supineness

  • want of thought;

  • heedlessness

  • insouciance

  • abstraction

  • absence of mind

  • absorption of mind

  • preoccupation

  • distraction

  • reverie

  • brown study

  • deep musing

  • fit of abstraction

  • V. be inattentive

  • overlook

  • disregard

  • pass by

  • 460 not observe

  • think little of

  • close one's eyes to

  • shut one's eyes to

  • pay no attention to

  • dismiss

  • from one's thoughts

  • discard from one's thoughts

  • discharge from one's

  • thoughts

  • dismiss from one's mind

  • discard from one's mind

  • discharge from

  • one's mind

  • drop the subject

  • think no more of

  • set aside

  • turn aside

  • put

  • aside

  • turn away from

  • turn one's attention from

  • turn a deaf ear to

  • turn

  • one's back upon

  • abstract oneself

  • dream

  • indulge in reverie

  • escape notice

  • escape attention

  • come in at one ear and go out at the

  • other

  • forget

  • call off the attention

  • draw off the attention

  • call away the

  • attention

  • divert the attention

  • distract the mind

  • put out of one's head;

  • disconcert

  • discompose

  • put out

  • confuse

  • perplex

  • bewilder

  • fluster

  • muddle

  • dazzle

  • throw a sop to Cerberus

  • Adj. inattentive

  • unobservant

  • unmindful

  • heedless

  • unthinking

  • unheeding

  • inadvertent

  • mindless

  • regardless

  • listless

  • blind

  • deaf

  • bird-

  • witted

  • hand over head

  • cursory

  • giddy-brained

  • scatter-

  • brained

  • hare-brained

  • unreflective

  • offhand

  • dizzy

  • giddy

  • giddy as a goose;

  • wild

  • harum-scarum

  • highflying

  • heedless

  • careless

  • (neglectful) 460

  • inconsiderate

  • thoughtless

  • absent

  • abstracted

  • distrait

  • absentminded

  • lost

  • lost in thought

  • wrapped in thought

  • rapt

  • in the clouds

  • bemused

  • dreaming on other things

  • musing on other things

  • preoccupied

  • engrossed

  • daydreaming

  • in a reverie

  • off one's guard

  • napping

  • dreamy

  • caught napping

  • disconcerted

  • distracted

  • put out

  • Adv. inattentively

  • inadvertently

  • absent-mindedly

  • per

  • incuriam[Lat]

  • sub silentio[Lat]

  • Int. stand at ease

  • stand easy!

  • Phr. the attention wanders

  • one's wits gone a woolgathering

  • one's

  • wits gone a bird's nesting

  • it never entered into one's head

  • the mind

  • running on other things

  • one's thoughts being elsewhere

  • had it been a bear

  • it would have bitten you

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#459. Care. [Vigilance.] -- N. care

• • solicitude

  • heed

  • heedfulness

  • scruple

  • watchfulness

  • vigilance

  • surveillance

  • watch

  • vigil

  • look out

  • watch and ward

  • alertness

  • attention

  • prudence

  • circumspection

  • anxiety

  • forethought

  • precaution

  • tidiness

  • (cleanliness)

  • accuracy

  • minuteness

  • attention to detail

  • V. be careful

  • take care

  • pay attention to

  • take care of

  • look to

  • look after

  • see to

  • see

  • after

  • keep an eye on

  • keep a sharp eye on

  • chaperon

  • play

  • gooseberry

  • keep watch

  • keep watch and ward

  • mount guard

  • set watch

  • watch;

  • keep in sight

  • keep in view

  • mind

  • mind one's business

  • look sharp

  • look about one

  • look with one's own eyes

  • keep a good

  • lookout

  • keep a sharp lookout

  • have all one's wits about one

  • have all

  • one's eyes about one

  • watch for

  • keep one's eyes open

  • have the eyes open

  • sleep with one's eye open

  • Adj. careful regardful

  • heedful

  • taking care

  • particular;

  • prudent

  • considerate

  • thoughtful

  • provident

  • alert

  • sure-footed

  • guarded

  • on one's guard

  • on the alert

  • on watch

  • on the lookout

  • awake

  • broad awake

  • vigilant

  • watchful

  • wakeful

  • wistful;

  • Argus-eyed

  • wide awake

  • on the watch for (expectant)

  • 507

  • tidy

  • (clean)

  • accurate

  • scrupulous

  • cavendo tutus

  • Adv. carefully

  • with care

  • gingerly

  • Phr. quis custodiet istos custodes? [Latin: who will watch the

  • watchers?]

  • "care will kill a cat" [Wither]

  • ni bebas agua que no veas

  • [Sp]

  • "O polished perturbation! Golden care!" [Henry IV]

  • "the incessant

  • care and labor of his mind" [Henry IV]