#690. Agent.-- N. doer
Created Agent Doer page March 6 2017
#691. Workshop. -- N. workshop
workhouse
workplace
shop
place of
business
manufactory
mill
plant
works
factory
cabinet
studio;
office
branch office bureau
atelier
hive[specific types of workplace: list]
hive of industry
nursery;
hothouse
hotbed
kitchen
mint
forge
loom
dock
dockyard;
armory
laboratory
lab
research institute
refinery;
cannery
power plant
beauty parlor
beehive
bindery
forcing pit
slip
yard
wharf
foundry
furnace
vineyard
crucible
alembic
caldron
matrix
Adj. at work
at the office
at the shop
working
2. Complex Voluntary Action
#692. Conduct. -- N. conduct[actions of an individual agent];
behavior
deportment
comportment
carriage
demeanor
guise
bearing
manner
observance
dealing
transaction
business
tactics
game
game plan
policy
polity
generalship
statesmanship
seamanship
strategy
plan
management
husbandry
housekeeping
housewifery
stewardship
menage;
regime
economy
economics
political economy
government
693
execution
manipulation
treatment
campaign
career
life
course
walk
race
record
course of conduct
line of conduct
line of action
line of
proceeding
role
process
ways
practice
procedure
modus operandi
MO
method of operating
method
path
V. transact[cause to occur]
execute
despatch
dispatch
proceed
with
discharge
carry on
carry through
carry out
carry into effect
put
into effect
work out
go through
get through
enact
put into practice;
do
officiate
bear oneself
behave oneself
comport oneself
demean oneself
carry
oneself
conduct oneself
acquit oneself
run a race
lead a life
play a game
take a course
adopt a course;
steer one's course
shape one's course
play one's paint
play one's cards
shift for oneself
paddle one's own canoe
bail one's own boat
conduct
manage
supervise
participate
deal with
have to do with
treat
handle a case
take steps
take
measures
Adj. conducting
businesslike
practical
executive
#693. Direction. -- N. direction
management
government
conduct
legislation
regulation
guidance;
bossism [U.S.]
legislature
steerage
pilotage
reins
reins of
government
helm
rudder
needle
compass
guiding star
load star
lode
star
pole star
cynosure
supervision
superintendence
surveillance
oversight
eye of the
master
control
charge
board of control
command
(authority) 737
premiership
senatorship
director
chair
portfolio
statesmanship
statecraft
ministry
ministration
administration
stewardship
agency
[person who directs] director
V. direct
manage
govern
conduct
order
prescribe
cut out work
for
bead
lead
lead the way
show the way
take the lead
lead on;
regulate
guide
steer
pilot
tackle
[intransitive] take the helm
be at the helm
have the reins
handle
the reins
hold the reins
take the reins
drive
tool
superintend
supervise
overlook
control
keep in order
look after
see to
legislate for
administer
have
the care of
have the charge of
be in charge of
have charge of
take the
direction
boss
boss one around
pull the strings
pull the wires
rule
have the direction
hold office
hold the portfolio;
preside
preside at the board
take the chair
occupy the chair
be in the
chair
pull the stroke oar
Adj. directing
hegemonic
Adv. at the helm
at the head of
#694. Director. -- N. director
manager
governor
rector
comptroller
superintendent
supervisor
straw boss
intendant
overseer
husband
inspector
visitor
ranger
surveyor
moderator
monitor
taskmaster
master
leader
ringleader
demagogue
corypheus
conductor
bellwether
agitator;
collector
file leader
guiding star
adviser
guide
(information) 5
pilot
helmsman
steersman
wire-
puller
driver
whip
Jehu
charioteer
coachman
carman
cabman
postilion
muleteer
teamster
whipper in
head
head man
head center
boss
principal
president
speaker;
chair
chairman
chairwoman
chairperson
captain
superior
mayor
vice president
prime minister
premier
vizier
grand vizier
officer
functionary
minister
official
bureaucrat
man in office
Jack in office
office bearer
person in
authority
statesman
strategist
legislator
lawgiver
politician
statist|!
Minos
Draco
arbiter
boss [U.S.]
political dictator
board
secretary
secretary of state
Reis Effendi
vicar
steward
factor
agent
bailiff
middleman
foreman
clerk of
works
factotum
seneschal
housekeeper
shepherd
croupier
proctor
procurator
Adv. ex officio
#695. Advice. -- N. advice
counsel
adhortation|
word to the wise;
suggestion
submonition|
recommendation
advocacy
advisement
exhortation
expostulation
admonition
guidance
instruction
charge
injunction
Governor's
message
President's message
King's message
Queen's speech
message
speech from the throne
adviser
prompter
counsel
counselor
monitor
mentor
Nestor
magnus
senator
teacher
guide
manual
chart
physician
doctor
leech|!
arbiter
reference
consultation
conference
pourparler
V. advise
counsel
give advice
give counsel
give a piece of
suggest
prompt
recommend
prescribe
advocate
exhort
enjoin
enforce
charge
instruct
call
call upon
dictate
expostulate
admonish
advise with
lay heads together
consult together
compare notes
hold
a council
deliberate
be closeted with
confer
consult
refer to
call in
take advice
follow advice
be
advised by
have at one's elbow
take one's cue from
Adj. recommendatory
hortative
dehortatory
admonitory
Int. go to!
Phr. "give every man thine ear but few thy voice" [Hamlet]
"I pray
thee cease thy counsel" [Much Ado About Nothing]
"my guide
philosopher
and friend" [Pope]
"'twas good advice and meant
my son be good" [Crabbe];
verbum sat sapienti [Latin: a word to the wise is sufficient]
vive memor
leti[Lat]
"we
ask advice but we mean approbation" [Colton]
#696. Council. -- N. council
committee
subcommittee
comitia[Lat]
court
chamber
cabinet
board
bench
staff
senate
senatus[Lat]
parliament
chamber of deputies
directory
reichsrath[Ger]
rigsdag
cortes[Sp]
junta
divan
sanhedrim
Amphictyonic
duma[Russ]
house of representatives
legislative assembly
legislative council
volksraad[Ger]
consistory
chapter
syndicate
court of appeal
96
board of control
board of works
vestry
county council
local board
audience chamber
council chamber
state chamber
cabinet council
privy council
cockpit
convocation
synod
congress
convention
diet
states-general
[formal gathering of members of a council: script] assembly
caucus
conclave
clique
conventicle
meeting
sitting
seance
conference
convention
exhibition
session
palaver
pourparler
house;
quorum
council fire [N.Am.]
powwow [U.S.]
primary [U.S.]
meeting
assemblage
[person who is member of a council] member
senator
member of
parliament
M.P
councilor
representative of the people
assemblyman
congressman
councilman
councilwoman
alderman
freeholder
V. assemble
gather together
meet (assemblage)
confer
caucus
hold council
huddle [coll.]
Adj. senatorial
congressional
parliamentary;
legislative
law-making
regulatory
deliberative
#697. Precept. -- N. precept
direction
instruction
charge;
prescript
prescription
recipe
receipt
golden rule
maxim
rule
canon
law
code
corpus juris[Lat]
lex scripta[Lat]
act
statute
rubric
stage direction
regulation
form
formula
formulary;
technicality
canon law
norm
order
#698. Skill. -- N. skill
skillfulness
address
dexterity
dexterousness
adroitness
expertness
proficiency
competence
technical competence
craft
facility
knack
trick
sleight
mastery
mastership
excellence
ambidexterity
sleight of hand
seamanship
airmanship
marksmanship
horsemanship
rope-dancing
accomplishment
acquirement
attainment
art
science
technicality
technology
practical knowledge
technical knowledge
knowledge of the world
world wisdom
tact
mother
wit
discretion
finesse
craftiness
management
self-help
cleverness
talent
ability
ingenuity
capacity
parts
talents
faculty
endowment
forte
turn
gift
genius
intelligence
sharpness
readiness
invention
aptness
aptitude
turn for
capacity for
genius for
felicity
capability
curiosa
felicitas[Lat]
qualification
habilitation
proficient
masterpiece
tour de force
good
stroke
V. be skillful
excel in
be master of
have a turn for
n
know what's what
know a hawk from a handsaw
know what one is about
know on which side one's bread is buttered
know what's o'clock
have cut
one's eye teeth
have cut one's wisdom teeth
see one's way
see where the wind lies
see which way the wind blows;
have all one's wits about one
have one's hand in
scire
look after the main chance
cut one's coat according to one's cloth;
live by one's wits
exercise one's discretion
feather the oar
sail near
the wind
stoop to conquer
play one's cards well
play
one's best card
hit the right nail on the head
put the saddle on the
right horse
take advantage of
make the most of
profit by &e. (use) 67
make a
hit
make a virtue of necessity
make hay while the sun
shines
Adj. skillful
dexterous
adroit
expert
apt
handy
quick
deft
ready
gain
slick
smart
proficient
good at
up to
at
home in
master of
a good hand at
au fait
thoroughbred
masterly
crack
accomplished
conversant
experienced
practiced
skilled
hackneyed
up in
well up in
in
practice
in proper cue
competent
efficient
qualified
capable
fitted
fit for
up to the mark
trained
initiated
prepared
primed
finished
clever
cute
able
ingenious
felicitous
gifted
talented
endowed;
inventive
shrewd
sharp
on the ball
cunning
alive to
up to snuff
not to be caught with chaff;
discreet
neat-handed
fine-fingered
nimble-fingered
ambidextrous
sure-
footed
cut out for
fitted for
technical
artistic
scientific
shipshape
workman-
like
business-like
statesman-like
Adv. skillfully
well
artistically
with skill
with consummate skill
secundum artem[Lat]
suo Marte
to the best of one's
abilities
Phr. ars celare artem[Lat]
artes honorabit[Lat]
celui qui veut
c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher
expertus metuit [Lat][Horace]
es bildet ein Talent sich
in der Stille sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt[Ger]
"heart to
conceive the understanding to direct
or the hand to execute" [Junius]
if
you have lemons
make lemonade
#699. Unskillfulness. -- N. unskillfulness
want of skill
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incompetence
inability
infelicity
inexperience
disqualification
quackery
folly
stupidity
indiscretion
thoughtlessness
sabotage
mismanagement
misconduct
maladministration
misrule
misgovernment
misapplication
misdirection
misfeasance
petticoat
government
absence of rule
rule of thumb
bungling
failure
screw loose
too many cooks
blunder
act of folly
botch
bad job
sad work
sprat sent out to catch a whale
much ado about nothing
wild-goose
chase
bungler
fool
V. be unskillful
not see an inch beyond one's nose
blunder
bungle
boggle
fumble
botch
bitch
flounder
stumble
trip
hobble
put one's foot in it
make a mess of
make hash of
make sad work of;
overshoot the mark
play tricks with
play Puck
mismanage
misconduct
misdirect
misapply
missend
stultify oneself
make a fool of oneself
commit oneself
act
foolishly
play the fool
put oneself out of court
lose control
lose
control of oneself
lose one's head
lose one's cunning
begin at the wrong end
do things by halves
make two bites of a cherry
play at cross purposes
strain at a gnat and
swallow a camel
put the cart before the horse
lock the
stable door when the horse is stolen
not know what one is about
not know one's own interest
not know on
which side one's bread is buttered
stand in one's own light
quarrel with
one's bread and butter
throw a stone in one's own garden
kill the goose
which lays the golden eggs
pay dear for one's whistle
cut one's own
throat
bum one's fingers
knock one's head against a stone wall
beat
one's head against a stone wall
fall into a trap
catch a Tartar
bring
the house about one's ears
have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent)
have too many irons in the fire
mistake
take the shadow for the substance
bark up the wrong tree
be in the wrong box
aim at a pigeon and kill
a crow
take the wrong pig by the tail
get the wrong pig by the tail
get
the wrong sow by the ear
get the dirty end of the stick
put the saddle on
the wrong horse
put a square peg into a round hole
put new wine into old
bottles
cut blocks with a razor
hold a farthing candle to the sun
(useless) 6
fight with a shadow
grasp at a shadow
catch at straws
lean on a broken reed
reckon without one's host
pursue a wild goose
chase
go on a fool's goose chase
sleeveless errand
go further and fare
worse
lose one's way
miss one's way
fail
Adj. unskillful
inexpert
bungling
awkward
clumsy
unhandy
lubberly
gauche
maladroit
left-handed
heavy-handed
slovenly
slatternly
gawky
adrift
at fault
inapt
unapt
unteachable
giddy
(inattentive) 45
inconsiderate
stupid
inactive
incompetent
unqualified
disqualified
ill-qualified;
unfit
quackish
raw
green
inexperienced
rusty
out of practice
unaccustomed
unused
untrained
uninitiated
unconversant
shiftless
unstatesmanlike
unadvised
ill-advised
misadvised
ill-devised
ill-imagined
ill-
judged
ill-contrived
ill-conducted
unguided
misguided
misconducted
foolish
wild
infelicitous
penny wise and pound foolish
(inconsistent) 608
Phr. one's fingers being all thumbs
the right hand forgets its
cunning
incidit in Scyllam qui
vult vitare Charybdim[Lat]
out of the frying pan into the fire
non omnia
possumus omnes [Lat][Vergil]