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#732. Failure. -- N. failure

• nonfulfillment

• dead

• failure

• abortion

• miscarriage

• brutum fulmen

• 158[Lat]

• labor in vain

• no go

• inefficaciousness

• vain attempt

• ineffectual attempt

• abortive

• attempt

• abortive efforts

• flash in the pan

• "lame and impotent conclusion"

• [Othello]

• frustration

• slip 'twixt cup and lip

• blunder

• fault

• omission

• miss

• oversight

• slip

• trip

• stumble

• claudication|

• footfall

• false step

• wrong step

• faux

• lurch

• botchery

• scrape

• mess

• fiasco

• breakdown

• flunk [U.S.]

• mishap

• split

• collapse

• smash

• blow

• explosion

• repulse

• rebuff

• defeat

• rout

• overthrow

• discomfiture

• beating

• drubbing

• quietus

• subjugation

• checkmate

• stalemate

• fool's

• mate

• fall

• downfall

• ruin

• perdition

• wreck

• deathblow

• bankruptcy

• losing game

• affaire flamb_e

• victim

• bankrupt

• flunky [U.S.]

• V. fail

• be unsuccessful

• not succeed

• make vain

• efforts

• do in vain

• labor in vain

• toil in vain

• flunk [U.S.]

• lose

• one's labor

• take nothing by one's motion

• bring to naught

• make nothing

• of

• wash a blackamoor white

• roll the stones of

• Sisyphus

• do by halves

• lose

• ground

• fall short of

• miss

• miss one's aim

• miss the mark

• miss one's footing

• miss stays;

• slip

• trip

• stumble

• make a slip

• n. blunder

• make a mess of

• make a botch of

• bitch it|

• miscarry

• abort

• go up like a rocket and come

• down like the stick

• come down in flames

• get shot down

• reckon without

• one's host

• get the wrong pig by the tail

• get the wrong sow by the ear

• (blunder

• mismanage) 699

• limp

• halt

• hobble

• fall

• tumble

• lose one's balance;

• fall to the ground

• fall between two stools

• flounder

• falter

• stick in the

• mud

• run aground

• split upon a rock

• beat one's head against a stone wall

• run one's head against a stone wall

• knock one's head against a stone wall

• dash one's head against a stone wall

• break one's back

• break down

• sink

• drown

• founder

• have the ground cut from under one

• get into trouble

• get

• into a mess

• get into a scrape

• come to grief

• go to

• the wall

• go to the dogs

• go to pot

• lick the dust

• bite the dust

• be

• defeated

• have the worst of it

• lose the day

• come off second best

• lose

• fall a prey to

• succumb

• not have a leg to stand on

• come to nothing

• end in smoke

• flat out |

• fall to the ground

• fall

• through

• fall dead

• fall stillborn

• fall flat

• slip through one's fingers;

• hang fire

• miss fire

• flash in the pan

• collapse

• topple down

• 30

• go to wrack and ruin

• go amiss

• go wrong

• go cross

• go hard with

• go on a wrong tack

• go on

• ill

• come off ill

• turn out ill

• work ill

• take a wrong term

• take an ugly

• term

• take an ugly turn

• take a turn for the worse

• be all over with

• be all up with

• explode

• dash one's hopes

• (disappoint) 50

• defeat the purpose

• sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

• jump out of the frying pan into the fire

• go from the frying pan into the

• fire

• Adj. unsuccessful

• failing

• tripping

• at

• fault

• unfortunate

• abortive

• addle

• stillborn

• fruitless

• bootless

• ineffectual

• ineffective

• inconsequential

• trifling

• nugatory

• inefficient

• (impotent) 15

• insufficient

• unavailing

• of no

• effect

• aground

• grounded

• swamped

• stranded

• cast away

• wrecked

• foundered

• capsized

• shipwrecked

• foiled

• defeated

• struck

• down

• borne down

• broken down

• downtrodden

• overborne

• overwhelmed

• all up

• with

• ploughed

• plowed

• plucked

• lost

• undone

• ruined

• broken

• bankrupt

• played

• out

• done up

• done for

• dead beat

• ruined root and branch

• knocked on the head

• destroyed

• frustrated

• crossed

• unhinged

• disconcerted dashed

• thrown off one's

• balance

• thrown on one's back

• thrown on one's beam ends|

• unhorsed

• in a

• sorry plight

• hard hit

• stultified

• dished

• hoist on one's own petard;

• victimized

• sacrificed

• wide of the mark

• out of one's reckoning

• left in the lurch

• thrown away

• unattained

• uncompleted

• Adv. unsuccessfully

• to little or no purpose

• in vain

• re

• infecta[Lat]

• Phr. the bubble has burst

• "the jig is up"

• "the game is up"

• [Cymbeline]

• all is lost

• the devil to pay

• parturiunt montes

• (disappointment) 509[Lat]

• dies infaustus[Lat]

• tout est perdu hors

#733. Trophy. -- N.

#734. Prosperity. -- N. prosperity

• welfare

• well-being

• affluence

• success

• thrift

• roaring trade

• good fortune

• smiles of fortune

• blessings

• godsend

• luck

• good luck

• run of luck

• sunshine

• fair weather

• fair wind

• palmy

• days

• bright days

• halcyon days

• piping times

• tide

• flood

• high tide

• Saturnia regna[Lat]

• Saturnian age

• golden time

• golden age

• bed of

• roses

• fat city [coll.]

• fat of the land

• milk and honey

• loaves and

• fishes

• made man

• lucky dog

• spoiled child of fortune

• upstart

• parvenu

• mushroom

• V. prosper

• thrive

• flourish

• be prosperous

• drive a roaring

• trade

• do a booming business

• go on well

• go on smoothly

• go on swimmingly;

• sail before the wind

• swim with the tide

• run smooth

• run smoothly

• run on

• all fours

• rise in the world

• get on in the world

• work one's way

• make one's

• way

• look up

• lift one's head

• raise one's head

• make one's fortune

• feather one's nest

• make one's pile

• flower

• blow

• blossom

• bloom

• fructify

• bear fruit

• fatten

• keep oneself afloat

• keep one's head above water

• hold one's head

• above water

• land on one's feet

• light on one's feet

• light on one's legs

• fall on one's legs

• fall on one's feet

• drop into a good thing

• bear a

• charmed life

• bask in the sunshine

• have a good time of it

• have a fine

• time of it

• have a run of luck

• have the good fortune

• take a

• favorable turn

• live on the fat of the land

• live off the fat of the land

• live in clover

• Adj. prosperous

• thriving

• in a fair way

• buoyant

• well off

• well to do

• well to do in the world

• set up

• at one's ease

• rich

• in good case

• in full

• in high feather

• fortunate

• lucky

• in luck

• born

• with a silver spoon in one's mouth

• born under a lucky star

• on the sunny

• side of the hedge

• auspicious

• propitious

• providential

• palmy

• halcyon

• agreeable

• Adv. prosperously

• swimmingly

• as good luck would have it;

• beyond all hope

• Phr. one's star in the ascendant

• all for the best

• one's course runs

• smooth

• donec eris felix multos

• numerabis amicos [Lat][Ovid]

• felicitas multos habet amicos[Lat]

• felix se

• nescit amari [Lat][Lucan]

• 'good luck go with thee' [Henry V]

• nulli est

• homini perpetuum bonum [Lat][Plautus]

#735. Adversity. -- N. adversity

• evil

• failure

• bad

• luck

• ill luck

• evil luck

• adverse luck

• hard fortune

• hard hap

• hard luck

• hard lot

• frowns of fortune

• evil dispensation

• evil star

• evil genius|;

• vicissitudes of life

• ups and downs of life

• broken fortunes

• hard case

• hard lines

• hard life

• sea of troubles

• peck of troubles

• hell upon earth;

• slough of despond

• trouble

• hardship

• curse

• blight

• blast

• load

• pressure

• pressure of the times

• iron age

• evil day

• time out of joint

• hard

• times

• bad times

• sad times

• rainy day

• cloud

• dark cloud

• gathering

• clouds

• ill wind

• visitation

• infliction

• affliction

• bitter pill

• care

• trial

• the sport of fortune

• mishap

• mischance

• misadventure

• misfortune

• disaster

• calamity

• catastrophe

• accident

• casualty

• cross

• reverse

• check

• contretemps

• rub;

• comedown

• setback [U.S.]

• losing game

• falling

• fall

• downfall

• ruination

• ruinousness;

• undoing

• extremity

• ruin

• V. be ill off

• go hard with

• fall on evil

• fall on evil days;

• go on ill

• not prosper

• go downhill

• go to rack and ruin

• go to the

• dogs

• fall

• fall from one's high estate

• decay

• sink

• decline

• go down in

• the world

• have seen better days

• bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow

• to the grave

• come to grief

• be all over

• be up with

• bring a wasp's nest

• about one's ears

• bring a hornet's nest about one's ears

• Adj. unfortunate

• unhappy

• unlucky

• unprosperous

• hoodooed [U.S.]

• luckless

• hapless

• out of luck

• in trouble

• in a bad way

• in an evil plight

• under a cloud

• clouded

• ill off

• badly

• off

• in adverse circumstances

• poor

• behindhand

• down in the world

• decayed

• undone

• on the road to ruin

• on its last legs

• on the wane

• in

• one's utmost need

• planet-struck

• devoted

• born under an evil star

• born with a wooden

• ladle in one's mouth

• ill-fated

• ill-starred

• ill-omened

• adverse

• untoward

• disastrous

• calamitous

• ruinous

• dire

• deplorable

#736. Mediocrity. -- N. moderate circumstances

• average

• circumstances

• respectability

• middle classes

• mediocrity

• golden mean

• (mid-course) 6

• (moderation) 174

• V. jog on

• go fairly

• go quietly

• go peaceably

• go tolerably

• go

• respectably

• get on fairly

• get on quietly

• get on peaceably

• get on

• tolerably

• get on respectably

#737. Authority.-- N. authority

• influence

• patronage

• power

• preponderance

• credit

• prestige

• prerogative

• jurisdiction

• right

• (title) 9

• direction

• government

• divine right

• dynastic rights

• authoritativeness

• absoluteness

• absolutism

• despotism

• jus nocendi[Lat]

• jus divinum[Lat]

• mastery

• mastership

• dictation

• control

• hold

• grasp

• grip

• gripe

• reach

• iron sway

• fangs

• clutches

• talons

• rod of empire

• [Vicarious authority] commission

• deputy

• permission

• V. authorize

• warrant

• dictate

• (order) 741

• be at the head of

• hold office

• be in office

• fill an office;

• hold master

• occupy master

• a post master

• be master

• have the upper hand

• get the upper hand

• have the whip

• get the whip;

• gain a hold upon

• preponderate

• dominate

• rule the roost

• boss [U.S.];

• override

• overrule

• overawe

• lord it over

• hold in hand

• keep under

• make a

• puppet of

• lead by the nose

• turn round one's little finger

• bend to one's

• will

• hold one's own

• wear the breeches

• have the ball at one's feet

• have

• it all one's own way

• have the game in one's own hand

• have on the hip

• have under one's thumb

• be master of the situation

• take the lead

• play

• first fiddle

• set the fashion

• give the law to

• carry with a high hand

• lay

• down the law

• "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm" [Addison]

• rule

• with a rod of iron

• Adj. at the head

• dominant

• paramount

• supreme

• predominant

• preponderant

• in the ascendant

• influential

• arbitrary

• compulsory

• 744: stringent

• at one's command

• in one's power

• in one's grasp

• under control

• Adv. in the name of

• by the authority of

• in virtue

• of

• under the auspices of

• in the hands of

• at one's pleasure

• by a dash if the pen

• by a stroke of the pen

• ex

• mero motu[Lat]

• ex cathedra[Lat: from the chair]

• Phr. the gray mare the better horse

• "every inch a king" [Lear]

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#737a. Government. -- N. government

• legal authority

• soveriegn

• sovereign authority

• authority

• master

• direction

• [nations] national government

• nation

• state

• country

• nation-state

• dominion

• republic

• empire

• union

• democratic republic

• kingdom

• principality

• [subdivisions of nations] state government[U.S terminology]

• state;

• shire[England]

• province[Canada]

• county[Ireland]

• canton[Switzerland];

• territory [Australia]

• duchy

• archduchy

• woiwodshaft;

• commonwealth

• region

• property

• [smaller subdivisions] county

• parish[Louisiana]

• city

• domain

• tract

• commune

• wappentake

• hundred

• riding

• lathe

• tithing

• ward

• precinct

• bailiwick

• command

• empire

• sway

• rule

• dominion

• domination

• sovereignty

• supremacy

• suzerainty

• lordship

• seigniory

• rule

• sway

• command

• control

• administer

• govern

• lead

• preside over

• reign

• possess the throne

• be seated on the throne

• occupy the throne

• sway the scepter

• wield the scepter

• wear the crown

• state

• realm

• body politic

• posse comitatus[Lat]

• [person in the governing authority] judicature

• cabinet

• (council) 6

• seat of government

• seat of authority

• headquarters

• [Acquisition of authority] accession

• installation

• politics

• reign

• regime

• dynasty

• directorship

• dictatorship

• protectorate

• protectorship

• caliphate

• electorate

• presidency

• administration

• proconsul

• consulship

• prefecture;

• seneschalship

• magistracy

• monarchy

• kingship

• royalty

• regality;

• aristocracy

• oligarchy

• democracy

• theocracy

• demagogy;

• commonwealth

• dominion

• heteronomy

• republic

• republicanism

• socialism;

• collectivism

• mob law

• vox populi

• imperium in imperio[Lat]

• bureaucracy

• stratocracy

• military power

• military government

• junta

• feudal system

• feudalism

• theocracy

• triarchy

• duumvirate

• triumvirate

• autocracy

• autonomy

• limited

• monarchy

• constitutional government

• constitutional monarchy

• home rule;

• representative government

• petticoat

• government

• [government functions] legislature

• judiciary

• administration

• [Government agencies and institutions] office of the president

• office

• of the prime minister

• cabinet

• senate

• house of representatives

• parliament

• council

• courts

• supreme court

• state[U.S. national

• government departments (list)]

• interior

• labor

• health and human services

• defense

• education

• agriculture

• justice

• commerce

• treasury

• Federal

• Bureau of Investigation

• FBI

• Central Intelligence Agency

• CIA

• National

• Institutes of Health

• NIH

• Postal Service

• Post Office

• Federal Aviation

• Administration

• FAA

• [national government officials] president

• vice president

• cabinet

• member

• prime minister

• minister

• senator

• representatative

• president pro

• tem[Lat]

• speaker of the house

• department head

• section head

• section

• chief

• federal judge

• justice

• justice of the supreme court

• chief justice;

• treasurer

• secretary of the treasury

• director of the FBI

• [state government officials] governor

• state cabinet member

• state

• senator

• assemblyman

• assemblywoman

• V. govern

• rule

• have authority

• hold authority

• possess authority

• exercise authority

• exert authority

• wield authority

• reign

• be

• sovereign

• [acquire authority] ascend the throne

• mount the throne

• take the

• reins

• take the reins into one's hand

• assume authority

• assume the

• reins of government

• take command

• assume command

• [contend for authority] politics

• be governed by

• be in the power of

• be a subject of

• be a citizen of

• Adj. regal

• sovereign

• governing

• royal

• royalist

• monarchical

• kingly

• imperial

• princely

• feudal

• aristocratic

• autocratic

• oligarchic

• republican

• dynastic

• ruling

• regnant

• gubernatorial

• imperious

• authoritative

• executive

• administrative

• clothed with authority

• official

• departmental

• ex officio

• imperative

• peremptory

• overruling

• absolute

• hegemonic

• authorized

• [pertaining to property owned by government] government

• public;

• national

• federal

• his majesty's[Great Britain]

• her majesty's

• state

• county

• city

• Phr[cf. nations

• subdivisions of nations

• smaller subdivisions]. "a

• dog's obeyed in office" [Lear]

• le

• regnant

• populi[Lat]

• "the demigod Authority" [Measure for Measure]

• "the right

• divine of kings to govern wrong" [Pope]

• "uneasy lies the head that wears a

• crown" [Henry IV]

#737b. Politics. [contention for governmental authority or influence]

• -- N. politics

• political science

• candidacy

• campaign

• campaigning

• electioneering

• partisanship

• ideology

• factionalism

• election

• poll

• ballot

• vote

• referendum

• recall

• initiative

• voice

• suffrage

• plumper

• cumulative vote

• plebiscitum[Lat]

• plebiscite

• vox

• populi

• electioneering

• voting

• elective franchise

• straight ticket

• [U.S.]

• opinion poll

• popularity poll

• issue

• opinion

• stand

• position

• program

• platform

• party line

• [ideologies] democracy

• republicanism

• communism

• statism

• state

• socialism

• socialism

• conservatism

• toryism

• liberalism

• whigism;

• theocracy

• constitutional monarchy

• [political parties] party

• Democratic Party[U.S: list]

• Republican Party

• Socialist Party

• Communist Party

• Federalist Party[U.S

• defunct parties: list]

• Bull Moose Party

• Abolitionist Party

• Christian

• Democratic Party[Germany: list]

• Social Democratic Party

• National

• Socialist Worker's Party[Germany

• 1930-1945]

• Nazi Party

• Liberal

• Party[Great Britain:list]

• Labor Party

• Conservative Party

• ticket

• slate

• [person active in politics] politician[general]

• activist;

• candidate[specific politicians: list]

• aspirant

• hopeful

• office-seeker

• front-runner

• dark horse

• long shot

• shoo-in

• supporter

• backer

• political

• worker

• campaign worker

• lobbyist

• contributor

• party hack

• ward heeler;

• regional candidate

• favorite son

• running mate

• stalking horse

• perpetual

• candidate

• political animal

• political contribution

• campaign contribution

• political action

• committee

• PAC

• political district

• electoral division

• electoral district

• bailiwick

• electorate

• constituents

• get-out-the-vote campaign

• political education

• negative campaigning

• dirty politics

• smear campaign

• [unsuccessful candidate] also-ran

• loser

• has-been

• [successful candidate] office holder

• official

• occupant of a

• position

• public servant

• incumbent

• winner

• V. run for office

• stand for office

• campaign

• stump

• throw one's hat

• in the ring

• announce one's candidacy

• Adj. political

• partisan

• Phr. "Money is the mother's milk of politics" [Tip O'Neill]