Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases




X

x: ignorance 491 N.     xanorphica: musical instruments 417 N.     xanthein: yellowness 436 N.     xanthian: sculpture 557 Adj.     xanthic: yellowness 436 Adj.     xanthin: yellowness 436 N.     xanthite: yellowness 436 N.     xanthocarpous: yellowness 436 Adj.     xanthochroid: yellowness 436 Adj.     xanthocyanopia: dimsightedness 443 N.     xantho-cyanopia: yellowness 436 N.     xanthopous: yellowness 436 Adj.     xanthopsia: yellowness 436 N.     dimsightedness 443 N.     xanthous: yellowness 436 Adj.     Xantippe: irascibility 901 N.     xebec: ship 273 N.     xenodochium: abode 189 N.     xenogenesis1: production 161 N.     xenogenetic: production 161 Adj.     xenogeny: production 161 N.     xenophobia: dislike 867 N.     xeres: drunkenness 959 N.     xerophagy: fasting 956 N.     xerox: imitation 19 N.     copy 21 N.     xiphoid: sharpness 253 Adj.     X-rated film: drama 599 N.     X-ray diffractometer: optical instruments 445 N.     X-ray machine: remedy 662 N.     X-ray photo: representation 554 N.     X-ray telescope: optical instruments 445 N.     Xray: light 420 N.     X-rays: calefaction 384 N.     xylograph: engraving 558 N.     xylography: engraving 558 N.     xylophagous: food 298 Adj.     xylophone: musical instruments 417 N.    

Y

y: ignorance 491 N.     money 800 N.     yacht: ship 273 N.     yachting: navigation 267 N.     yaffle: quantity 25 N.     yager: combatant 726 N.     Yahoo: commonality 876 N.     yak: animal 366 N.     yam: vegetable 367 N.     Yama: Jupiter 979 N.     yammer: lamentation 839 V.     yang and yin: counteraction 179 N.     yang-yin: counteraction 179 N.     Yankee: inhabitant 188 N.     cunning 702 N.     yap: ululation 412 V.     yard measure: measurement 466 N.     yard sale: mart 799 N.     yard: inclosure 232 N.     length 200 N.     abode 189 N.     workshop 691 N.     yardarm to yardarm: nearness 197 Adv.     yardman: servant 746 N.     yards: space 180 N.     yare: activity 682 Adj.     yarn: filament 205 N.     exaggeration 549 N.     yarr: ululation 412 V.     yarrow: remedy 662 N.     yatacban: arms 727 N.     yataghan: arms 727 N.     yaup: cry 411 V.     yaw: deviation 279 V.     yawl: ship 273 N.     ululation 412 V.     yawn: inactivity 683 V.     fatigue 688 V.     weariness 841 V.     opening 260 V.     yawning gulf: interval 198 N.     yawning: depth 208 Adj.     fatigue 688 N.     opening 260 Adj.     opening 260 N.     ycleped: nomenclature 564 Adj.     Ye gods!: wonder 870 Int.     yea: superiority 33 Adv.     assent 488 Adv.     yean: production 161 V.     year after year: repetition 104 Adv.     year: time 106 N.     period 108 N.     yearbook: regularity of recurrence 138 N.     yearling: infant 129 N.     yearly: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj.     yearn for: desire 865 V.     pity 914 V.     yearn: pain 828 V.     dejection 837 V.     yearning: desire 865 N.     love 897 N.     pity 914 N.     years ago: the past 122 Adv.     years old: age 128 Adj.     years: age 128 N.     yeast: levity 320 N.     bubble; cloud 353 N.     yeasty: newness 123 Adj.     life 359 Adj.     yeild: submission 725 V.     yell: cry 411 V.     yellow as a crow's foot: yellowness 436 Adj.     yellow as a guinea: yellowness 436 Adj.     yellow as a quince: yellowness 436 Adj.     yellow cab: vehicle 272 N.     yellow cover: abrogation 756 N.     yellow fever: disease 655 N.     yellow flag: warning 668 N.     alarm 669 N.     yellow jack: indication 550 N.     disease 655 N.     yellow journalism: excitation 824 N.     yellow ocher: yellowness 436 N.     yellow phosphorus: luminary 423 N.     yellow streak: cowardice 862 N.     yellow: excitation 824 Adj.     yellowness 436 Adj.     yellowness 436 N.     yellow-eyed: jealousy 920 Adj.     yellow-flag: indication 550 N.     yellowness: yellowness 436 N.     yellows: jealousy 920 N.     yelp: stridor 410 V.     ululation 412 V.     yeoman: agriculture 371 N.     man 373 N.     yeomanry: combatant 726 N.     yeomen of the guard: combatant 726 N.     yerk: impulse 276 N.     impulse 276 V.     yes: consent 762 Adv.     assent 488 Adv.     affirmation 535 Adv.     willingness 602 Adv.     permission 760 Adv.     yes-man: flatterer 935 N.     servility 886 N.     yesterday: the past 122 Adv.     yesteryear: the past 122 Adv.     yet: qualification 469 Adv.     compensation 30 Adv.     unconformity 83 Adv.     time 106 Adv.     priority 116 Adv.     the past 122 Adv.     yew: vegetable 367 N.     yield assent: assent 488 V.     consent 762 V.     yield one's breath: death 360 V.     yield pleasure: pleasurableness 829 V.     yield the palm: humility 879 V.     inferiority 34 V.     yield to despair: hopelessness 859 V.     yield to temptation: motive 615 V.     yield up the ghost: death 360 V.     yield: giving 784 V.     receipt 810 V.     relinquishment 782 V.     consent 762 V.     softness 324 V.     price 812 V.     yieldance: consent 762 N.     yielding as wax: softness 324 Adj.     yielding: softness 324 Adj.     facility 705 Adj.     submission 725 N.     yieldingness: consent 762 N.     yip: ululation 412 V.     yipe: ululation 412 V.     yogi: asceticism 955 N.     yoho!: attention 457 Int.     yoicks!: pursuit 622 Int.     yoke: connection 45 N.     prison 752 N.     subjection 749 N.     duality 89 N.     junction 43 V.     duality 89 V.     yokel: bungler 701 N.     commonality 876 N.     yokemate: marriage 903 N.     yolk: yellowness 436 N.     Yom Kippur: rite 998 N.     yon: speciality 79 Adj.     distance 196 Adj.     yonder: speciality 79 Adj.     distance 196 Adj.     distance 196 Adv.     you bet: assent 488 Adv.     you can't go home again: the past 122 Phr.     you don't say so!: wonder 870 Int.     you get what you pay for: price 812 Phr.     you may be sure: affirmation 535 Adv.     you said a mouthful: assent 488 Adv.     you said it: assent 488 Adv.     you too: retaliation 718 Phr.     young love: love 897 N.     young man: love 897 N.     young: youth 127 Adj.     newness 123 Adj.     younger: youth 127 Adj.     Young's modulus: elasticity 325 N.     youngster: infant 129 N.     youngun: infant 129 N.     younker: infant 129 N.     your honor: title 877 N.     your humble servant: dissent 489 Int.     refusal 764 Phr.     your wish is my command: obedience 743 Phr.     you're another: retaliation 718 Phr.     You're kidding!: wonder 870 Int.     youth: infant 129 N.     weakness 160 N.     youth 127 N.     newness 123 N.     youthful: youth 127 Adj.     youthhood: youth 127 N.     yucca: sharpness 253 N.     yule candle: omen 512 N.     yule log: amusement 840 N.     yuletide: regularity of recurrence 138 N.    

Z

z: ignorance 491 N.     Zadkiel: oracle 513 N.     zaffer: blueness 438 N.     zambo: mixture 41 N.     zambomba: musical instruments 417 N.     Zamiel: satan 978 N.     zany: fool 501 N.     wit 842 Adj.     humorist 844 N.     zaofulvin: yellowness 436 N.     zap: resonance 408 N.     zarabanda: celebration 883 N.     zarp: safety 664 N.     zeal: resolution 604 N.     activity 682 N.     feeling 821 N.     desire 865 N.     zealot: obstinacy 606 N.     activity 682 N.     zealotry: obstinacy 606 N.     zealous: activity 682 Adj.     feeling 821 Adj.     zebra: variegation 440 N.     zebu: animal 366 N.     Zeitgeist: indication 550 N.     zemindar: possessor 779 N.     zemindary: property 780 N.     zenana: abode 189 N.     Zendavesta: pseudo-revelation 986 N.     zenith: summit 210 N.     zephyr: wind 349 N.     zeppelin: ship 273 N.     zero: zero 101 N.     unsubstantiality 4 N.     zest: savoriness 394 N.     pleasure 827 N.     zetetic philosophy: inquiry 461 N.     zetetic: inquiry 461 Adj.     Zeus: Jupiter 979 N.     zigzag: oscillation 314 Adv.     circuit 629 N.     ornament 847 N.     circuit 629 Adj.     deviation 279 Adj.     angularity 244 Adj.     angularity 244 N.     deviation 279 N.     zilch: zero 101 N.     zincograph: engraving 558 N.     zincography: engraving 558 N.     zingano: traveler 268 N.     zingaro: traveler 268 N.     zinnia: vegetable 367 N.     Zion: heaven 981 N.     zip: zero 101 N.     sibilation 409 N.     zipper the lips: taciturnity 585 V.     zippo: zero 101 N.     zircon: jewelry 847a N.     zit: convexity 250 N.     zither: musical instruments 417 N.     zocle: support 215 N.     zodiac: outline 230 N.     world 318 N.     zodiacal light: luminary 423 N.     zoetic: life 359 Adj.     Zoilus: detractor 936 N.     zone: region 181 N.     layer 204 N.     outline 230 N.     circularity 247 N.     zoo: abode 189 N.     zoogloea: organization 357 N.     zoogloeic: organization 357 Adj.     zoogloeoid: organization 357 Adj.     zoography: zoology 368 N.     zoohygiantics: husbandry 370 N.     zoolatry: idolatry 991 N.     zoological equine: animal 366 Adj.     zoological garden: husbandry 370 N.     zoological: zoology 368 Adj.     zoologist: zoology 368 N.     zoology: organization 357 N.     zoology 368 N.     zoom lens: optical instruments 445 N.     zoom: velocity 274 V.     zoonomy: zoology 368 N.     zoophorus: summit 210 N.     zoophyte: animal 366 N.     zoot suit: clothing 225 N.     zoothapsis: interment 363 N.     zootomy: zoology 368 N.     Zoroaster: pseudo-revelation 986 N.     zot: resonance 408 N.     zouave: combatant 726 N.     zounds!: wonder 870 Int.     resentment 900 Int.     Zulu: commonality 876 N.     zygote: organization 357 N.     zymotic: insalubrity 657 Adj.     disease 655 Adj.