Wikiwordbōc:Roget Thesaurus Classification

Synopsis/Outline of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

(See also the Wikipedia use of the w:Wikipedia:Outline of Roget's Thesaurus for classification of its articles.)

With links to relevant Wiktionary articles, and WikiSaurus pages.

Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations

Section I. Existence

1. Being, in The Abstract

1. Existence

2. Inexistence

2. Being, In The Concrete

3. Formal Existence

4. Modal Existence

7. State

8. Circumstance

Section II. Relation

1. Absolute Relation

9. Relation

10. Irrelation

11. Consanguinity

12. Correlation

13. Identity

14. Contrariety

15. Difference

2. Continuous Relation

16. Uniformity

16A. Nonuniformity

3. Partial Relation

17. Similarity

18. Dissimilarity

19. Imitation

20. Nonimitation

20A. Variation

21. Copy

22. Prototype

4. General Relation

23. Agreement

24. Disagreement

Section III. Quantity

1. Simple Quantity

25. Quantity

26. Degree

2. Comparative Quantity

27. Equality

28. Inequality

29. Mean

30. Compensation

1 Quantity by Comparison with a Standard

31. Greatness

32. Smallness

2 Quantity by Comparison with a Similar Object

33. Superiority

34. Inferiority

3 Changes in Quantity

35. Increase

36. Nonincrease, Decrease

3. Conjunctive Quantity

37. Addition

38. Nonaddition. Subtraction

39. Adjunct

40. Remainder

40A. Decrement

41. Mixture

42. Simpleness

43. Junction

44. Disjunction

45. Connection

46. Coherence

47. Incoherence

48. Combination

49. Decomposition

4. Concrete Quantity

50. Whole

51. Part

52. Completeness

53. Incompleteness

54. Composition

55. Exclusion

56. Component

57. Extraneousness

Section IV. Order

1. Order in General

58. Order

59. Disorder

59A. Complexity

60. Arrangement

61. Derangement

2. Consecutive Order

62. Precedence

63. Sequence

64. Precursor

65. Sequel

66. Beginning

67. End

68. Middle

69. Continuity

70. Discontinuity

71. Term

3. Collective Order

72. Assemblage

73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion

74. Focus

4. Distributive Order

75. Class

76. Inclusion

77. Exclusion

78. Generality

79. Speciality

5. Order as Regards Categories

80. Normality

81. Multiformity

82. Conformity

83. Unconformity

Section V. Number

1. Number, in the Abstract

84. Number

85. Numeration

86. List

2. Determinate Number

87. Unity

88. Accompaniment

89. Duality

90. Duplication

91. Bisection

92. Triality

93. Triplication

94. Trisection

95. Four

96. Quadruplication

97. Quadrisection

98. Five

99. Quinquesection

3. Indeterminate Number

100. Plurality

100A. Fraction

101. Zero

102. Multitude

103. Fewness

104. Repetition

105. Infinity

Section VI. Time

1. Absolute Time

106. Time

107. Neverness

108. Period

108A. Contingent Duration

109. Course

110. Diuturnity

111. Transientness

112. Perpetuity

113. Instantaneity

114. Chronometry

115. Anachronism

2. Relative Time

1. Time with Reference to Succession

116. Priority

117. Posteriority

118. The Present Time

119. Different Time

120. Synchronism

121. Futurity

122. The Past

2. Time with Reference to a Particular Period

123. Newness

124. Oldness

125. Morning

126. Evening

127. Youth

128. Age

129. Infant

130. Veteran

131. Adolescence

3. Time with Reference to an Effect or Purpose

132. Earliness

132A. Punctuality

133. Lateness

134. Occasion

135. Untimeliness

3. Recurrent Time

136. Frequency

137. Infrequency

138. Periodicity

139. Irregularity of Recurrence

Section VII. Change

1. Simple Change

140. Change

141. Permanence

142. Cessation

143. Continuance In Action

144. Conversion

145. Reversion

146. Revolution

147. Substitution

148. Interchange

2. Complex Change

149. Changeableness

150. Stability

151. Eventuality

152. Destiny

Section VIII. Causation

1. Constancy of Sequence in Events

153. Cause

154. Effect

155. Attribution

156. Chance

2. Connection between Cause and Effect

157. Power

158. Impotence

159. Strength

160. Weakness

3. Power in Operation

161. Production

162. Destruction

163. Reproduction

164. Producer

165. Destroyer

166. Paternity

167. Posterity

168. Productiveness

169. Unproductiveness

170. Agency

171. Physical Energy

172. Physical Inertness

173. Violence

174. Moderation

4. Indirect Power

175. Influence

175A. Absence Of Influence

176. Tendency

177. Liability

5. Combinations of Causes

178. Concurrence

179. Counteraction

180. Concomitance

Class II. Words Relating to Space

Section I. Space in General

1. Abstract Space

180. Space

180A. Inextension

181. Region

182. Place

2. Relative Space

183. Situation

184. Location

185. Displacement

3. Existence in Space

186. Presence

187. Absence

188. Inhabitant

189. Abode

190. Contents

191. Receptacle

Section II. Dimensions

1. General Dimensions

192. Size

193. Littleness

194. Expansion

195. Contraction

196. Distance

197. Nearness

198. Interval

199. Contiguity

2. Linear Dimensions

200. Length

201. Shortness

202. Breadth, Thickness,

203. Narrowness, Thinness

204. Layer

205. Filament

206. Height

207. Lowness

208. Depth

209. Shallowness

210. Summit

211. Base

212. Verticality

213. Horizontality

214. Pendency

215. Support

216. Parallelism

216A. Perpendicularity

217. Obliquity

218. Inversion

219. Crossing

3. Centrical Dimensions

1. General.

220. Exteriority

221. Interiority

222. Centrality

223. Covering

224. Lining

225. Clothing

226. Divestment

227. Circumjacence

228. Interposition

229. Circumscription

230. Outline

231. Edge

232. Inclosure

233. Limit

2. Special

234. Front

235. Rear

236. Laterality

237. Contraposition

238. Dextrality

239. Sinistrality

Section III. Form

1. General Form

240. Form

241. Amorphism

242. Symmetry

243. Distortion

2. Special Form

244. Angularity

245. Curvature

246. Straightness

247. Circularity

248. Convolution

249. Rotundity

3. Superficial Form

250. Convexity

251. Flatness

252. Concavity

252A Sponge

253. Sharpness

254. Bluntness

255. Smoothness

256. Roughness

257. Notch

258. Fold

259. Furrow

260. Opening

261. Closure

262. Perforator

263. Stopper

Section IV. Motion

1. Motion in General

264. Motion

265. Quiescence

266. Journey

267. Navigation

268. Traveler

269. Mariner

270. Transference

271. Carrier

272. Vehicle

273. Ship

2. Degrees of Motion

274. Velocity

275. Slowness

3. Motion Conjoined with Force

276. Impulse

277. Recoil

4. Motion with Reference to Direction

278. Direction

279. Deviation

280. Precession

281. Sequence

282. Progression

283. Regression

284. Propulsion

285. Traction

286. Approach

287. Recession

288. Attraction

289. Repulsion

290. Convergence

291. Divergence

292. Arrival

293. Departure

294. Ingress

295. Egress

296. Reception

297. Ejection

298. Food

299. Excretion

300. Insertion

301. Extraction

302. Passage

303. Transcursion

304. Shortcoming

305. Ascent

306. Descent

307. Elevation

308. Depression

309. Leap

310. Plunge

311. Circuition

312. Rotation

313. Evolution

314. Oscillation

315. Agitation

Class III. Words Relating to Matter

Section I. Matter in General

316. Materiality

317. Immateriality

318. World

319. Gravity

320. Levity

Section II. Inorganic Matter

1. Solid Matter

321. Density

322. Rarity

323. Hardness

324. Softness

325. Elasticity

326. Inelasticity

327. Tenacity

328. Brittleness

329. Texture

330. Pulverulence

331. Friction

332. Lubrication

2. Fluid Matter

1. Fluids In General

333. Fluidity

334. Gaseity

335. Liquefaction

336. Vaporization

2. Specific Fluids

337. Water

338. Air

339. Moisture

340. Dryness

341. Ocean

342. Land

343. Gulf. Lake

344. Plain

345. Marsh

346. Island

3. Fluids in Motion

347. Stream

348. River

349. Wind

350. Conduit

351. Airpipe

3. Imperfect Fluids

352. Semiliquidity

353. Bubble

354. Pulpiness

355. Unctuousness

356. Oil

356A. Resin

Section III. Organic Matter

1. Vitality

1. Vitality in General

357. Organization

358. Inorganization

359. Life

360. Death

361. Killing

362. Corpse - WikiSaurus:corpse

363. Interment

2. Special Vitality

364. Animality

365. Vegetability†

366. Animal

367. Vegetable

368. Zoology

369. Botany

370. Husbandry

371. Agriculture

372. Mankind

373. Man

374. Woman

374A. Sexuality

2. Sensation

1. Sensation in General

375. Physical Sensibility

376. Physical Insensibility

377. Physical Pleasure

378. Physical Pain

2. Special Sensation

(1) Touch

379. Touch

380. Sensations Of Touch

381. Numbness

(2) Heat

382. Heat

383. Cold

384. Calefaction

385. Refrigeration

386. Furnace

387. Refrigerator

388. Fuel

388A. Insulation

389. Thermometer

(3) Taste

390. Taste

391. Insipidity

392. Pungency

392A. Saltiness

392B. Bitterness

393. Condiment

394. Savoriness

395. Unsavoriness

396. Sweetness

397. Sourness

(4) Odor

398. Odor

399. Inodorousness

400. Fragrance

401. Fetor

401A. Acridity

(5) Sound

(I) Sound in General

402. Sound

403. Silence

404. Loudness

405. Faintness

(II) Specific Sounds

406. Snap

407. Roll

408. Resonance

408A. Nonresonance†

409. Sibilation

410. Stridor

411. Cry

412. Ululation

(III) Musical Sounds

413. Melody. Concord

414. Discord

415. Music

416. Musician

417. Musical Instruments

(IV) Perception Of Sound

418. Hearing

419. Deafness

(6) Light

(I) Light in General

420. Light

421. Darkness

422. Dimness

423. Luminary

424. Shade

425. Transparency

426. Opacity

426A. Turbidity

427. Semitransparency

(II) Specific Light

428. Color

429. Achromatism

430. Whiteness

431. Blackness

432. Gray

433. Brown

434. Redness

435. Greenness

436. Yellowness

437. Purple

438. Blueness

439. Orange

440. Variegation

(III) Perceptions of Light

441. Vision

442. Blindness

443. Dimsightedness

444. Spectator

445. Optical Instruments

446. Visibility

447. Invisibility

448. Appearance

449. Disappearance

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

Division I. Formation of Ideas

Section I. Operations of Intellect in General

450. Intellect

450A. Absence or Want of Intellect

451. Thought

452. Incogitancy

453. Idea

454. Topic

Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations

455. Curiosity

456. Incuriosity

457. Attention

458. Inattention

459. Care

460. Neglect

461. Inquiry

462. Answer

463. Experiment

464. Comparison

464A. Incomparability

465. Discrimination

465A. Indiscrimination

465B. Identification

466. Measurement

Section III. Materials for Reasoning

467. Evidence

468. Counter Evidence

469. Qualification

470. Possibility

471. Impossibility

472. Probability

473. Improbability

474. Certainty

475. Uncertainty

Section IV. Reasoning Processes

476. Reasoning

477. Intuition & Sophistry

478. Demonstration

479. Confutation

Section V. Results Of Reasoning

480. Judgment

480A. Discovery

481. Misjudgment

482. Overestimation

483. Underestimation

484. Belief

485. Unbelief. Doubt

486. Credulity

487. Incredulity

488. Assent

489. Dissent

490. Knowledge

491. Ignorance

492. Scholar

493. Ignoramus

494. Truth

495. Error

496. Maxim

497. Absurdity

498. Intelligence, Wisdom - see WikiSaurus:intelligent

499. Imbecility, Folly - see WikiSaurus:foolish

500. Sage

501. Fool

502. Sanity

503. Insanity - see WikiSaurus:insane, WikiSaurus:madness

504. Madman - see WikiSaurus:mad person

Section VI. Extension of Thought

1. To the Past

505. Memory

506. Oblivion

2. To the Future

507. Expectation

508. Inexpectation

509. Disappointment

510. Foresight

511. Prediction

512. Omen

513. Oracle

Section VII. Creative Thought

514. Supposition

514A. Analogy

515. Imagination

Division II. Communication of Ideas

Section I. Nature of Ideas Communicated

516. Meaning

517. Unmeaningness

518. Intelligibility

519. Unintelligibility

520. Equivocalness

521. Metaphor

522. Interpretation

523. Misinterpretation

524. Interpreter

Section II. Modes of Communication

525. Manifestation

526. Latency. Implication

527. Information

527A. Correction

528. Concealment

529. Disclosure

530. Ambush

531. Publication

532. News

533. Secret

534. Messenger

535. Affirmation

536. Negation

537. Teaching

538. Misteaching

539. Learning

540. Teacher

541. Learner

542. School

543. Veracity

544. Falsehood

545. Deception

546. Untruth

547. Dupe

548. Deceiver

549. Exaggeration

Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas

1. Natural Means

550. Indication

551. Record

552. Obliteration

553. Recorder

554. Representation

555. Misrepresentation

556. Painting

557. Sculpture

558. Engraving

559. Artist

2. Conventional Means

1. Language Generally

560. Language

561. Letter

562. Word

563. Neologism

564. Nomenclature

565. Misnomer

566. Phrase

567. Grammar

568. Solecism

569. Style

570. Perspicuity

571. Obscurity

572. Conciseness

573. Diffuseness

574. Vigor

575. Feebleness

576. Plainness

577. Ornament

578. Elegance

579. Inelegance

2. Spoken Language

580. Voice

581. Aphony

582. Speech

583. Stammering

584. Loquacity

585. Taciturnity

586. Allocution

587. Response

588. Conversation

589. Soliloquy

3. Written Language

590. Writing

591. Printing

592. Correspondence

593. Book

594. Description

595. Dissertation

596. Compendium

597. Poetry

598. Prose

599. The Drama

Class V. Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers

Division I. Individual Volition

Section I. Volition in General

1. Acts Of Volition

600. Will

601. Necessity

602. Willingness

603. Unwillingness

604. Resolution

604A. Perseverance

605. Irresolution

606. Obstinacy

607. Tergiversation

608. Caprice

609. Choice

609A. Absence Of Choice

610. Rejection

611. Predetermination

612. Impulse

613. Habit

614. Desuetude

2. Causes of Volition

615. Motive

615A. Absence of Motive

616. Dissuasion

617. Pretext

3. Objects of Volition

618. Good

619. Evil

Section II. Prospective Volition

1. Conceptional Volition

620. Intention

621. Chance

622. Pursuit

623. Avoidance

624. Relinquishment

625. Business

626. Plan

627. Method

628. Mid-Course

629. Circuit

630. Requirement

2. Subservience to Ends

1. Actual Subservience

631. Instrumentality

632. Means

633. Instrument

634. Substitute

635. Materials

636. Store

637. Provision

638. Waste

639. Sufficiency

640. Insufficiency

641. Redundancy

2. Degree of Subservience

642. Importance

643. Unimportance

644. Utility

645. Inutility

646. Expedience

647. Inexpedience

648. Goodness

649. Badness - See Wikisaurus:badness

650. Perfection

651. Imperfection

652. Cleanness

653. Uncleanness

654. Health

655. Disease

656. Salubrity

657. Insalubrity

658. Improvement

659. Deterioration

660. Restoration

661. Relapse

662. Remedy

663. Bane

3. Contingent Subservience

664. Safety

665. Danger

666. Refuge

667. Pitfall

668. Warning

669. Alarm

670. Preservation

671. Escape

672. Deliverance

3. Precursory Measures

673. Preparation

674. Nonpreparation

675. Essay

676. Undertaking

677. Use

678. Disuse

679. Misuse

Section III. Voluntary Action

1. Simple Voluntary Action

680. Action

681. Inaction

682. Activity

683. Inactivity

684. Haste

685. Leisure

686. Exertion

687. Repose

688. Fatigue

689. Refreshment

690. Agent

691. Workshop

2. Complex Voluntary Action

692. Conduct

693. Direction

694. Director

695. Advice

696. Council

697. Precept

698. Skill

699. Unskillfulness

700. Proficient

701. Bungler

702. Cunning

703. Artlessness

Section IV. Antagonism

1. Conditional Antagonism

704. Difficulty

705. Facility

2. Active Antagonism

706. Hindrance

707. Aid

708. Opposition

709. Cooperation

710. Opponent

711. Auxiliary

712. Party

713. Discord

714. Concord

715. Defiance

716. Attack

717. Defense

718. Retaliation

719. Resistance

720. Contention

721. Peace

722. Warfare

723. Pacification

724. Mediation

725. Submission

726. Combatant

727. Arms

728. Arena

Section V. Results of Voluntary Action

729. Completion

730. Noncompletion

731. Success

732. Failure

733. Trophy

734. Prosperity

735. Adversity

736. Mediocrity

Division II. Intersocial Volition

768A. Release From Engagement

769. Compact

770. Conditions

771. Security

772. Observance

773. Nonobservance

774. Compromise

Section IV. Possessive Relations

1. Property In General

775. Acquisition

776. Loss

777. Possession

777A. Exemption

778. Participation

779. Possessor

780. Property

781. Retention

782. Relinquishment

2. Transfer of Property

783. Transfer

784. Giving

785. Receiving

786. Apportionment

787. Lending

788. Borrowing

789. Taking

790. Restitution

791. Stealing

792. Thief

793. Booty

3. Interchange of Property

794. Barter

795. Purchase

796. Sale

797. Merchant

798. Merchandise

799. Mart

799A. Stock Market

799B. Securities

4. Monetary Relations

800. Money

801. Treasurer

802. Treasury

803. Wealth

804. Poverty

805. Credit

806. Debt

807. Payment

808. Nonpayment

809. Expenditure

810. Receipt

811. Accounts

812. Price

812A. Value

812B. Worthlessness

813. Discount

814. Dearness

815. Cheapness

816. Liberality

817. Economy

817A. Greed

818. Prodigality

819. Parsimony

Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers

Section I. Affections in General

820. Affections

821. Feeling

822. Sensibility

823. Insensibility

824. Excitation

825. Excitability

826. Inexcitability

Section II. Personal Affections

1. Passive Affections

827. Pleasure

828. Pain

829. Pleasurableness

830. Painfulness

831. Content

832. Discontent

833. Regret

834. Relief

835. Aggravation

836. Cheerfulness

837. Dejection (see depression)

838. Rejoicing

839. Lamentation

840. Amusement

841. Weariness

842. Wit

843. Dullness

844. Humorist

2. Discriminative Affections

845. Beauty

846. Ugliness

847. Ornament

847A. Jewelry

848. Blemish

849. Simplicity

850. Taste

851. Vulgarity

852. Fashion

853. Ridiculousness

854. Fop

855. Affectation

856. Ridicule

857. Laughingstock

3. Prospective Affections

858. Hope

859. Hopelessness

860. Fear

861. Courage

862. Cowardice

863. Rashness

864. Caution

865. Desire

866. Indifference

867. Dislike

868. Fastidiousness

869. Satiety

4. Contemplative Affections

870. Wonder

871. Expectance

872. Prodigy

5. Extrinsic Affections

873. Repute

874. Disrepute

875. Nobility

876. Commonalty

877. Title

878. Pride

879. Humility

880. Vanity

881. Modesty

882. Ostentation

883. Celebration

884. Boasting

885. Insolence

886. Servility

887. Blusterer

Section III. Sympathetic Affections

1. Social Affections

888. Friendship

889. Enmity

890. Friend

891. Enemy

892. Sociality

893. Seclusion. Exclusion

894. Courtesy

895. Discourtesy

896. Congratulation

897. Love

898. Hate

899. Favorite

900. Resentment

901. Irascibility

901A. Sullenness

902. Endearment

903. Marriage

904. Celibacy

905. Divorce

2. Diffusive Sympathetic Affections

906. Benevolence

907. Malevolence

908. Malediction

909. Threat

910. Philanthropy

911. Misanthropy

912. Benefactor

913. Evil Doer (Malefactor)

3. Special Sympathetic Affections

914. Pity

914A. Pitilessness

915. Condolence

4. Retrospective Sympathetic Affections

916. Gratitude

917. Ingratitude

918. Forgiveness

919. Revenge

920. Jealousy

921. Envy

Section IV. Moral Affections

1. Moral Obligations

922. Right

923. Wrong

924. Dueness

925. Undueness

926. Duty

927. Dereliction Of Duty

927A. Exemption

2. Moral Sentiments

928. Respect

929. Disrespect

930. Contempt

931. Approbation

932. Disapprobation

933. Flattery

934. Detraction

935. Flatterer

936. Detractor

937. Vindication

938. Accusation

3. Moral Conditions

939. Probity

940. Improbity

941. Knave

942. Disinterestedness

943. Selfishness

944. Virtue

945. Vice

946. Innocence

947. Guilt

948. Good Man

949. Bad Man

950. Penitence

951. Impenitence

952. Atonement

4. Moral Practice

953. Temperance

954. Intemperance

954A. Sensualist

955. Asceticism

956. Fasting

957. Gluttony

958. Sobriety

959. Drunkenness

960. Purity

961. Impurity

962. Libertine

5. Moral Institutions

963. Legality

964. Illegality

965. Jurisdiction

966. Tribunal

967. Judge

968. Lawyer

969. Lawsuit

970. Acquittal

971. Condemnation

972. Punishment

973. Reward

974. Penalty

975. Scourge

Section V. Religious Affections

1. Superhuman Beings and Regions

976. Deity

977. Angel

978. Satan

979. Jupiter

980. Demon

981. Heaven

982. Hell

2. Religious Doctrines

983. Theology

983A. Orthodoxy

984. Heterodoxy

985. Judeo-Christian Revelation

986. Pseudo-Revelation

3. Religious Sentiments

987. Piety

988. Impiety

989. Irreligion

4. Acts Of Religion

990. Worship

991. Idolatry

992. Sorcery

993. Spell

994. Sorcerer

5. Religious Institutions

995. Churchdom

996. Clergy

997. Laity

998. Rite

999. Canonicals

1000. Temple