Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
resistance &c. 719; restraint &c. 751;
hindrance &c. 706. 
     V. oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand &c. (resist) 719;
control &c. (restrain) 751; hinder &c. 706; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one’s face against; protest against, vote against, raise one’s voice against; disfavor, turn one’s back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one’s face.
     be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork[obs3],
countermine; thwart, overthwart[obs3]; work against, undermine.
     stem, breast, encounter; stem the tide, breast the tide, stem the
current, stem the flood; buffet the waves; beat up against, make head against; grapple with; kick against the pricks &c. (resist) 719; contend &c. 720; do battle &c. (warfare) 722 -with, do battle against.
     contradict, contravene; belie; go against, run against, beat against,
militate against; come in conflict with.
     emulate &c. (compete) 720; rival, spoil one’s trade. 
     Adj. opposing, opposed &c.v.; adverse, antagonistic; contrary &c. 14;
at variance &c. 24; at issue, at war with.
     unfavorable, unfriendly; hostile, inimical, cross, unpropitious.
     in hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers
drawn; up in arms; resistant &c. 719.
     competitive, emulous. 
     Adv. against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes.
     against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against
the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one’s teeth.
     in spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the
face of; across; athwart, overthwart[obs3]; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one’s teeth.
     though &c. 30; even; quand meme[Fr]; per contra. 
     Phr. nitor in adversum[Lat].

     #709.  Cooperation. —­ N. cooperation; coadjuvancy[obs3],
coadjutancy[obs3]; coagency[obs3], coefficiency[obs3]; concert, concurrence, complicity, participation; union &c. 43; additivity, combination &c. 48; collusion.
     association, alliance, colleagueship[obs3],
     joint stock, copartnership[obs3]; cartel; confederation &c. (party)
712; coalition, fusion; a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together; logrolling, freemasonry.
     unanimity &c. (assent) 488; esprit de corps, party spirit;
clanship[obs3], partisanship; concord &c 714.
     synergy, coaction[obs3]. 
     V. cooperate, concur; coact[obs3], synergize.
     conduce &c. 178; combine, unite one’s efforts; keep together, draw
together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together; pool; stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder; act in concert, join forces,

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