Historical Thesaurus of English

Classification

Section I - The External World

01.01. Earth, world
01.01. Water
01.01. Countries
01.01. Geology - Structure of the earth
01.01. Minerals
01.01. Earth Sciences
01.01. Survey
01.01. Universe
01.01. Weather

01.02. Life
01.02. Health and disease
01.02. Cure
01.02. Death
01.02. Killing
01.02. Funeral
01.02. Biology (Living Creature)
01.02. Plants
01.02. Flower
01.02. Body The
01.02. Animal Kingdom
01.02. Mankind
01.02. Food
01.02. Appetite
01.02. Drink
01.02. Thirst/drunkenness/sobriety
01.02. Farming
01.02. Hunting
01.02. Cleanness
01.02. Dirtiness
01.02. Refuse/rubbish
01.02. Clothing
01.02. Jewellery

01.03. Physical sensibility
01.03. Sleeping
01.03. Wake - State of being awake/wakefulness
01.03. Weary - Weariness/exhaustion
01.03. Refreshment/invigoration
01.03. Drugs (Use of)
01.03. Poison/a poison
01.03. Touch
01.03. Taste/flavour
01.03. Smell
01.03. Sight - Faculty/power of sight
01.03. Hearing and noise

01.04. Matter
01.04. Inorganic matter
01.04. Components of matter, chemistry
01.04. Alchemy
01.04. General chemistry
01.04. Elements
01.04. Organic chemistry
01.04. Polymer chemistry
01.04. Crystallography
01.04. Physical chemistry
01.04. Gravity
01.04. Properties of materials
01.04. Temperature
01.04. Heat
01.04. A fire
01.04. Coldness
01.04. Extinguishing fire
01.04. Constitution of matter
01.04. Granular texture
01.04. Strength
01.04. Weakness
01.04. Hardness
01.04. Softness
01.04. Pliableness
01.04. Unctuousness
01.04. Semi-fluidity
01.04. Liquid
01.04. Dryness
01.04. Gas/an aeriform fluid
1.04. Gas/air in liquid/effervescence
1.04. Air
01.04. Energy; physics
01.04. Light
01.04. Clear - Transparency/translucence
01.04. Opacity
01.04. Darkness/absence of light
01.04. Colour

01.05. Existence
01.05. Cause
01.05. Creation
01.05. Destruction
01.05. Non-existence
01.05. Action
01.05. Preparation
01.05. Begining action/activity
01.05. Repeating an action
01.05. Continuing in action/operation
01.05. Execution/performance/carrying out
01.05. Observance/carrying out a promise/law etc.
01.05. Finish - Completion/end of action
01.05. Stop - Ceasing an action/operation
01.05. Inaction/inactivity
01.05. Endeavour
01.05. Trial/experiment
01.05. Searching/seeking
01.05. Finding/discovery
01.05. Difficulty
01.05. Impossible - Practical impossibility
01.05. Hindrance
01.05. Oppose
01.05. Absence of resistance
01.05. Easiness
01.05. Help - Aid/help/assistance
01.05. Support/encouragement
01.05. Amend - Putting right/amendment
01.05. Restoration
01.05. Advantage/benefit
01.05. Usefulness
01.05. Use (made of things)
01.05. Recourse
01.05. Instrumentality
01.05. Effect- Efficacy
01.05. Convenience
01.05. Expediency
01.05. Opportunity
01.05. Safety
01.05. Protection/defence
01.05. Shelter - Refuge/shelter
01.05. Vigilance
01.05. Watch - Keeping watch
01.05. Guard - Watching/keeping guard/watchful guard
01.05. Care/protection/charge
01.05. Rescue/deliverance
01.05. Escape
01.05. Prosperity
01.05. Advancement/progress
01.05. Outdoing/surpassing
01.05. Success
01.05. Mastery/superiority
01.05. Token of victory/supreme excellence
01.05. Harm/injury/detriment
01.05. Hostile action/attack
01.05. Disadvantage
01.05. Uselessness
01.05. Inconvenience
01.05. Inexpediency
01.05. Uselessness/vanity/futility
01.05. Misuse
01.05. Non-use
01.05. Danger
01.05. Warning of imminent danger/evil
01.05. Adversity/affliction
01.05. Calamity/misfortune
01.05. Failure/lack of success
01.05. Defeat/overthrow
01.05. Manner of action/operation
01.05. Vigour/energy
01.05. Effort/exertion
01.05. Violent action/operation
01.05. Severity
01.05. Lack of violence/severity/intensity
01.05. Rapidity/speed of action/operation
01.05. Slowness of action/operation
01.05. Care/carefulness/attention
01.05. Caution
01.05. Carelessness
01.05. Incautiousness
01.05. Behaviour/conduct
01.05. A Standard of Conduct
01.05. Way of life
01.05. Customary/habitual mode of behaviour
01.05. Unaccustomedness/state of disuse
01.05. Good behaviour
01.05. Courtesy
01.05. Kindness
01.05. Gentleness/mildness
01.05. Restrained/moderate behaviour
01.05. Bad behaviour
01.05. Discourtesy
01.05. Unkindness
01.05. Harshness/severity
01.05. Fierceness
01.05. Ill-treatment
01.05. Cruelty
01.05. Violent behaviour
01.05. Affected behaviour/affectation
01.05. Unaffectedness/naturalness
01.05. Adaptability to circumstances
01.05. Reciprocal treatment/return of an action
01.05. Reward/a reward
01.05. Revenge
01.05. Ability/capacity/power
01.05. Skill/skilfulness
01.05. Cunning
01.05. Inability
01.05. Unskilfulness
01.05. Time
01.05. Space/extent
01.05. Distance/amount of distance
01.05. Nearness
01.05. Extension in space
01.05. Expansion/enlargement
01.05. Reduction in size/extent
01.05. Size - Measurable spatial extent
01.05. Shape
01.05. Place
01.05. Position - Relative position
01.05. Surface
01.05. Covering
01.05. Open - Condition of being open/not closed
01.05. Closed/shut condition
01.05. Between - Condition/fact of being interjacent
01.05. High position
01.05. Low position
01.05. Support
01.05. Front
01.05. Back - Position at the back
01.05. Side - Quality of having sides/being a side
01.05. End/one of two extremities
01.05. Vertical position
01.05. Horizontal position
01.05. Angle - Position at right angles to something
01.05. Inclination
01.05. Cross - Fact/condition of being transverse
01.05. Parallel - State/position of being parallel
01.05. Align - Quality/fact of being in a line (with)
01.05. Opposite position
01.05. Inversion
01.05. Folding/folded condition
01.05. Twine - Intertwining/interweaving
01.05. Order - Arrangement/fact of being arranged
01.05. Group - State of being gathered together
01.05. Shed - State of being scattered/dispersed
01.05. Posture
01.05. Direction
01.05. Movement
01.05. Pursue - Order of movement
01.05. Transference
01.05. Impelling/driving
01.05. Impinging/impact
01.05. Striking
01.05. Absence/privation/cessation of movement
01.05. Hold/holding
01.05. Releasing hold
01.05. Restlessness

01.06. Relative properties
01.06. Comparison
01.06. Classification
01.06. Numbers
01.06. Measurement/determination of amount
01.06. Quantity/amount
01.06. Increase

01.07. Supernatural

Return to Further Information about the Historical Thesaurus