Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

q.c.: lawyer 968 N.
q.e.d.: demonstration 478 Phr.
q.s: sufficiency 639 N.
q-fever: disease 655 N.
quack: deceiver 548 N. remedy 662 N. ululation 412 V. bungler 701 N.
quackery: falsehood 544 N. unskillfulness 699 N. affectation 855 N.
quackish: unskillfulness 699 Adj.
quacksalver: deceiver 548 N.
quad word: information 527 N.
quad: four 95 N. abode 189 N. heat 382 N.
quadrable: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadragesima: fasting 956 N.
quadragesimal: fasting 956 Adj.
quadrangle: angularity 244 N. four 95 N. abode 189 N.
quadrangular: angularity 244 Adj.
quadrant: quadrisection 97 N. angularity 244 N. circularity 247 N.
quadrate with: agreement 23 V.
quadrate: four 95 Adj.
quadratic: four 95 Adj.
quadrature: four 95 N. angularity 244 N.
quadrible: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadricycle: vehicle 272 N.
quadrifid: quadrisection 97 Adj.
quadrifoil: four 95 N.
quadrifoliate: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadrifoliolate: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadriform: four 95 N.
quadrigeminal: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadrigeminate: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadrilateral: laterality 236 Adj. angularity 244 Adj. angularity 244 N.
quadrille: amusement 840 N.
quadripartite: quadrisection 97 Adj.
quadripartition: quadrisection 97 N.
quadriplanar: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadrireme: ship 273 N.
quadrisection: quadrisection 97 N.
quadriserial: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadrivium: four 95 N.
quadroon: mixture 41 N.
quadrumanous: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadruped: animal 366 N.
quadruple: quadruplication 96 Adj.
quadruplet: four 95 N.
quadruplicate: quadruplication 96 Adj. quadruplication 96 V.
quadruplication: quadruplication 96 N.
quadrupole: four 95 N.
quaff the bitter cup: pain 828 V.
quaff: food 298 V.
quaggy: marsh 345 Adj.
quagmire: uncleanness 653 N. difficulty 704 N. marsh 345 N.
quail: cowardice 862 V. fear 860 V.
quaint: unconformity 83 Adj. conciseness 572 Adj. beauty 845 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj.
quake: oscillation 314 V. fear 860 V. agitation 315 V. cold 383 V.
quaker gun: impotence 158 N.
quaker: heterodoxy 984 N.
quakerish: affectation 855 Adj.
quakerism: inexcitability 826 N. heterodoxy 984 N.
qualification: change 140 N. discount 813 N. skill 698 N. teaching 537 N. negation 536 N. power 157 N. qualification 469 N.
qualified: qualification 469 Adj. skill 698 Adj. unconformity 83 Adj.
qualify for: dueness 924 V.
qualify: qualification 469 V. negation 536 V. teaching 537 V. change 140 V.
qualifying: qualification 469 Adj.
qualities: affections 820 N.
quality: nobility 875 N. value 812a N. tendency 176 N. intrinsicality 5 N. power 157 N.
qualm: unbelief doubt 485 N. unwillingness 603 N. fear 860 N.
qualms of conscience: unwillingness 603 N. penitence 950 N.
quandary: difficulty 704 N.
quantify: quantity 25 V.
quantitate: quantity 25 V.
quantitative: quantity 25 Adj.
quantitatively: numeration 85 Adv.
quantity: assemblage 72 N. quantity 25 N. greatness 31 N.
quantum jump: revolution 146 N.
quantum leap: revolution 146 N.
quantum: quantity 25 N. apportionment 786 N.
quarantine flag: indication 550 N.
quarantine: safety 664 N.
quarrel: discord 713 V. discord 713 N.
quarrelsome: irascibility 901 Adj. contention 720 Adj. discord 713 Adj.
quarry: intention 620 N. store 636 N.
quart: quadrisection 97 N.
quarter deck: summit 210 N.
quarter of a hundred: five, &c 98 N.
quarter sessions: tribunal 966 N.
quarter staff: arms 727 N.
quarter upon: location 184 V.
quarter: money 800 N. lenity 740 N. direction 278 N. abode 189 N. location 184 V. region 181 N. period 108 N. quadrisection 97 V. quadrisection 97 N. four 95 N. pity 914 N. laterality 236 N.
quartered: quadrisection 97 Adj.
quarter-evil: disease 655 N.
quarter-ill: disease 655 N.
quartering: quadrisection 97 N.
quartermaster: provision 637 N.
quartern: quadrisection 97 N.
quarteron: mixture 41 N.
quarters: abode 189 N.
quarterstaff: contention 720 N.
quarter-wave plate: optical instruments 445 N.
quartet: four 95 N. music 415 N.
quartett: music 415 N.
quartile: four 95 Adj.
quarto: book 593 N.
quartz watch: chronometry 114 N.
quartz: hardness 323 N.
quasative: agitation 315 Adj.
quash: destruction 162 V. abrogation 756 V.
quasi: supposition 514 Adv. similarity 17 Adv.
quassation: agitation 315 N.
quassia: unsavoriness 395 N.
quaternal: four 95 Adj.
quaternary: oldness 124 Adj. four 95 Adj.
quaternion: four 95 N.
quaternity: four 95 N.
quatrain: poetry 597 N.
quatrefoil: four 95 N.
quattrocento: chronometry 114 Adj.
quaver: agitation 315 V. fear 860 V. musician 416 V. roll 407 N. agitation 315 N. oscillation 314 V. melody concord 413 N.
quay: abode 189 N. refuge 666 N.
quean: libertine 962 N.
queasiness: dislike 867 N.
queasy: dislike 867 Adj. fastidiousness 868 Adj.
queen: man 373 N. master 745 N. amusement 840 N.
queencraft: direction 693 N.
queen's bench: prison 752 N.
queen's english: language 560 N.
queen's evidence: disclosure 529 V.
queen's highway: method 627 N.
queen's speech: advice 695 N.
queer fish: unconformity 83 N. laughingstock 857 N.
queer: unconformity 83 Adj. ridiculousness 853 Adj.
quell: moderation 174 V. quiescence 265 V. success 731 V. destruction 162 V.
quench: destruction 162 V. insulation, fire extinction 388a V. dissuasion 616 V. pleasurableness 829 V. satiety 869 V.
quenchless: greed 817a Adj.
querimonious: lamentation 839 Adj.
querist: inquiry 461 N.
quern: pulverulence 330 N.
querulous: lamentation 839 Adj. fastidiousness 868 Adj. irascibility 901 Adj.
querulousness: discontent 832 N.
query: inquiry 461 N.
quest: inquiry 461 N. pursuit 622 N.
question at issue: inquiry 461 N. discord 713 N.
question mark: indication 550 N.
question: inquiry 461 N. inquiry 461 V. unbelief doubt 485 V. irreligion 989 V.
questionable: disrepute 874 Adj. uncertainty 475 Adj. unbelief doubt 485 Adj.
questioning: inquiry 461 N.
questionist: learner 541 N.
questionless: certainty 474 Adj.
questor: treasurer 801 N.
queue: sequel 65 N.
qui tam: lawsuit 969 Adj.
quib: ridicule 856 N.
quibble: equivocalness 520 N. intuition 477 V. wit 842 N. falsehood 544 V. absurdity 497 N. unmeaningness 517 V. intuition 477 N. qualification 469 V. discrimination 465 V.
quibbling: intuition 477 Adj. absurdity 497 Adj. unmeaningness 517 Adj.
quick as a flash: instantaneity 113 Adj.
quick as a lamplighter: activity 682 Adj.
quick as a thought: velocity 274 Adj.
quick as lightning: velocity 274 Adj. instantaneity 113 Adj.
quick as thought: instantaneity 113 Adj.
quick ear: hearing 418 N.
quick eye: vision 441 N.
quick glance: vision 441 N.
quick of apprehension: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj.
quick parts: intelligence, wisdom 498 N.
quick shuffle: deception 545 N.
quick sight: vision 441 N.
quick witted: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj.
quick: velocity 274 Adj. feeling 821 Adj. skill 698 Adj. activity 682 Adj. life 359 Adj. instantaneity 113 Adj. transientness 111 Adj. irascibility 901 Adj. intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj.
quicken one's pace: velocity 274 V.
quicken: velocity 274 V. excitation 824 V. aid 707 V. life 359 V. violence 173 V. agency 170 V. haste 684 V.
quickening power: agency 170 N.
quick-freeze: preservation 670 V.
quickly: earliness 132 Adv.
quickness: activity 682 N.
quicksands: pitfall 667 N.
quick-scented: odor 398 Adj.
quickset hedge: inclosure 232 N.
quicksilver: changeableness 149 N. physical energy 171 N. velocity 274 N.
quick-witted: intelligence, wisdom 498 Adj. wit 842 Adj.
quid pro quo: reward 973 N. compensation 30 N. substitution 147 N. interchange 148 N. retaliation 718 N. barter 794 N.
quid: pungency 392 N.
quiddet: intuition 477 N.
quiddity: intuition 477 N. wit 842 N. intrinsicality 5 N.
quid-pro-quo: wit 842 N.
quiescence: permanence 141 N. physical inertness 172 N. quiescence 265 N. inaction 681 N. inactivity 683 N.
quiescent: stability 150 Adj. quiescence 265 Adj.
quiet as a mouse: inexcitability 826 Adj.
quiet life: peace 721 N.
quiet: quiescence 265 Adj. quiescence 265 N. dissuasion 616 V. leisure 685 Adj. inexcitability 826 N. moderation 174 N. moderation 174 Adj. moderation 174 V.
quietism: quiescence 265 N. insensibility 823 N. irreligion 989 N.
quietly: modesty 881 Adv.
quietude: inexcitability 826 N.
quietus: death 360 N. killing 361 N. failure 732 N. acquittal 970 N.
quill driver: writing 590 N.
quill driving: writing 590 N.
quill: writing 590 N.
quillet: intuition 477 N.
quilt: covering 223 N. variegation 440 V.
quinary: five, &c 98 Adj.
quincux: five, &c 98 N.
quinine: remedy 662 N.
quinqevalent: quinquesection, &c 99 Adj.
quinquarticular: quinquesection, &c 99 Adj.
quinquefid: quinquesection, &c 99 Adj.
quinquelateral: quinquesection, &c 99 Adj.
quinquennium: period 108 N.
quinquepartite: quinquesection, &c 99 Adj.
quinquesect: quinquesection, &c 99 V.
quinquesection: quinquesection, &c 99 N.
quinquina: remedy 662 N.
quinsy: disease 655 N.
quint: five, &c 98 N.
quintain: amusement 840 N. intention 620 N.
quintal: gravity 319 N.
quinteron: mixture 41 N.
quintessence: intrinsicality 5 N.
quintroon: mixture 41 N.
quintuple: five, &c 98 Adj.
quintuplet: five, &c 98 N.
quintuplicate: five, &c 98 V.
quip: wit 842 N. ridicule 856 N. amusement 840 N. disrespect 929 N.
quiproquo: error 495 N.
quips and cranks: wit 842 N.
quire: temple 1000 N. musician 416 N. book 593 N.
quirk: wit 842 N. amusement 840 N. caprice 608 N. intuition 477 N. misjudgment 481 N.
quirt: scourge 975 N.
quisling: disobedience 742 N.
quit of: loss 776 Adj.
quit one's hold: relinquishment 624 V. relinquishment 782 V.
quit school: learning 539 V.
quit scores: payment 807 V.
quit: departure 293 V. relinquishment 624 V. payment 807 V.
quitclaim deed: relinquishment 782 N.
quitclaim: exemption 927a V. relinquishment 782 V.
quite another thing: irrelation 10 Adj. dissimilarity 18 Adj.
quite at home: facility 705 Adj. freedom 748 Adj.
quite right: approbation 931 Int.
quite the contrary: contrariety 14 Adj. negation 536 Adv.
quite the reverse: contrariety 14 Adj.
quite the thing: agreement 23 N. dueness 924 Adj.
quite: completeness 52 Adv.
quits: equality 27 Adj. equality 27 N. atonement 952 N.
quittance: payment 807 N. reward 973 N. security 771 N. atonement 952 N. forgiveness 918 N.
quiver with rage: resentment 900 V.
quiver: cold 383 V. fear 860 V. feeling 821 V. store 636 N. agitation 315 V. agitation 315 N. oscillation 314 V. receptacle 191 N. feeling 821 N.
quivering: fear 860 N.
quixotic: imagination 515 Adj. rashness 863 Adj.
quixotism: excitability 825 N. rashness 863 N.
quixotry: excitability 825 N.
quiz: ridicule 856 N. ridicule 856 V. laughingstock 857 N.
quizzical: ridiculousness 853 Adj. ridicule 856 Adj.
quizzing: ridicule 856 N.
quodlibet: music 415 N. inquiry 461 N. intuition 477 N. wit 842 N.
quoit: propulsion 284 N.
quoits: amusement 840 N.
quondam: the past 122 Adj.
quorum: council 696 N.
quota: apportionment 786 N. expenditure 809 N.
quotation marks: indication 550 N.
quotation: imitation 19 N. conformity 82 N. stock market 799a N. value 812a N.
quote authority: conformity 82 V.
quote chapter and verse: evidence 467 V.
quote precedent: conformity 82 V.
quote: conformity 82 V. evidence 467 V.
quoth he: affirmation 535 Phr. speech 582 Phr.
quotidian: regularity of recurrence 138 Adj.
quotient: number 84 N.