more words for worldbuilding (pt. 2)
Animal: adult, beast, buck, cat, chicken, cur, father, frog, goat, half-breed, horse, hybrid, litter, mongrel, monster, parasite, pig, stock, young
Group of animals: drove, herd, insect, pack, stock, team
Limb or appendage of: bill, coat, feather, fur, mop, pelt, scale, trunk, wing
Mammal: cat, dog, father, goat, hound, mother, pig
Accessory: bag, belt, buckle, collar, pocketbook, purse, satchel
Clothing: apparel, array, bathing suit, cape, clothes/clothing, costume, dress, dungarees, falsies, frock, garment, girdle, gown, hat, jacket, negligee, nylons, pajamas, pants, quilt, scarf, skirt, suit, swimsuit, thing/things, trappings, underwear, veil, wash, wrap
Part: collar, crown, pocket, strand, tiara
State of dress: bareness, nudity, try on/try out, wear
Beverage: alcohol, coffee, drink, potable
Beverage, alcoholic: beer, liquor
Food: appetizer, bite, brew, bun, casserole, condiment, cracker, diet, doughnut, feed, frosting, grub, helping, hors d’oeuvre, leftover, macaroni, meat, nosh, nurture, nutrition, pastry, produce, refreshment, seasoning, stew, subsistence, support, sweet, treat, vittles
Food part: morsel, nip, taste, tidbit
Meal: banquet, bite, buffet, diet, fare, picnic, repast, spread, table
Produced from animal: comfort food, feed, food, frosting, grub, hero, macaroni, sandwich, submarine, vittles
Produced from plant: condiment, doughnut, loaf, pastry, produce, sweet
Quality of: acerbity, baked, done, edible, mellow, nourishing, perishable, rare, ripe, salty, short, stale, strong, sweet, unappetizing, weak, wholesome
Energy: electricity, fuel, nuclear energy, petroleum, power
Expression of energy: blast, bonfire, chill, concussion, discharge, fire, flash, noise, thunder
Natural event: eclipse, meteorology, weather
Resources: fuel, resource, rock, substance
Flower: bloom, bouquet, flower
Growth or death of: bloom, bud, germinate, growth, wilt, wither
Part: bark, branch, cereal, flavoring, foliage, grain, juice, limb, nut, pod, scion, shell, stalk, trunk
Plant: algae, bramble, bush, crop, fossil, grass, harvest, hybrid, organism, produce, wreath
Object connected with: avalanche, breeze, climate, cold, dew, film, flurry, frost, gust, haze, hurricane, meteorology, moisture, puff, thunder, weather, wind
Quality of: breezy, clear, close, crisp, dismal, fair, fiercely, fine, furious, gloomy, hazy, humid, intimidating, misty, oppressive, raw, rugged, soft, stormy, sultry, temperate, thick, tranquil, turbulent, wild, wintry
Type of: blizzard, cloud, drizzle, fog, hail, mist, puff, rain, shower, tempest, torrent, tremor
Excerpted from Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Updated and Expanded 3rd Edition, in Dictionary Form, edited by The Princeton Language Institute.
The above are concepts classified according to subject and usage. It not only helps writers and thinkers to organize their ideas but leads them from those very ideas to the words that can best express them.
It was, in part, created to turn an idea into a specific word. By linking together the main entries that share similar concepts, the index makes possible creative semantic connections between words in our language, stimulating thought and broadening vocabulary.
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