for
verb
Roget 897:
love,
like,
affect,
fancy,
care for,
take an interest in,
be partial to,
sympathize with;
affection;
be in love with
etc.
adj.;
have a love
etc.
n..
for,
entertain a love
etc.
n..
for,
harbor cherish a love
etc.
n..
for;
regard,
revere;
take to,
bear love to,
be wedded to;
set one's affections on;
make much of,
feast one's eyes on;
hold dear,
prize;
hug,
cling to,
cherish,
pet.
burn;
adore,
idolize,
love to distraction,
aimer eperdument [Fr.];
dote on,
dote upon;
take a fancy to,
look sweet upon;
become enamored
etc.
adj.;
fall in love with,
lose one's heart;
desire
etc.
865.
excite love;
win the heart,
gain the heart,
win the affections,
gain the affections,
secure the love,
engage the affections;
take the fancy of have a place in the heart,
wind round the heart;
attract,
attach,
endear,
charm,
fascinate,
captivate,
bewitch,
seduce,
enamor,
enrapture,
turn the head.
get into favor;
ingratiate oneself,
insinuate oneself,
worm oneself;
propitiate,
curry favor with,
pay one's court to,
faire l'aimable [Fr.],
set one's cap at,
flirt.
... show more
adverb
Roget 673:
in preparation,
in anticipation of;
against,
for;
abroach†.
verb
Roget 676:
undertake;
engage in,
embark in;
launch into,
plunge into;
volunteer;
apprentice oneself to;
engage
etc.
(promise)
768;
contract
etc.
769;
take upon oneself,
take upon one's shoulders;
devote oneself to
etc.
(determination)
604.
take up,
take in hand;
tackle;
set about,
go about;
set to,
fall to,
set to work;
launch forth;
set up shop;
put in hand,
put in execution;
set forward;
break the neck of a business,
be in,
for;
put one's hand to,
put one's foot in;
betake oneself to,
turn one's hand to,
go to do;
begin one's
etc.
66;
broach one's,
institute one's
etc.
(originate)
153;
put one's hand to the plow,
lay one's hand to the plow,
put one's shoulder to the wheel.
have in hand
etc.
(business)
625;
have many irons in the fire
etc.
(activity)
682.
... show more
adverb
Roget 155:
hence,
thence,
therefore,
for,
since,
on account of,
because,
owing to;
on that account;
from this cause,
from that cause;
thanks to,
forasmuch as;
whence,
propter hoc [Lat.].
why,?
wherefore,?
whence,?
how comes it,
how is it,
how happens it,?
how does it happen,?
in some way,
in some such way;
somehow,
somehow or other.
... show more
Roget 476:
for,
because,
hence,
whence,
seeing that,
since,
sith†,
then thence so;
for that reason,
for this reason,
for which reason;
for as,
inasmuch as;
whereas,
ex concesso [Lat.],
considering,
in consideration of;
therefore,
wherefore;
consequently,
ergo,
thus,
accordingly;
a fortiori.
in conclusion,
in fine;
finally,
after all,
au bout du compt [Fr.],
on the whole,
taking one thing with another.
... show more
Roget 620:
intentionally
etc.
adj.;
advisedly,
wittingly,
knowingly,
designedly,
purposely,
on purpose,
by design,
studiously,
pointedly;
with intent
etc.
n.;
deliberately
etc.
(with premeditation)
611;
with one's eyes open,
in cold blood.
for;
with a view,
with an eye to;
in order to,
in order that;
to the end that,
with the intent that;
for the purpose of,
with the view of,
in contemplation of,
on account of.
in pursuance of,
pursuant to;
quo animo [Lat.];
to all intents and purposes.
... show more
Roget 615:
because,
therefore
etc.
(cause)
155;
from this motive,
from that motive;
for this reason,
for that reason;
for;
by reason of,
for the sake of,
count of;
out of,
from,
as,
forasmuch as.
for all the world;
on principle.
... show more
Roget 176:
for,
whither.
Moby thesaurus: against, all for, as, as long as, as proxy for, as representing, as things go, because, being, being as how, cause, considering, forasmuch as, from, in aid of, in behalf of, in consideration of, in contemplation of, in favor of, in furtherance of, in lieu of, in order to, in place of, in preference to, in preparation for, in that, inasmuch as, insofar as, insomuch as, now, on account of, on behalf of, parce que, pro, remedial of, replacing, seeing as how, seeing that, since, so, so as to, so that, to, vice, whereas, with ... show more.
debug info: 0.0207