The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver.

synonym: pivot man.

Roget 43: junction; joining etc. v.; joinder [Law], union connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion^†, annexation, annexment^†; astriction^†, attachment, compagination^†, vincture^†, ligation, alligation^†; accouplement^†; marriage etc. (wedlock,) 903; infibulation^†, inosculation^†, symphysis [Anat.], anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation; meeting, reunion; assemblage etc. 72.    coition, copulation; sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making.    joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure^†, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link etc. 45; miter mortise.    closeness, tightness, etc. adj.; coherence etc. 46; combination etc. 48.    annexationist.    ... show more

Roget 153: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner^†, prime mover, primum mobile [Lat.]; vera causa [Lat.]; author etc. (producer) 164; mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation etc. (support) 215.    spring, fountain, well, font; fountainhead, spring head, wellhead; fons et origo [Lat.], genesis; descent etc. (paternity) 166; remote cause; influence.    pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum; key; proximate cause, causa causans [Lat.]; straw that breaks the camel's back.    ground; reason, reason why; why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation; final cause etc. (intention) 620; les dessous des cartes [Fr.]; undercurrents.    rudiment.    egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule^†, radicle, semen, sperm.    nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed.    causality, causation; origination; production etc. 161.    ... show more

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib^†; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, locus standi [Lat.]; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor etc. (basement) 211.    supporter; aid etc. 707; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment^†; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit^†, outrigger; ratlings^†.    staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle^†; bourdon^†, cowlstaff^†, lathi^†, mahlstick^†.    post, pillar, shaft, thill^†, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle^†, zocle^†; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb.    frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis^†, trave^†, corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion^†; crown post, king post; vertebra.    columella^†, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay.    trunnion, pivot, rowlock^†; peg etc. (pendency) 214^†; tiebeam etc. (fastening) 45; thole pin^†.    board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet^†, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece [Fr.], mantleshelf^†; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy^†.    seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud^†; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack^†, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo^†, faldstool^†, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki^†, lamba kursi^†; saddle, pannel^†, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.    bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed^†, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang^†; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse^†; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.    footstool, hassock; tabouret^†; tripod, monopod.    Atlas, Persides, Atlantes^†, Caryatides, Hercules.    ... show more

Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns.

synonym: pin.

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^†; volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.    verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.    [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.    [rotation of an automobile] spin-out.    axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.    [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.    [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.    [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.    [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel^†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].    [Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.    [person who rotates] whirling dervish.    ... show more

Polish: sworzeń, bolec

The act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot.

Turn on a pivot.

synonym: swivel.