status quo

Main Entry:
status quo [kwoh]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: current situation
Synonyms: circumstances, existing condition, existing conditions, how things stand, no change, parameters, present state of affairs, situation, size of it, standing, state, state of affairs, status, status in quo, usual
Main Entry: reaction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: political conservativism
Synonyms: Toryism, backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, withdrawal
Main Entry: situation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: circumstances, status
Synonyms: ballgame, bargain, capacity, case, character, condition, footing, how things stack up, like it is, mode, picture, place, plight, position, posture, rank, scene, size of it, sphere, stage, standing, standpoint, state, state of affairs, station, status quo*
Related Words
Main Entry: condition
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
adventitious, choosehow, circumstantial, conditional, contingent, crisic, critical, ectopic, entopic, exceptional, ferial, formal, given, guarded, hypothetical, incidental, modal, organic, provisional, qualifying, structural
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Situation.
Category: 2. RELATIVE SPACE
Synonyms:
-nouns
situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude; footing, standing, standpoint, post; stage; aspect, attitude, posture, pose., place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts; ground; bearings (direction); spot (limited space)., topography, geography, chorography; map.
-verbs
be situated, be situate; lie, have its seat in.
-adjectives
situate, situated; local, topical, topographical.
-adverbs
in situ, in loco; here and there, passim; here abouts, there abouts, where abouts; in place, here, there., in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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