4.4 Prosperity, trouble

Use this domain for general words referring to prosperity and trouble

Louw Nida Codes:

22 Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

What general words refer to prosperity and trouble?

prosperity and trouble, good and evil, ying and yang

4.4.1 Prosperity

Use this domain for words related to prosperity--when good things are happening.

Louw Nida Codes:

22G Favorable Circumstances or State

What words refer to life going well?

be fortunate, be blessed, have it easy, have a good life, prosper, be prosperous, everything is going well, have a good time, have plenty

What words refer to a good life?

the good life, good times, prosperity, blessing, good fortune, ease, welfare, quality of life, utopia,

What words describe a good life?

good, blessed, fortunate, easy, prosperous, carefree, trouble free, quality, plentiful, fun-filled, fantastic, great, full, fruitful, productive, enjoyable, happy, wonderful

4.4.2 Trouble

Use this domain for words referring to bad things that happen in life.

OMC Codes:

730 Social Problems

732 Disabilities

Handicapped

733 Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

734 Invalidism

735 Poverty

736 Dependency

737 Old Age Dependency

738 Delinquency

Louw Nida Codes:

22A Trouble, Hardship, Distress

22B Experience Trouble, Hardship

22C Cause Trouble, Hardship

22D Difficult, Hard

22F Easy, Light

What words refer to bad things that happen in life?

trouble, adversity, difficulty, hardship

What types of trouble are there?

be in need, be in pain, be injured, harm, be in distress, suffer persecution, be in danger, social unrest, anarchy

What causes trouble?

war, famine, disaster, accident, sickness, injury, death, conflict, harm, destruction, oppression

4.4.2.1 Problem

Use this domain for words related to problems.

What words refer to a problem?

problem, bind, conundrum, difficulty, dire straits, fix, jam, mess, misfortune, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, scrape, trouble,

What words refer to solving a problem?

solve, resolve, figure out

4.4.2.2 Danger

Use this domain for words referring to danger--things and events that threaten to inflict damage, pain, or death.

Louw Nida Codes:

21 Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

21A Danger

What words refer to danger?

danger, threat,

What words describe something that is dangerous?

dangerous, threatening, life threatening,

What words describe something that is not dangerous?

safe, harmless, out of harm's way

4.4.2.3 Accident

Use this domain for words related to accidents--something bad that happens without anyone wanting it to happen or doing anything to cause it to happen.

What words refer to an accident?

accident, mishap

What words refer to a big accident?

disaster

What words refer to an accident involving vehicles?

accident, crash, wreck, pile-up, collision

What words refer to having an accident?

have an accident, be involved in an accident, crash

What words describe something that happens in an accident?

accidental

4.4.2.4 Disaster

Use this domain for words related to a disaster.

OMC Codes:

731 Disasters

What general words refer to a disaster?

disaster, catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, crisis, emergency

What words refer to a natural disaster?

natural disaster, 'act of God'

What words describe an event that causes a disaster?

disastrous, catastrophic, tragic

What types of disasters are there?

epidemic (of disease), forest/grass fire, storm, famine, plague (of insects), earthquake, war

4.4.2.5 Separate, alone

Use this domain for words referring to a person being separate or alone.

What words refer to being alone?

be separate, alone, lonely, isolated, hermit, recluse, cloistered, sanctified, singular, bachelor, old maid, orphan, be by yourself, cut off from people, marooned, remote, distant

4.4.2.6 Suffer

Use this domain for words related to suffering--to feel very bad because of something very bad that has happened to you.

What words refer to suffering?

suffer, ache for someone, be afflicted with, agonize, endure, feel horrible, have a hard time, be hurting, be in pain, feel pain, feel rotten, undergo, go through, put up with, be subjected to, be in the grip of, be in the throes of,

What words refer to suffering because of something you have done?

suffer, pay for, pay the penalty for, count the cost, cost someone dearly, stew in your own juice, know to your cost, find out to your cost, at a cost to,

What words refer to the feeling of suffering?

suffering, ache, affliction, agony, distress, misery, pain, torment (n), torture (n),

What words describe someone who suffers?

suffering, tormented,

What words refer to causing someone to suffer?

distress (v), give someone a hard time, hurt, inflict, put someone through, subject to, torment (v), torture (v),

What words refer to something that causes someone to suffer?

adversity, hardship, hell, injury, tormenter, torturer,

What words describe something that causes someone to suffer?

agonizing, distressing, hard, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturing,

What words describe something that is too painful to accept?

unbearable, unbearably, intolerable, intolerably, unendurable,

What words refer to someone who suffers?

sufferer, casualty, victim,

What words refer to someone who seems to enjoy suffering?

masochist, martyr, be a glutton for punishment,

4.4.3 Respond to trouble

Use this domain for words related to responding to trouble.

What does a person do when he is in trouble?

cry for help, rise to the occasion, respond, take action, deal with

4.4.3.1 Brave

Use this domain for words describing someone who is brave--not afraid to do something dangerous.

Louw Nida Codes:

25N Courage, Boldness

What words refer to the action of showing courage?

show courage, be brave, dare, brace yourself, embolden, face (v), buck up,

What words describe someone who is brave?

courageous, brave, bold, adventurous, assured, audacious, confident, cool under fire, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, gutsy, heroic, intrepid, never-say-die, plucky, spunky, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorous

What words refer to the ability to do something brave?

courage, bravery, assurance, audacity, boldness, confidence, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, heroism, manliness, nerve, pluck, spunk, valor, fighting spirit,

What words refer to a person who has courage?

hero, heroine, daredevil,

What words refer to being brave enough to do something?

be brave enough to do something, dare, have the guts to do something, have the nerve to do something, pluck up the courage to do something, have the courage of your convictions,

4.4.3.2 Cowardice

Use this domain for words related to feeling cowardly--to be afraid to do something because you think something bad might happen to you.

What words refer to feeling cowardly?

be cowardly, be a coward, act cowardly, have a yellow streak,

What words refer to the feeling of cowardice?

cowardice,

What words describe someone who feels cowardly?

cowardly, chicken, chickenhearted, fainthearted, gutless, lily-livered, pusillanimous, sissified, spineless, weak-kneed, wimpy, yellow, yellow bellied,

What words refer to causing someone to feel cowardly?

unnerve,

What words describe something that causes someone to feel cowardly?

daunting,

What words refer to a coward?

coward, milksop, sissy, wimp, yellow-belly

What words refer to becoming cowardly?

lose your nerve, get cold feet, not dare, chicken out, not have the guts, not have the nerve,

How do people show that they feel cowardly?

cower,

4.4.3.3 Avoid

Use this domain for words related to avoiding something bad, such as trouble or someone you don't want to meet.

What words refer to avoiding trouble?

avoid trouble, avoid adversity, retreat, appease, to run away

4.4.3.4 Caution

Use this domain for words related to being cautious.

What words describe a person who is cautious?

cautious, caution, careful

What words describe a person who is not cautious?

incautious, rash, impetuous

4.4.3.5 Solve a problem

Use this domain for words related to solving a problem.

What words refer to solving a problem?

solve, resolve, put right, find a solution, rectify

4.4.3.6 Endure

Use this domain for words related to enduring a problem.

What words refer to enduring a problem?

endure, stand, bear, put up with

4.4.3.7 Survive

Use this domain for words referring to surviving--to live through a time of danger.

What words refer to surviving?

survive, live through, last, remain, survivor, escape, squeak by, make it

4.4.4 Respond to someone in trouble

Use this domain for words related to responding to someone in trouble.

OMC Codes:

748 Social Work

Louw Nida Codes:

25M Encouragement, Consolation

What words refer to the response of a person who sees someone in trouble?

response, help, aid

4.4.4.1 Mercy

Use this domain for words related to having mercy on someone who has done something bad.

Louw Nida Codes:

88J Mercy, Merciless

What words refer to having mercy on someone?

have mercy, be merciful, be compassionate, feel sorry for, have a heart, be kind, empathize, empathy, pity (v), spare,

What words describe someone who has mercy on another person?

merciful, compassionate, humane, lenient, long-suffering, sparing,

What words refer to the act of having mercy?

mercy, mercies, clemency, compassion, empathetic, forbearance, kindness, leniency, pity (n),

What words describe someone who does not have mercy on other people?

merciless, unmerciful, heartless, pitiless, ruthless, ruthlessness,

What words describe someone who needs mercy?

pitiable,

4.4.4.2 Show sympathy, support

Use this domain for words related to showing sympathy and support to someone in trouble.

What words refer to showing sympathy for someone in trouble?

feel sympathy, empathize with, feel with, sympathetic, comfort, console, compassion,

4.4.4.3 Gentle

Use this domain for words related to being gentle.

Louw Nida Codes:

88H Gentleness, Mildness

What words refer to being gentle with someone or something?

be gentle, careful, mild

4.4.4.4 Save from trouble

Use this domain for words related to saving someone or something from trouble (something bad is happening) or danger (something bad will happen).

Louw Nida Codes:

21C Safe, Free from Danger

21D Become Safe, Free from Danger

21E Cause To Be Safe, Free from Danger

What words refer to saving someone from trouble?

save, save someone's life, rescue (v), come to someone's rescue, mount a rescue, release, come to the aid of, preserve life, cover, defend, deliver, ensure someone's safety, extricate, free, guard, harbor, hide, insurance, insure, keep, preserve, protect, ransom, recover, retrieve, safeguard, safekeeping, safety, salvage, screen, secure someone's safety, grant asylum, shelter, shield, spare, pick up (a survivor), get someone out of, bail out, throw someone a lifeline, grant safe conduct

What words refer to the act of saving someone?

salvation, rescue (n), defense, deliverance, extrication, recovery,

What words refer to saving yourself?

make it to safety, get to safety, avoid, break, bypass, dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, evasion, flee, shake, shy away from, sidestep, give someone the slip,

What words describe someone who is safe?

safe, clear, found, free, guarded, immune, impregnable, intact, invulnerable, protected, secure, security, sheltered, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, untouched, welfare, be out of danger, at a safe distance, be in good hands, safe and sound, with a whole skin

What words refer to a person who saves someone?

savior, defender, deliverer, liberator, rescuer, protector, guardian

What words refer to a place where you are safe?

safety, place of safety, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, safe house, safe harbor, haven, stronghold, asylum, hideout, retreat

4.4.4.5 Protect

Use this domain for words related to protecting someone from danger or being hurt.

What words refer to protecting someone?

protect, protection, protective, guard, safeguard, fortify, secure, watch, keep safe, keep, insulate, encircle, defend, defense

What is a person called who protects someone?

protector, guard, watchman, defender, advocate, sentry, bodyguard, defensive force

What words are used for a place where someone is protected?

fortress, fort, castle, battlement, moat, fortification

What words refer to something used to protect someone?

armor, shield, guard,

4.4.4.6 Free from bondage

Use this domain for words related to freeing someone from bondage.

What words refer to freeing someone from bondage?

liberated, be free, unfettered, unbound, unchained, unleashed, pardoned, release (n), released, reprieve, parole, unrestrained, licensed, authorized, unconfined

4.4.4.7 Relief

Use this domain for words related to relief.

Louw Nida Codes:

22E Relief from Trouble

What words refer to relieving someone?

relieve someone's suffering, bring relief, give relief, allay, alleviate, assuage, ease someone's load, lighten someone's load, mitigate, bring respite, soften the blow, soothe

What words refer to relief from trouble?

relief

4.4.4.8 Risk

Use this domain for words referring to risk--exposing oneself or something to danger.

Louw Nida Codes:

21B Expose Oneself to Danger

What words refer to risking something?

risk, run a risk, expose (oneself to danger), hazard, wager, dare

4.4.5 Chance

Use this domain for words related to chance--when something happens that no one intended.

OMC Codes:

777 Luck and Chance

What words refer to something happening by chance or luck?

chance, luck, fortune, fate,

What words refer to two things happening at the same time by chance?

coincidence,

What words refer to believing that things cause good or bad luck?

superstition, superstitious,

4.4.5.1 Lucky

Use this domain for words related to being lucky.

What words refer to being lucky on a particular occasion?

lucky, fortunate, be in luck, have the good fortune to do something, fall on your feet, be in the right place at the right time, luck out,

What words refer to being lucky all the time?

lucky, fortunate, some people have all the luck, lead a charmed life, not know you're born, it's all right for some,

What words describe something good that happens as a result of good luck?

lucky, fortunate, miraculous, a good thing, a good job, stroke of luck, fluke,

What words refer to something that makes good things happen to someone?

luck, a run of good luck,

What words describe something that makes you lucky?

lucky (charm/number/day),

What words indicate that something bad did not happen as a result of luck?

luckily, fortunately, happily,

What words refer to something that seems unlucky but turns out to be good?

blessing in disguise,

What do people say when they hope someone will be lucky?

wish someone luck, good luck, best of luck,

What do people say to try to prevent bad luck?

knock on wood, touch wood, keep your fingers crossed,

4.4.5.2 Unlucky

Use this domain for words related to being unlucky.

What words refer to being unlucky on a particular occasion?

unlucky, unfortunate, have the misfortune to do something, have bad luck, be out of luck, a run of bad luck, it's one of those days, it's not my day,

What words describe someone who always has bad luck?

unlucky, with my luck, just my luck, jinxed, born under a bad star, cursed,

What words describe an unlucky situation or event?

unlucky, unfortunate, unfortunately, as bad luck would have it, be bad luck,

What words describe something that causes bad luck?

unlucky, be bad luck, bring bad luck, a jinx on,

What words refer to bad luck?

bad luck, misfortune, bit of bad luck, hard luck,