stepping-stone
stepping-stone is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. These obstacles his genius had turned into stepping-stones. Macaulay. That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. Tennyson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accoucheur
- accoucheuse
- agency
- aid
- along
- assistance
- conducive
- crook
- dint
- expedient
- fair
- foul
- hand
- handmaid
- hereby
- hook
- instrument
- instrumental
- instrumentality
- intermediate
- intermedium
- intervene
- intervention
- key
- latchkey
- master
- mediate
- mediation
- mediatorial
- medium
- midwife
- minister
- ministerial
- obstetrician
- officiate
- open
- opener
- other
- pander
- passport
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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