- Paw, n. 1. Foot (of beasts with claws).
- 2. Hand (in contempt).
- Pawl, n. Click, detent, catch, ratchet.
- Pawn, n. Pledge (of a chattel to secure a debt), gage, security.
- Pawn, v. a. Pledge, offer or give as security.
- Pawnee, n. (Law.) Pledgee.
- Pay, v. a. 1. Discharge, settle, liquidate, cash.
- 2. Compensate, recompense, requite, remunerate, reward, make payment to.
- 3. Punish, take revenge upon, retort upon.
- 4. (Naut.) Smear (with tar or pitch).
- Pay, v. n. 1. Make compensation.
- 2. Be profitable, be remunerative, make a good return, be a good investment, give a good interest.
- Pay, n. Compensation, recompense, remuneration, reward, requital, wages, salary, stipend, hire, allowance.
- Pay down, Pay on the spot, pay on delivery.
- Pay for, 1. Give an equivalent for, bear the expense of.
- 2. Atone for, make amends for.
- Paying, a. Remunerative, profitable, gainful, that pays.
- Pay off, 1. Pay and discharge (as hired men).
- 2. Punish, pay, take revenge upon, retort upon.
- 3. (Naut.) Fall off, fall to leeward.
- Pay one's addresses to, Woo, court, solicit in love, make love to.
- Pay up, [Colloquial.]
- Peace, n. 1. Calm, repose, quiet, tranquillity, stillness, silence.
- 2. Amity, concord, harmony, truce, ARMISTICE.
- Peaceable, a. 1. Peaceful, pacific, free from war.
- 2. Gentle, mild, amicable, friendly, disposed to peace, not quarrelsome.
- 3. Quiet, tranquil, placid, unmoved, undisturbed, serene.
- Peaceful, a. 1. Quiet, calm, still, undisturbed, placid, tranquil, serene.
- 2. Mild, gentle, kindly, friendly.
- Peace-maker, n. Mediator, intercessor.
- Peace-making, a. Conciliatory, mild, appeasing.
- Peace-offering, n. 1. Atonement, satisfaction, amends, reparation, atoning sacrifice.
- 2. Mediation, olive-branch, intercession.
- Peak, n. Top (of a mountain), summit, crest, crown, pinnacle.
- Peak, v. n. 1. Grow thin or lean, become emaciated.
- 2. Sneak, make a mean figure.
- Peaked, a. Pointed.
- Peal, n. Blast, burst, blare, clang.
- Peal, v. n. Resound, echo, re-echo, boom, thunder, roar.
- Pea-nut, n. Ground-nut, earth-nut (Arachis hypogæa).
- Pearlash, n. Sub-carbonate of potassa (impure), calcined potash.
- Pearl-powder, n. Pearl-white.
- Pearl-white, n. Pearl-powder, sub-muriate of bismuth.
- Pearly, a. 1. Abounding in pearls.
- 2. Clear, pure, transparent, nacreous.
- Peasant, n. Rustic, countryman, hind, swain.
- Pebble, n. Stone (of small size), pebble-stone.
- Pebble-stone, n. Pebble.
- Peccability, n. Frailty, infirmity, weakness, liability to sin.
- Peccable, a. Frail, weak, imperfect, erring, sinning, liable to sin.
- Peccadillo, n. Petty fault, slight offence.
- Peccant, a. 1. Sinning, erring, guilty, criminal.
- 2. Morbid, malignant, corrupting, corroding.
- Peculation, n. Embezzlement.
- Peculiar, a. 1. That specially pertains, that belongs exclusively.
- 2. Singular, particular, characteristic, special, exceptional, rare, not common, not general.
- Peculiarity, n. Individuality, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, characteristic, speciality, singularity.
- Pecuniary, a. Monetary, financial.
- Pedagogue, n. [A contemptuous term.] Schoolmaster, teacher.
- Pedant, n. Pretender to learning.
- Pedantic, a. Conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning.
- Pedantical, a. Conceited, pragmatical, vain of knowledge, ostentations of learning.
- Pedantry, n. Ostentation of learning, boastful display of knowledge.
- Pedestrian, n. Foot-traveller, traveller afoot.
- Pedigree n. Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, stock, breed, family, race, house, line of ancestors.
- Peel, v. a. Pare (by stripping or pulling), hull, shell.

- Peel, n. Rind, skin.
- Peep, v. n. 1. Chirp (as a chicken), pule, pip.
- 2. Peer, look slyly.
- Peep of day, Dawn, morning, aurora, sunrise, prime, prime of day, break of day, early morning, first flush of the morning.
- Peer, n. 1. Equal, mate, match, compeer.
- 2. Companion, associate, fellow, comrade.
- 3. Nobleman, lord.
- Peer, v. n. Peep, pry, look closely or narrowly.
- Peerless, a. Unequalled, unmatched, unsurpassed, matchless, without an equal, without a peer.
- Peevish, a. Fretful, petulant, querulous, irritable, waspish, snappish, pettish, captious, cross, crusty, snarling, testy, churlish, crabbed, acrimonious, irritable.
- Pelf, n. Money, riches, lucre, mammon, gain, wealth.
- Pellicle, n. Film, thin skin, thin coating.
- Pell-mell, ad. Confusedly, irregularly, disorderly, in confusion, in disorder, helter-skelter, at sixes and sevens.
- Pellucid, a. Clear, transparent, transpicuous, limpid, diaphanous, crystalline, bright, lucid, translucent.
- Pelt, n. Skin (of a beast with the hair on it), hide.
- Pelts, n. pl. Skins (as above), peltry, hides.
- Pelt, v. a. Strike (with something thrown), beat, batter, assail with missiles.
- Peltate, a. (Bot.) Shield-shaped.
- Peltated, a. (Bot.) Shield-shaped.
- Pelting, n. Beating, battering.
- Peltry, n. Pelts, hides.
- Pen, v. a. 1. Write, compose, indite.
- 2.  Enclosure, COOP, PENFOLD, pinfold, pound.
- Penal, a. Punitive.
- Penalty, n. 1. Punishment, penal retribution.
- 2. Forfeiture, fine.
- Penance, n. Punishment (self-inflicted or imposed by ecclesiastical authority), mortification, maceration, humiliation, penalty.
- Penchant, n. [Fr.] Inclination, bent, propensity, proneness, proclivity, disposition, tendency, turn, leaning, predisposition, liking, fondness, predilection.
- Pencil, n. 1. Brush (made of hair or fine bristles).
- 2. Crayon.
- Pencil, v. a. 1. Paint, depict, delineate, portray, sketch.
- 2. Mark or draw with a pencil.
- Pencilling, n. Sketch, outline.
- Pendant, n. 1. Hanging appendage, bob.
- 2. Ear-ring, ear-drop.
- 3. (Naut.) Pennant, PENNON.
- Pendent, a. Hanging, pendulous, suspended, pensile.
- Pendente lite, [L.] While the suit is pending, pending the suit or action, during litigation.
- Pending, a. Depending, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, in suspense.
- Pending, prep. During.
- Pendulous, a. Hanging, PENDENT.
- Penetrable, a. Permeable, pervious.
- Penetrate, v. a. 1. Pierce, perforate, bore, enter, transfix.
- 2. Discern, understand, comprehend.
- Penetrating, a. Discerning, intelligent, sagacious, sharp-witted, clear-sighted, acute, keen, quick, shrewd, keen-sighted.
- Penetration, n. 1. Penetrating.
- 2. Acuteness, discernment, sagacity, shrewdness, astuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, insight, mother-wit, quick parts.
- Penfold, n. Pen (for confining strayed beasts), pinfold, pound.
- Penitence, n. Repentance, contrition, compunction, regret, remorse.
- Penitent, a. Repentant, contrite.
- Penitent, n. Repentant.
- Penitentiary, n. Prison, jail, bridewell, work-house, house of correction.
- Penman, n. Writer, scribe, chirographer, chirographist, quill-driver.
- Penmanship, n. Chirography.
- Pennant, n. (Naut.) Pendant.
- Penniless, a. Moneyless, destitute, poor, necessitous, needy, indigent, distressed, pinched, reduced, short of money, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket, in need, in want.
- Pennon, n. 1. Banner, streamer, standard, flag, colors, ensign.
- 2. Wing, pinion.
- Pensile, a. Hanging, suspended, pendent, pendulous.
- Pension, n. Allowance (from a government for past services), annuity.
- Pensive, a. 1. Thoughtful, meditative, reflective, dreamy, sober.
- 2. Expressive of sadness.
- Pentagonal, a. Five-angled, five-cornered.
- Pentecost, n. Whitsuntide, Whit-Sunday.
- Pent-house, n. Lean-to.
- Pent-roof, n. Shed-roof.
- Penult, n. Penultima, penultimate, last syllable but one, penultimate syllable.
- Penultima, n. Penult.
- Penultimate, n. Penult.
- Penurious, a. Parsimonious, covetous, avaricious, illiberal, miserly, niggardly, sordid, mercenary, close, stingy, mean, close-fisted, hard-fisted.
- Penury, n. Indigence, destitution, beggary, mendicancy, pauperism, extreme poverty.
- People, n. 1. Tribe, nation, race, clan, family.
- 2. Population, folks, persons, the public, the community, the bulk of mankind.
- 3. Commonalty, populace, CANAILLE, rabble, mob, the vulgar, vulgar herd, lower classes, humbler classes, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the masses.
- People, v. a. Populate.
- Pepper-grass, n. Pill-wort (Pilularia globulifera).
- 2. Pepper-wort (Lepidium sativum).
- Pepperidge, n. Tupelo, Sour-gum, sour gum-tree (Nyssa multiflora).
- Pepperidge-bush, n. Barberry.
- Pepper-wort, n. Pepper-grass (Lepidium sativum).
- Peppery, a. 1. Hot, pungent, high-seasoned.
- 2. Irritable, irascible, touchy, testy, waspish, snappish, snarling, churlish, choleric, petulant, excitable, passionate, hasty, quick, like tinder, like touch-wood.
- Peradventure, ad. [Rare.] Perhaps, PERCHANCE, possibly.
- Perambulate, v. a.
- Perambulation, n. Round, circuit, tour.
- Per annum, [L.] Annually, by the year.
- Per capita, [L.] By heads, by polls, according to the number of persons.
- Perceive, v. a. 1. See, discover, note, notice, remark, observe, descry, behold, discern.
- 2. Feel, be sensible of.
- 3. Understand, comprehend, know.
- Per cent., [L.] By the hundred.
- Per centum, [L.] By the hundred.
- Perceptible, a. Visible, discernible, apparent, in sight, to be seen.
- Perception, n. 1. Seeing, discernment, sense, taste, sensation.
- 2. Understanding, notion, idea, apprehension.
- Perch, n. 1. Roost.
- 2. Pole, rod.
- Perch, v. n. Roost, sit on a perch.
- Perchance, ad. Perhaps, possibly, by chance, haply, PERADVENTURE, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.
- Perchers, n. pl. Insessores, perching birds.
- Percolate, v. n. Filter, transude, ooze, exude, strain.
- Percolation, n. Filtration, straining.
- Percussion, n. Collision, clash, shock, concussion.
- Percussion-cap, n. Capsule.
- Per diem, [L.] By the day.
- Perdition, n. 1. Ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, downfall, utter loss.
- 2. Eternal death, future misery.
- Peregrination, n. Travelling, travel, wandering.
- Peremptory, a. 1. Decisive, express, authoritative, categorical, imperative, positive, absolute.
- 2. Dogmatical, arbitrary, despotic.
- Perennial, a. Lasting, enduring, permanent, constant, continual, undying, unceasing, perpetual, uninterrupted, imperishable, deathless, never-failing, immortal.
- Perfect, a. 1. Complete, consummate, finished, excellent, capital, exquisite, without blemish, not defective, not deficient.
- 2. Pure, holy, blameless, faultless, without sin.
- Perfect, v. a. Finish, complete, consummate, elaborate, make perfect, bring to perfection.
- Perfection, n. 1. Perfectness, maturity, completion, consummation, wholeness, excellence.
- 2. Excellent quality.
- Perfectly, ad. Fully, entirely, totally, completely, exactly, accurately.
- Perfectness, n. Perfection.
- Perfidious, a. Faithless, unfaithful, treacherous, false, dishonest, disloyal, traitorous, false-hearted.
- Perfidiousness, n. Perfidy.
- Perfidy, n. Perfidiousness, treachery, treason, defection, disloyalty, breach of faith, foul play, Punic faith.
- Perforate, v. a. Pierce, penetrate, bore, transfix, drill, bore through.
- Perforation, n. Hole, aperture, opening.
- Perform, v. a. 1. Do, execute, effect, accomplish, achieve, compass, bring about, bring to pass, work out.
- 2. Observe, fulfil, meet, discharge, satisfy, complete, adhere to, be faithful to, comply with.
- Performance, n. 1. Accomplishment, execution, completion.
- 2. Action, deed, act, achievement, exploit, feat.
- Performer, n. 1. Doer, operator, executor.
- 2. Actor, player, stage-player, comedian, tragedian.
- Perfume, n. 1. Fragrance, balminess, aroma, redolence, incense, pleasing scent, grateful odor, sweetness of smell.
- 2. Sweet-smelling substance.
- Perfume, v. a. Scent, fill, impregnate or imbue with grateful odor.
- Perfumery, n. Perfumes.
- Perfunctory, a. Indifferent, careless, slovenly, heedless, reckless, negligent, slight; done, but not well done; done to be rid of (without a due sense of obligation).
- Perhaps, ad. Perchance, possibly, haply, PERADVENTURE, by chance, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.
- Pericarp, n. (Bot.) Capsule, pod, seed-vessel, ripened ovary.
- Peril, n. Danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, venture.
- Peril, v. a. Risk, endanger, imperil, jeopard, put at hazard, put in danger, expose to danger.
- Perilous, a. Dangerous, hazardous, RISKY, full of danger, fraught with danger.
- Period, n. 1. Cycle, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years.
- 2. Time, term, era, epoch, date, age.
- 3. End, limit, bound, termination, conclusion.
- 4. (Rhet.) Sentence (full or completed), proposition.
- 5. (Gram.) Dot, full stop.
- Periodic, a. Recurring (regularly).
- Periodical, a. Recurring (regularly).
- Periodically, ad. Regularly, statedly, at stated times, at regular times, at fixed periods.
- Peripatetic, a. Aristotelian, of Aristotle.
- Periphery, n. Circumference.
- Periphrase, a. Circumlocution, periphrasis, circuit of words, roundabout expression.
- Periphrasis, n. [L.] Periphrase.
- Periphrastic, a. Circumlocutory.
- Periphrastical, a. Circumlocutory.
- Perish, v. n. 1. Decay, waste, wither, pass away, be destroyed, be ruined, be lost, come to nought, go to destruction.
- 2. Die, expire, decease, cease to exist.
- Perishable, a. 1. Destructible, decaying, liable to decay.
- 2. Dying, mortal.
- Periwig, n. Wig, peruke, scratch.
- Perjure one's self, Forswear one's self, swear falsely, take a false oath, bear false witness, break one's word, break one's faith, play false.
- Perjury, n. False swearing.
- Perk, v. n. Be perk, be proud, be perky, be smart.
- Perk, a. Pert, PERKY.
- Perky, a. Pert, smart, UPPISH, proud, perk, assuming.
- Permanence, n. Duration, durability, lastingness, continuance, fixedness.
- Permanency, n. Duration, durability, lastingness, continuance, fixedness.
- Permanent, a. Lasting, abiding, fixed, enduring, continuing, durable, stable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, perpetual, invariable, constant, persistent.
- Permeable, a. Pervious, penetrable.
- Permissible, a. Allowable, admissible, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper.
- Permission, n. Leave, license, liberty, allowance, consent, permit.
- Permit, v. a. Allow, let, suffer, license, empower, authorize, warrant, give permission to, give leave to, give carte blanche to.
- Permit, n. Leave, license, permission, liberty.
- Pernicious, a. Hurtful, deleterious, injurious, detrimental, baneful, baleful, prejudicial, noxious, mischievous, damaging, disadvantageous, destructive, ruinous, fatal.
- Perpendicular, a. 1. Vertical, upright, pointing to the zenith.
- 2. At right angles, making a right angle.
- Perpetrate, v. a. Do (as something base), commit, perform, execute.
- Perpetration, n. Commission (as of a crime), doing, performing.
- Perpetual, a. Endless, unending, everlasting, eternal, ever-during, ceaseless, continual, incessant, unintermitted, uninterrupted, constant, interminable, perennial.
- Perpetuate, v. a. Eternize, make perpetual.
- Perpetuity, n. Eternity, endless duration.
- Perplex, v. a. 1. Entangle, tangle, complicate, involve, snarl, make intricate, make difficult.
- 2. Embarrass, puzzle, distract, pose, bewilder, beset, mystify, confuse, confound.
- Perplexing, a. Troublesome, puzzling, embarrassing, bewildering, confusing.
- Perplexity, n. 1. Intricacy, intricateness, complexity, obscurity, hardness, complication, involution.
- 2. Concern, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, embarrassment, distraction, doubt, confusion, bewilderment.
- 3. Embarrassment, difficulty, strait, hobble, pickle, critical situation.
- Per saltum, [L.] By a leap, by a jump.
- Per se, [L.] By itself.
- Persecute, v. a. Oppress, harass, afflict, molest, distress, worry, hunt down, run down, pursue malignantly, drive from pillar to post.
- Perseverance, n. Steadiness, persistence, persistency, constancy.
- Persevere, v. n. Persist, be steady, be steadfast, be constant, go on, keep on, hold on, keep one's coarse, keep one's ground, maintain one's ground, stick to it, not give it up, stand firm, stand fast, move heaven and earth, go through fire and water, go all lengths, stick at nothing.
- Persiflage, n. [Fr.] Banter, raillery, ridicule, jeering, mockery, quizzing, joking, pleasantry, frivolous talk.
- Persist, v. n. 1. Continue, remain, last, endure.
- 2. Persevere, be steadfast.
- Persistence, n. 1. Perseverance.
- 2. Obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness.
- Persistency, n. 1. Perseverance.
- 2. Obstinacy, contumacy, doggedness, stubbornness, perverseness, pertinacity, obduracy, headiness, pig-headedness.
- Persistent, a. Persevering, constant, steady.
- Person, n. 1. Individual, man, one, party, somebody, some one, intelligent being, human being, human creature.
- 2. Body, bodily substance.
- Personage, n. 1. Assumed character.
- 2. Person of rank, man of distinction, great person, illustrious person.
- Personal, a. 1. Individual, private, special.
- 2. Corporal, exterior, physical, material.
- Personality, n. Individuality, distinct existence.
- Personally, ad. 1. Individually, as to one's person.
- 2. In person, by bodily presence.
- Personate, v. a. Play, act, act the part of, take the part of.
- Personation, n. Representation, acting, simulation.
- Personification, n. (Rhet.) Prosopopœia.
- Perspective, n. Vista, prospect, view.
- Perspicacious, a. Discerning, acute, keen, sagacious, shrewd, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, sharp-witted, keen-witted, long-headed, eagle-eyed.
- Perspicaciousness, n. Perspicacity.
- Perspicacity, n. Perspicaciousness, acuteness, sharpness, shrewdness, discernment, penetration, sagacity, astuteness, insight.
- Perspicuity, n. Clearness, lucidness, transparency, plainness, intelligibility, perspicuousness.
- Perspicuous, a. Clear, lucid, plain, transparent, intelligible.
- Perspicuousness, n. Perspicuity.
- Perspiration, n. 1. Exudation, sweating.
- 2. Sweat.
- Perspire, v. n. Sweat.
- Persuade, v. a. 1. Induce, influence, lead, incite, impel, actuate, set on, prevail upon, bring over, win over, bring round.
- 2. Convince, satisfy by proof or evidence.
- Persuasion, n. 1. Influence, inducement, incitement, suasion, bringing over.
- 2. Conviction, creed, belief, doctrine, tenet, dogma, way of thinking.
- Persuasive, a. Convincing, cogent, logical, valid, sound, weighty.
- Persuasive, n. Inducement, incitement.
- Pert, a. Saucy, forward, bold, impertinent, impudent, flippant.
- Pertain to, 1. Belong to, appertain to, be the property of.
- 2. Behoove, befit, beseem, be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on.
- 3. Regard, concern, relate to, refer to, answer to, have relation to.
- Pertinacious, a. 1. Constant, steady, firm, determined, resolute, steadfast, stanch.
- 2. Stubborn, obstinate, dogged, wilful, mulish, unyielding, intractable, headstrong, perverse, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADED.
- Pertinaciousness, n. Pertinacity.
- Pertinacity, n. 1. Resolution, determination, steadiness, constancy, inflexibility, firmness, perseverance, tenacity of purpose.
- 2. Stubbornness, obstinacy, wilfulness, doggedness, headiness, mulishness.
- Pertinence, n. Fitness, appropriateness, relevancy, appositeness, suitableness, applicability, propriety, PATNESS.
- Pertinency, n. Fitness, appropriateness, relevancy, appositeness, suitableness, applicability, propriety, PATNESS.
- Pertinent, a. Fit, appropriate, suitable, relevant, apposite, adapted, applicable, proper, PAT, apropos, to the point, to the purpose.
- Pertness, n. Sauciness, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, flippancy.
- Perturbation, n. Agitation, trepidation, disquiet, uneasiness, excitement, discomposure, worry, vexation.
- Perturbed, a. Disturbed, disquieted, distressed, agitated, discomposed, excited, worried, vexed.
- Peruke, n. Wig, periwig, scratch.
- Perusal, n. Reading.
- Peruse, v. a. Read.
- Peruvian bark, Cinchona, Jesuit's bark, Cinchona bark.
- Pervade, v. a. 1. Permeate, penetrate, pass through.
- 2. Overspread, fill, run through, be diffused through, be disseminated through.
- Perverse, a. 1. Distorted (from the right), bad.
- 2. Obstinate, stubborn, wilful, dogged, mulish, untractable, unyielding, headstrong, pertinacious, wayward, CANTANKEROUS, PIG-HEADED.
- 3. Cross, petulant, waspish, captious, snappish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, froward, morose, surly, snarling, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
- Perverseness, n. Petulance, peevishness, churlishness, moroseness, surliness, ill-temper, perversity.
- Perversion, n. Impairment, injury, vitiation, corruption, debasement, prostitution, abasement.
- Perversity, n. Perverseness.
- Pervert, v. a. 1. Distort, stretch, falsify, make an ill use of.
- 2. Entice, tempt, corrupt.
- Pervious, a. Permeable, penetrable.
- Pest, n. 1. Plague, pestilence, infection, fatal epidemic, infectious disease.
- 2. Contamination, poison, taint, bane, scourge, curse, infliction, nuisance, great annoyance.
- Pester, v. a. Disturb, annoy, harass, provoke, nettle, trouble, plague, vex, tease, hector, harry, molest, bother, worry, fret, gall, bore, incommode, disquiet, infest, torment, badger, chafe, irritate.
- Pestiferous, a. Pestilential.
- Pestilence, n. Plague, pest, BLIGHT, contagious distemper.
- Pestilential, a. 1. Pestiferous, infectious, contagious, catching, malignant, poisonous.
- 2. Mischievous, destructive, deleterious, noxious, ruinous, deadly.
- Pet, n. 1. Fondling, darling, favorite.
- 2. Miff, angry mood, fit of peevishness.
- Pet, a. Favorite, especially liked.
- Pet, v. a. Fondle, indulge, caress, make much of.
- Petiole, n. (Bot.) Leaf-stalk.
- Petition, n. Request, prayer, supplication, entreaty, suit, solicitation, application, appeal, address.
- Petition, v. a. Entreat, pray, supplicate, solicit, crave, ask, beg, apply to, make application to, prefer a request to.
- Petitioner, n. Suppliant, solicitor, applicant, suitor.
- Petitio principii, [L.] (Logic.) Begging of the question, taking for granted the question in dispute.
- Petit-maître, n. [Fr.] Coxcomb, dandy, fop, beau, exquisite, popinjay, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.
- Pet lamb, Cosset.
- Petrify, v. a. 1. Change to stone.
- 2. Make callous, make obdurate.
- 3. Astonish, amaze, astound, dumfounder, confound, stupefy, take by surprise, strike dumb.
- Petroleum, n. Rock-oil, mineral oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil.
- Petticoat, n. Skirt.
- Pettifogger, n. Petty lawyer.
- Pettish, a. Peevish, fretful, PETULANT.
- Petty, a. 1. Little, small, trifling, trivial, frivolous, inconsiderable, unimportant, insignificant, slight, of small moment, of small account.
- 2. Inferior, of a low grade.
- Petty-chaps, n. Fig-pecker, fig-eater, becafico, garden warbler, greater petty-chaps (Sylvia hortensis).
- Petulance, n. Peevishness, fretfulness, testiness, waspishness, crustiness, pettishness, snappishness, irritability, ill-temper.
- Petulant, a. Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, hasty, touchy, testy, crusty, pettish, waspish, choleric, snappish, snarling, cross, crabbed, captious, censorious, acrimonious, perverse, froward, ill-tempered, out of sorts.
- Pewit, n. Lapwing (Tringa vanellus).
- Phalansterianism, n. Fourierism, socialism, humanitarianism, Saint Simonianism.
- Phantasm, n. Vision (fancied), appearance, apparition, spectre, phantom, illusion.
- Phantasmagoria, n. 1. Magic lantern.
- 2. Illusive images, optical illusions.
- Phantom, n. Phantasm.
- Phantom-like, a. Spectral.
- Pharisaic, a. Sanctimonious, hypocritical.
- Pharisaical, a. Sanctimonious, hypocritical.
- Pharisaism, n. Hypocrisy, formalism, sanctimoniousness, cant, pietism, phariseeism, assumed piety.
- Phariseeism, n. Pharisaism.
- Pharmacopœia, n. Dispensatory.
- Phascolome, n. Wombat (Phascolomys ursinus).
- Phase, n. Appearance (as of the moon or a planet), aspect.
- Phenomenon, n. [pl. Phenomena.] 1. Appearance, what is seen (as distinguished from its essence or substance).
- 2. Prodigy, wonder, marvel, miracle.
- Philander, v. n. Coquet, flirt, make love, make a show of love, affect to be in love, play at courtship.
- Philanthropic, n. Benevolent, kind, benignant, gracious, humane.
- Philanthropical, n. Benevolent, kind, benignant, gracious, humane.
- Philanthropy, n. Humanity, love of mankind, general benevolence, good will to all men.
- Philibeg, n. [Written also and usually Fillibeg.] Kilt.
- Philippic, n. Invective.
- Philomel, n. Nightingale.
- Philomela, n. Nightingale.
- Philosopher, n. 1. Searcher after truth, student of first principles, seeker of wisdom.
- 2. Theorist, theorizer, man of abstractions, speculator.
- Philosophic, a. 1. Of philosophy.
- Philosophical, a. 1. Of philosophy.
- 2. Of a philosopher, of philosophers.
- 3. Wise, rational, reasonable.
- 4. Calm, cool, collected, composed, unruffled, sedate, serene, tranquil, imperturbable, stoical, Platonic.
- Philosophy, n. 1. Science of causes or first principles, science of the absolute, the science of sciences.
- 2. Principles (of any department of knowledge), laws.
- 3. Hypothesis, theory, system, doctrine.
- Philosophy of the Academy, Philosophy of Plato, Platonic philosophy.
- Philosophy of the Garden, Philosophy of Epicurus, Epicurean philosophy.
- Philosophy of the Lyceum, Philosophy of Aristotle, Peripatetic philosophy.
- Philosophy of the Porch, Philosophy of Zeno and the Stoics, Stoical philosophy.
- Philter, n. Love potion, love charm.
- Phiz, n. [Humorously so used.] Face, visage, countenance, physiognomy.
- Phlebotomy, n. Venesection, bloodletting.
- Phlegm, n. 1. Mucus, excrementitious humor.
- 2. Apathy, insensibility, dulness, indifference, coldness, sluggishness.
- Phlegmatic a. Apathetic, stoical, dull, sluggish, tame, cold, frigid, unfeeling, unsusceptible, impassible, impassive, indifferent, cold-blooded.
- Phonetic, a. Phonic, phonical.
- Phonetical, a. Phonic, phonical.
- Phonetics, n. Phonics, phonology.
- Phonic, a. Phonetic.
- Phonical, a. Phonetic.
- Phonology, n. Phonetics, phonics.
- Phosphorus, n. [Poetical.] The morning star, Lucifer, Venus.
- Phrase, n. 1. Expression (forming part of a sentence).
- 2. Idiom, peculiar expression, turn of expression.
- 3. Style, diction, phraseology, manner of expression, mode of speech.
- Phrase, v. a. Call, name, style, term, denominate, entitle, designate, christen, dub.
- Phraseology, n. Diction, style, phrase, manner of expression, mode of speech.
- Phrenitis, n. [L.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain.
- Phrenology, n. Craniology, craniognomy.
- Phrensy, n. [Written usually Frenzy.] Madness, rage, fury, delirium, insanity, lunacy, aberration of mind.
- Phthisis, n. (Med.) Consumption (particularly of the lungs), marasmus, emaciation, wasting, atrophy, decline, tabes, pulmonary consumption.
- Phylactery, n. Charm, amulet, talisman.
- Physic, n. 1. Drug, medicine, remedy, medicament, NOSTRUM.
- 2. Cathartic, purge, purgative medicine.
- Physic, v. Purge, drench, give physic to.
- Physical, a. 1. Material, corporeal, bodily, natural, sensible.
- 2. Medicinal, cathartic, purgative.
- Physician, n. Doctor, medical man.
- Physics, n. Natural philosophy, science of nature.
- Physiognomy, n. Face, countenance, PHIZ, visage, cast of countenance, expression of countenance.
- Physiology, n. Science of life, animal and vegetable economy, science of organized beings, science of the functions of animals and vegetables.
- Phytivorous, a. Grass-eating, graminivorous, phytophagous.
- Phytophagous, a. Phytivorous.
- Picaroon, n. Pirate, corsair, buccaneer, freebooter, marauder, sea-robber, sea-rover.
- Piccolo, n. [It.] Octave flute.
- Pick, v. a. 1.
- 2. Open (as a lock).
- 3. Choose, select, cull, single out, pick out, fix upon, pitch upon.
- 4. Clean, cleanse.
- Pick, n. 1. Pickaxe.
- 2. Choice, selection.
- Pickaxe, n. (Written also Pickax.) Pick.
- Picket, n. 1. Stake, pale.
- 2. (Mil.) Sentinel (on the outposts), guard, watchman, guardsman, sentry.
- Pickings, n. pl. Refuse, leavings, remnants, remains, odds and ends.
- Pickle, n. 1. Salt and water (for preserving meat).
- 2. Vinegar (for preserving meats or vegetables).
- 3. Sorry condition, sad plight.
- Pickle-herring, n. Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, jester, droll, punch, clown, zany, scaramouch, fool, merry-Andrew, jack-pudding, punchinello.
- Pick off, 1.
- 2. Kill (by shooting, as a marksman).
- Pick out, Select, cull, choose, single out, fix upon, pitch upon.
- Pick up, Take up.
- Picturesque, a. Beautiful (as a scene in a picture), graphic.
- Picture, n. 1. Painting, drawing, engraving, print.
- 2. Image, resemblance, semblance, likeness, representation, similitude.
- Picture, v. a. Paint, draw, represent, delineate, form an image of.
- Piddle, v. n. 1. [Rare.] Trifle, act with levity, be busy about trifles.
- 2. [Child's word.] Urinate, make water, void urine.
- Piddling, a. Trifling, trivial, frivolous, petty, unimportant, insignificant, immaterial, inconsiderable, worthless, of little value or consequence, of no moment.
- Piebald, a. Motley, mottled, variegated, pied, party-colored, many-hued, many-colored, divers-colored, of various colors.
- Piece, n. 1. Part, portion, section, fragment, bit, scrap.
- 2. Composition, writing, lucubration, literary production.
- 3. Gun, cannon, fire-arm.
- Piecemeal, ad. In pieces, by fragments, part by part.
- Piece-work, n. Job-work.
- Pied, a. Variegated, PIEBALD.
- Pierce, v. a. 1. Transfix, penetrate, perforate, drill, bore, enter, force a way into.
- 2. Affect, move, touch, strike, thrill.
- Pierce, v. n. Penetrate, enter, thrill, force a way.
- Piercing, a. 1. Penetrating, perforating.
- 2. Sharp, keen, acute, thrilling.
- Piety, n. 1. Filial reverence.
- 2. Godliness, religion, devotion, holiness, sanctity, grace.
- Pig, n. Young hog.
- Pigeon-berry, n. Poke, poke-weed, garget (Phytolacca decandra).
- Pigeon-house, n. Columbary, dove-cot.
- Piggery, n. Pig-sty, hog-sty, pig-pen.
- Pig-headed, a. [Colloquial.] Obstinate, stubborn, mulish, dogged, wilful, heady, headstrong, intractable, perverse, cross-grained, self-willed.
- Pigment, n. Paint, color, coloring matter.
- Pig-pen, n. Piggery.
- Pig-sty, n. Piggery.
- Pigwidgeon, n. Fairy, elf, fay.
- Pile, n. 1. Heap, accumulation, mass, collection.
- 2. Building, structure, edifice, fabric, erection.
- 3. Large stake.
- 4. Filament, thread, fibre, staple.
- Pike, n. 1. Turnpike-gate.
- 2. [U. S.] Turnpike, turnpike road.
- 3. (Ich.) Luce, true-jack.
- Pile, v. a. Accumulate, amass, heap, collect or gather into a heap.
- Piles, n. pl. (Med.) Hemorrhoids.
- Pilfer, v. a. Steal (by petty theft), filch, purloin, CABBAGE, bob.
- Pilfer, v. n. Steal, thieve, practise petty theft.
- Pilfering, n. Stealing, thieving, thievery, larceny, petty theft, petty larceny.
- Pilgarlic, n. Wretch, outcast, Pariah, Troglodyte, miserable fellow.
- Pilgrim, n. Traveller (especially on a religious errand), wanderer, wayfarer, PALMER, crusader.
- Pilgrimage, n. Journey (especially to some hallowed place), expedition, tour, excursion.
- Pillage, n. 1. Spoliation, depredation, destruction, devastation, plundering, rapine.
- 2. Plunder, booty, spoil, prey.
- Pillage, v. a. Plunder, spoil, despoil, sack.
- Pillar, n. 1. Column (for supporting something), shaft, post.
- 2. Prop, support, supporter, maintainer.
- Pillow-block, n. Plumber-block.
- Pill-wort, n. Pepper-grass (Pilularia globulifera).
- Pilot, n. Steersman, guide, conductor.
- Pilot, v. a. Guide, direct, conduct, steer, have or take the direction of.
- Pilot-bread, n. Hard-bread, ship-biscuit.
- Pimento, n. Allspice, Jamaica pepper.
- Pimp, n. Procurer, pander.
- Pimp, v. n. Pander.
- Pimple, n. Blotch, eruption, pustule.
- Pin, n. 1. Peg, BOLT.
- 2. Straw (as something of no value), fig, button, rush, feather, farthing, brass farthing.
- Pin, v. a. 1. Fasten with a pin.
- 2. Fasten, fix, make fast.
- Pinch, v. a. 1. Nip, squeeze, compress, gripe.
- 2. Oppress, straiten, distress.
- Pinch, v. n. Bear hard.
- Pinch, n. 1. Nip, gripe.
- 2. Emergency, exigency, crisis, strait, difficulty, push.
- Pinchbeck, n. Dutch gold.
- Pinched, a. Distressed, straitened, reduced, indigent, destitute, needy, poor, necessitous, penniless, moneyless, in need, in want, out of money, out of cash, out of pocket.
- Pine, v. n. Languish, droop, flag, waste, decay, waste away.
- Pinion, n. 1. Wing, pennon.
- 2. Fetter (for the arms).
- Pinion, v. a. Restrain (by binding the arms), bind, fasten, shackle, fetter, chain.
- Pink, n. 1. Rose-color.
- 2. (Ich.) Minnow, minion (Lencisous phoxinus).
- 3. Paragon, model, BEAU IDEAL.
- Pinnacle, n. 1. Turret, minaret.
- 2. Top, summit, apex, acme, zenith, highest point, culminating point, utmost height.
- Pin one's faith upon, Believe, put confidence in, rely upon, take at one's word.
- Pintado, n. Guinea hen.
- Pious, a. 1. Filial.
- 2. Religious, godly, holy, devout, saintly.
- Pip, v. n. Chirp (as a chicken), mewl, peep.
- Pipe of peace, Calumet.
- Piping, a. 1. Whining, feeble, sickly, weak.
- 2. Simmering, boiling.
- Pipsissewa, n. [Indian name.] Winter-green (Chimaphila umbellata).
- Piquancy, n. 1. Pungency, high flavor.
- 2. Sharpness, tartness, severity.
- Piquant, n. 1. Pungent, biting, pricking, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.
- 2. Sharp, tart, severe, cutting, pointed.
- Pique, n. Resentment (slight), grudge, umbrage, offence, wounded pride.
- Pique, v. a. 1. Stimulate, incite, urge, instigate, spur, goad, set on, stir up.
- 2. Offend, displease, affront, provoke, incense, irritate, chafe, nettle, vex, fret, sting, exasperate, wound, give offence to, give umbrage to.
- Pique one's self, Plume one's self, take pride.
- Pirate, n. Corsair, buccaneer, picaroon, free-booter, sea-robber, sea-rover.
- Piratic, a. Robbing, predatory.
- Piratical, a. Robbing, predatory.
- Pish, interj. Pshaw.
- Pismire, n. Ant, emmet.
- Piston, n. Plunger.
- Pit, n. 1. Excavation, hole, cavity, hollow, indentation, dent, dint, depression, dimple.
- 2. Gulf, abyss.
- 3. Parquet, parterre.
- Pit against, Set to fight (as cocks in a pit), set in opposition, match for a contest, set together by the ears.
- Pit-a-pat, ad. In a flutter, with throbs, with palpitation.
- Pitch, n. 1. Degree of elevation.
- 2. Degree, measure, extent, range, rate.
- 3. (Mus.) Elevation of the key-note.
- Pitch, v. a. 1. Throw, cast, fling, hurl, toss, launch, send, dart, lance, jaculate.
- 2. Set (as a tent), fix, plant, place, station, locate, settle, establish.
- Pitch, v. n. Fall, plunge, throw one's self.
- Pitch-coal, n. Bituminous coal, caking coal.
- Pitch dark, Dark as pitch, very dark.
- Pitch into, [Colloquial.] Attack, assail, assault.
- Pitch upon, Choose, select, decide on, determine on, fix upon.
- Pitchy, n. Dark, black, dismal, rayless, sunless, Cimmerian.
- Pit-coal, n. Mineral coal.
- Piteous, a. 1. Sorrowful, mournful, woful, doleful, rueful, affecting, distressing, grievous, moving pity, exciting compassion.
- 2. Pitiable, deplorable, wretched, miserable, deserving pity, to be pitied.
- Pith, n. 1. Heart, marrow.
- 2. Essence, quintessence, substance, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.
- 3. Weight, moment, importance.
- 4. Force, strength, energy, vigor.
- Pithy, a. 1. Forcible, energetic.
- 2.
- Pitiable, a. Deplorable, wretched, miserable, piteous, deserving pity, to be pitied.
- Pitiful, a. 1. Compassionate, tender, tender-hearted, sympathetic, kind, merciful, lenient, mild.
- 2. Mean, base, vile, low, paltry, sorry, abject, rascally, contemptible, despicable, insignificant, worthless.
- Pitiless, a. Merciless, unmerciful, unpitying, relentless, ruthless, implacable, inexorable, cruel, unfeeling, unsympathizing.
- Pittance, n. 1. Allowance (out of pity or charity), dole, allotment, charity, gift.
- 2. Modicum, trifle, fragment, small portion, small allowance.
- Pity, n. Compassion, commiseration, sympathy, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion, melting mood.
- Pity, v. a. Commiserate, compassionate, sympathize with, feel for, have pity or compassion for, feel sorry for, condole with.
- Pivot, v. n. Turn, hinge, depend.
- Pivotal, a. Turning, hinging, depending.
- Placability, n. Placableness, forgiving disposition.
- Placable, a. Appeasable, reconcilable, forgiving.
- Placableness, n. Placability.
- Placard, n. Poster, bill, hand-bill, broadside.
- Placard, v. a. 1. Advertise (by placards), publish, announce, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad.
- 2. Post, expose to obloquy.
- Place, n. 1. Situation, position, locality, location, station, spot, site, ground.
- 2. Office, charge, function, employment, post.
- 3. Rank, standing, grade, condition, occupation, calling.
- 4. Mansion, residence, abode, dwelling seat.
- 5. Town, village, city.
- Place, v. a. 1. Put, set, station, lay, settle, deposit, commit, locate, seat, fix, establish, dispose, arrange.
- 2. Invest, put at interest.
- Placenta, n. Secundines, after-birth.
- Placid, a. Quiet, tranquil, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, calm, peaceful, halcyon, palmy, serene, composed, collected, cool.
- Placidity, n. Calmness, quietness, serenity, composure, coolness, tranquillity, imperturbability.
- Plagiarism, n. Literary theft.
- Plagiarist, n. Plagiary.
- Plague, n. 1. Pestilence, pest.
- 2. Affliction; annoyance, vexation, trouble, nuisance, curse, torment, thorn in one's side.
- Plague, v. a. Annoy, tease, vex, worry, trouble, molest, torment, harass, harry, disturb, fret, gall, chafe, bore, incommode, bother, pester, badger, hector, irritate, disquiet.
- Plain, a. 1. Even, level, smooth, flat, plane.
- 2. Manifest, visible, obvious, clear, unmistakable, apparent, certain, palpable, conspicuous, notable, notorious, glaring, patent, open, evident.
- 3. Unequivocal, unambiguous, distinct, explicit, intelligible, perspicuous.
- 4. Simple, unadorned, unvarnished.
- 5. Homely, ugly, ill-looking, ill-favored, not handsome.
- 6. Artless, natural, honest, sincere, candid, frank, open, downright, direct, unsophisticated, ingenuous, undesigning, straightforward, single-minded, open-hearted, above-board.
- Plain, n. Plateau, champaign, savanna, pampas, tableland, champaign country.
- Plain-dealing, n. Honesty, sincerity, frankness, candor, ingenuousness, openness, truthfulness, plainness, straightforwardness.
- Plain-spoken, a. Frank, candid, blunt, open, free-spoken, plain of speech.
- Plaint, n. Lamentation, lament, moan, wail, cry, complaint.
- Plaintiff, n. Accuser, prosecutor.
- Plaintive, a. 1. Complaining, lamenting, moaning.
- 2. Mournful, sorrowful, sad, piteous, woful, rueful, grievous, dirge-like.
- Plait, n. Fold, doubling, double, PLICATURE, gather.
- Plait, v. a. 1. Fold, double.
- 2. Braid, plat, weave, mat.
- Plan, n. 1. Draft, sketch, plot, drawing, map, chart.
- 2. Scheme, project, system, method, device, design, contrivance, proposal, proposition.
- Plan, v. a. 1. Delineate, figure, represent, mark out, chalk out, sketch out.
- 2. Devise, contrive, scheme, project, plot, invent, design, concoct, digest, lay out, prepare, hatch.
- Plane, a. Level, flat, even, smooth, plain.
- Plane-tree, n. 1. [U. S.] Sycamore, button-wood, button-ball-tree, water-beech (Platanus Occidentalis).
- 2. [Scotland.] Sycamore maple (Acer pseudo-platanus).
- Planetarium, n. Orrery.
- Plant, n. Vegetable.
- Plant, v. a. Fix, establish, settle, found.
- Plant, v. n. Sow, scatter seed, put in seed.
- Plant-louse, n. Aphis, vine-fretter, puceron.
- Plant one's self, Pitch one's tent, take up one's quarters, establish one's self.
- Plash, v. a. Dash, spatter.
- Plash, v. n. Splash, dabble in water.
- Plash, n. 1. Dash, splash.
- 2. Puddle, pool, collection of standing water.
- Plaster, n. 1. Mortar, stucco, cement.
- 2. Emplastrum.
- Plaster, v. a. Parget, cover with plaster.
- Plasterer, n. Pargeter.
- Plaster of Paris, Calcined gypsum or sulphate of lime.
- Plastic, a. 1. Formative.
- 2. Soft, pliable, easily moulded.
- Plastic art, Sculpture.
- Plat, v. a. Braid, weave, plait, mat.
- Plat, n. Plot, piece of ground.
- Plate, n. 1. Lamina, layer.
- 2. Dish, platter.
- Plateau, a. Plain (elevated), table-land.
- Platina, n. Platinum.
- Platitude, n. 1. Insipidity, flatness, dulness, mawkishness.
- 2.
- Platonic, a. 1. Academic, of Plato.
- 2. Contemplative, speculative, philosophical, theoretical.
- 3. Passionless, impassible, unimpressible, cold, apathetic, cool, calm, serene.
- Platter, n. Large dish.
- Plaudit, n. Applause, acclamation, clapping of hands, acclaim, shout of approbation.
- Plausible, a. Specious, colorable, seemingly fair.
- Play, v. n. 1. Sport, disport, frolic, skip, frisk, gambol, revel, romp, caper, make merry, make fun.
- 2. Trifle, toy, wanton.
- 3. Game, gambler.
- 4. Act (on the stage), take a part.
- Play, v. a. 1. Put in action, put in operation.
- 2. Perform on, play on or upon.
- 3. Act (on the stage), enact, represent, exhibit, perform.
- 4. Personate, act the part of, take the part of.
- 5. Engage in, take part in.
- Play, n. 1. Sport, frolic, amusement, pastime, gambols.
- 2. Drama, tragedy, comedy or farce, dramatic performance.
- 3. Practice, use, manner of dealing.
- 4. Scope, swing, elbow-room, opportunity, liberty of action, a fair field.
- 5. Gaming, gambling.
- 6. Motion, movement, activity, exercise, action.
- Player, n. 1. Performer, operator.
- 2. Actor, stage-player, tragedian or comedian.
- Playful, a.
- Play false, Break one's word, sell one's self, turn traitor, go over to the enemy.
- Play fast and loose, Be inconstant, be giddy, be fickle or undecided.
- Play second fiddle, [Colloquial.] Be subordinate, take a subordinate part.
- Play the devil (or the deuce) with, [Colloquial.] Impair, spoil, injure, hurt, damage, ruin, make bad work with.

- Play upon, 1. Perform upon (as a musical instrument).
- 2. Impose upon, make sport of, make fun of, make merry with.
- Plea, n. 1. (Law.) Allegation.
- 2. Defence, excuse, apology, justification, vindication.
- Plead, v. n. 1. (Law.) Make an allegation, carry on a suit.
- 2. Reason, argue, offer reasons, use arguments.
- 3. Apologize, offer apology or justification, make defence.
- Plead, v. a. 1. Allege, offer in excuse.
- 2. Argue, discuss, defend, maintain by arguments.
- Pleader, n. Assertor, vindicator, defender.
- Plead guilty, Confess guilt, acknowledge the charge, own the soft impeachment, cry peccavi, sing miserere, make a clean breast of it, be down on one's marrow-bones.
- Pleasant, a. 1. Pleasing, agreeable, delightful, delectable, gratifying, grateful, pleasurable, acceptable, welcome.
- 2. Cheerful, gay, lively, sprightly, vivacious, merry, good-humored.
- 3. Witty, facetious, humorous, jocose, jocular, sportive, amusing.
- Pleasantry, n. 1. Gayety, merriment, sport, fun, frolic.
- 2. Facetiousness, jocularity, jocoseness, drollery, good humor.
- 3. Lively or witty remark, sprightly saying.
- Please, v. a. Gratify, delight, gladden, rejoice, TICKLE, make glad, give joy to, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, do one's heart good.
- Please, v. n. 1. Like, prefer, choose.
- 2. Condescend, be pleased.
- Pleasing, a. Agreeable, grateful, gratifying, acceptable, welcome, pleasant, delectable, pleasurable, charming, delightful.
- Pleasurable, a. Pleasing.
- Pleasure, n. 1. Enjoyment, gratification, comfort, delight, joy, gladness, temporary happiness.
- 2. Sensuality, voluptuousness, luxury, animal gratification.
- 3. Will, choice, preference, purpose, wish, mind.
- Plebeian, a. Ignoble, low, mean, base, vulgar, untitled, base-born, low-born.
- Pledge, n. 1. Pawn, gage, deposit.
- 2. Guarantee, security, earnest.
- 3. Health (in drinking).
- Pledge, v. a. 1. Pawn, impawn, plight, hypothecate, put in pledge, deposit as security.
- 2. Engage, commit.
- 3. Toast, drink to, drink the health of, drink in honor of.
- Pledgee, n. (Law.) Pawnee.
- Plenary, a. Full, complete, entire.
- Plenipotentiary, n. Ambassador, minister, envoy.
- Plenitude, n. 1. Abundance, fulness, PLENTY.
- 2. Repletion, plethora.
- Plenteous, a. Abundant, PLENTIFUL.
- Plentiful, a. Abundant, ample, copious, full, plenteous, productive, fruitful, exuberant, luxuriant, profuse, PLENTY, in profusion.
- Plenty, n. 1. Fulness, sufficiency, plenitude, enough, adequate supply.
- 2. Abundance, copiousness, luxuriance, exuberance, profusion, affluence, fertility, overflow.
- Plenty, a. [Inelegant.] Abundant, PLENTIFUL.
- Pleonasm, n. Redundancy, diffuseness, tautology, redundant expression.
- Pleonastic, a. Redundant, tautological, diffuse.
- Plethora, n. 1. (Med.) Fulness (of blood), repletion, plenitude.
- 2. Superabundance, superfluity, redundance, redundancy, excess, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.
- Plethoric, a. 1. Surcharged, surfeited, overloaded, overcharged, over full.
- 2. Of a full habit, affected with plethora.
- Pliability, n. Flexibleness, suppleness, pliancy, pliableness.
- Pliable, a. 1. Flexible, flexile, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.
- 2. Compliant, yielding, manageable, tractable, DOUGH-FACED, easily persuaded.
- Pliableness, n. Pliability.
- Pliancy, n. Pliableness, PLIABILITY.
- Pliant, a. Pliable.
- Plicature, n. [Rare.] Fold, doubling, double, plait, gather.
- Plight, v. a. Pledge, pawn, hypothecate, put in pledge, give as security.
- Plight, n. 1. Pledge, pawn, gage.
- 2. Condition, state, situation, case, predicament, category, dilemma, FIX, PICKLE.
- Plod, v. n. 1. Trudge, jog on, travel slowly but steadily.
- 2. Toil, drudge, moil, hold on, keep on, keep at it, work hard.
- Plodding, a. Hard-working.
- Plot, n. 1. Plat, piece of ground.
- 2. Plan (of a piece of land), draught, sketch, outline.
- 3. Scheme (especially for a bad purpose), stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination.
- Plot, v. n. Plan (for some mischief), scheme, contrive, lay a plan, form a plot.
- Plot, v. a. Plan (as something mischievous), concoct, contrive, project, devise, frame, brew, hatch, compass.
- Ploughland, n. [Written also Plowland.] 1. Tillage land.
- 2. Carucate.
- Pluck, v. a. Pull (quickly), twitch, snatch, jerk, yerk.
- Pluck, n. Spirit, courage, resolution, manhood, indomitableness, backbone, determination, energy, force, mettle, nerve, hardihood, force of character, strength of will.
- Pluck up, 1. Eradicate, exterminate, destroy, root out, root up.
- 2. Summon up (as courage), gather up.
- Plug, n. Stopple, stopper.
- Plumage, n. Feathers.
- Plumb, a. Perpendicular (to the horizon), vertical, upright.
- Plumbago, n. Black-lead, graphite.
- Plumber-block, n. Pillow-block.
- Plume, n. 1. Feather.
- 2. Crest, tuft.
- Plume one's self, Boast, glory, pride one's self, pique one's self, take pride.
- Plumose, a. Feathery.
- Plump, a. 1. Stout, corpulent, portly, fat, bouncing, chubby, fleshy, round, bonny, obese, burly, in good case.
- 2. Complete, full, downright, direct, unqualified.
- Plumpness, n. Corpulency, stoutness, fleshiness, obesity, EMBONPOINT.
- Plunder, v. a. Pillage, spoil, despoil, rob, rifle, sack, ravage, fleece, strip, lay waste.
- Plunder, n. 1. Rapine, booty, spoil, pillage, prey.
- 2. [Southern and Western U. S.] Baggage, luggage.
- Plunderer, n. Robber, pillager, spoiler.
- Plunge, v. a. Immerse, submerge, dip, souse, douse, put under water (or other liquid).
- Plunge, v. n. Dive, pitch, thrust one's self, cast one's self.
- Plunge, n. Dive, dip, ducking.
- Plunger, n. 1. Diver.
- 2. Piston.
- Plus, ad. [L.] More, in addition.
- Ply, v. a. 1. Employ, apply, keep busy.
- 2. Exercise, practise, put in practise, set to work.
- Pneumatics, n. Science of elastic fluids.
- Pneumatology, n. Psychology, metaphysics, science of mind, doctrine of spiritual substances.
- Pneumonia, n. (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs.
- Pneumonic, a. Pulmonic, pulmonary.
- Poach, v. a. 1. Cook slightly (as eggs).
- 2. Steal, filch, purloin, pilfer, CABBAGE, BOB, plunder by stealth.
- Poach, v. n. Steal game.
- Pock, n. Pustule (as of small-pox).
- Pocket, n. Pouch.
- Pocket, v. a. [Colloquial.] Endure (as an affront), suffer, bear, tolerate, put up with.
- Pod, n. Legume, capsule, seed-vessel.
- Podagra, n. (Med.) Gout (especially gout in the foot).
- Podagric, a. Gouty.
- Podagrical, a. Gouty.
- Poem, n. Metrical composition, piece of poetry.
- Poesy, n. Poetry, verse.
- Poet, n. Bard, author of poems.
- Poetaster, n. Rhymester, petty poet, inferior poet.
- Poetic, a. Metrical.
- Poetical, a. Metrical.
- Poetry, n. Verse, rhyme, poesy, metrical composition, numbers.
- Poh, interj. Pshaw, pugh.
- Poignant, a. 1. Sharp, severe, piercing, penetrating, intense.
- 2. Pungent, biting, acrid.
- 3. Keen, pointed, caustic, irritating.
- Point, n. 1. Sharp end.
- 2. Cape, headland, projection.
- 3. Moment, instant, period, verge, eve.
- 4. Spot, place, station, stage.
- 5. Degree, grade, state, condition.
- 6. Object, end, aim, purpose, design.
- 7. Punctilio, nicety.
- 8. Question, position, thesis, theme, proposition, text, subject-matter, moot point.
- 9. Respect, particular aspect.
- 10. Characteristic, peculiarity, salient trait.
- 11. Mark (as of punctuation), character, stop.
- 12. Dot, speck.
- 13. Sally, witticism, flash of wit, lively turn of thought.
- 14. Poignancy, sting.
- Point, v. a. 1. Sharpen, make pointed.
- 2. Aim, level, direct.
- 3. Indicate, designate, show, point out, direct attention to.
- 4. Punctuate.
- Point-blank, ad. Directly.
- Pointed, a. 1. Peaked, sharp.
- 2. Personal, distinct, marked.
- 3. Epigrammatic, keen, poignant.
- Pointer, n. Index, hand, director.
- Point out, Indicate, designate, point, show, direct attention to.
- Poise, n. Balance, equilibrium, equipoise.
- Poise, v. a. Balance, hold or place in equilibrium.
- Poison, n. Venom, virus, bane, pest, noxious influence.
- Poison, v. a. Infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker.
- Poke, n. 1. Thrust, push, shove.
- 2. (Bot.) Garget, pigeon-berry, poke-weed (Phytolacca decandra).
- Poke, v. n. Grope, feel one's way.
- Poke fun, [Colloquial, U. S.] Joke, jest, make fun.
- Poke fun at, [Colloquial, U. S.] Jeer, ridicule, deride, flout, taunt, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at.
- Poker, n.
- Poke-weed, n. Poke.
- Polander, n. Pole.
- Polar lights, Northern lights, AURORA BOREALIS.
- Pole, n. 1. Extremity (of an axis or a diameter).
- 2. Staff, rod, stick.
- 3. Rod, perch.
- 4. Shaft, thill.
- 5. Polander.
- Pole-cat, n. 1. (Of Europe.) Fitchew, fitchet, foumart (Mustela putorius).
- 2. (Of North America.) Mink, minx (Mustela vison).
- Polemical, a. 1. Controversial.
- 2. Disputatious.
- Polemics, n. pl. Controversy (especially on theological subjects), disputation.
- Polestar, n. North star, polar star, lodestar.
- Policy, n. 1. Administration, management, government, rule, mode of management, course of action.
- 2. Cunning, art, address, skill, prudence, shrewdness.
- Polish, v. a. 1. Burnish, furbish, rub up, brighten, make glossy.
- 2. Refine, civilize.
- Polish, n. 1. Lustre, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, splendor.
- 2. Grace, refinement, accomplishment, elegance.
- Polished, a. 1. Burnished, made bright or glossy.
- 2. Refined, accomplished, cultivated, elegant, POLITE.
- 3. Classic, classical, Attic.
- Polite, a. Accomplished, genteel, cultivated, refined, courteous, civil, affable, complaisant, courtly, gracious, urbane, polished, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred.
- Politeness, n. Courtesy, civility, good manners, courteousness, gentility, affability, complaisance, comity, amenity, suavity, decorum, good-breeding, good manners, obliging manner.
- Politic, a. 1. Civil, political, CIVIC.
- 2. Wise, prudent, judicious, discreet, sagacious, prudential, wary, provident.
- 3. Artful, cunning, shrewd, intriguing, sly, wily, subtle, foxy, Machiavelian.
- Political, a. Civil, CIVIC, public, politic, national.
- Politician, n. 1. Statesman, statist.
- 2. Partisan, dabbler in politics.
- Politics, n. pl. Political science, political economy, science of government.
- Polity, n. Form of government, civil constitution.
- Poll, n. 1. Head.
- 2. Person, individual.
- Poll, n. [Colloquial.] Parrot.
- Poll-tax, n. Capitation tax.
- Pollute, v. a. 1. Defile, soil, taint, make foul.
- 2. Corrupt, infect, contaminate, vitiate, deprave, debase, poison.
- Pollution, n. Defilement, contamination, foulness, taint, impurity, uncleanness, abomination.
- Poltroon, n. Coward, dastard, craven, milksop, mean wretch.
- Poltroonery, n. Cowardice, baseness, want of spirit.
- Polygamy, n. Plurality of wives or of husbands.
- Polygon, n. Many-sided figure.
- Polype, n. (Zoöl.) Polypus.
- Polypus, n. [L. pl. Polypi.] (Zoöl.) Polype.
- Polysyllable, n. Word of many syllables.
- Pomade, n. Pomatum.
- Pomatum, n. Pomade.
- Pommel, n. [Written also Pummel.] Knob, protuberant part.
- Pommel, v. a. [Written also Pummel.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, WALLOP, LAMM, bang, maul, thwack, LICK.
- Pomp, n. Parade, display, show, splendor, magnificence, pageantry, flourish, state, ostentation, pompousness, grandeur.
- Pomposity, n. Boastfulness, boasting, pretension, ostentation.
- Pompous, a. 1. Showy, ostentatious, stately, lofty, grand, majestic, magnificent, superb, splendid, august, magisterial.
- 2. Swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, stilted, boastful, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN, SPREAD-EAGLE.
- Pompousness, n. 1. Grandeur, magnificence, pageantry, splendor, state, pomp.
- 2. Pretension, boastfulness, ostentation, pomposity.
- Ponder, v. a. Consider, weigh, contemplate, study, meditate, think on, reflect upon, deliberate upon, revolve in the mind.
- Ponder, v. n. Think, muse, reflect, cogitate, meditate, study.
- Ponderous, a. Heavy, weighty, massive.
- Poinard, n. Dagger (small), dirk, stiletto.
- Pontiff, n. Pope, bishop of Rome.
- Pontifical, a. Popish.
- Pontificate, n. Popedom, papacy.
- Pony, n. Sheltie, small horse.
- Pool, n. 1. Pond (small), mere, LOCH, lake.
- 2. Puddle, plash, collection of standing water.
- Poor, a. 1. Indigent, needy, destitute, necessitous, pinched, distressed, penniless, moneyless, IMPECUNIOUS, seedy, reduced, short of money, out of money, without a penny, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the elbows, out at the heels, in need, in want, hard up, in distress, living from hand to mouth, not worth a farthing, not worth a sou, not rich.
- 2. Emaciated, lean, thin, meagre, lank, gaunt, skinny, shrunk, fallen away.
- 3. Barren, sterile, unfruitful, unfertile, unproductive, fruitless, unprolific.
- 4. Trifling, trivial, slight, small, slender, flimsy, insufficient, inadequate, worthless, unimportant, of little use or worth.
- 5. Contemptible, despicable, paltry, mean, sorry, beggarly, pitiful, shabby, bad, low.
- 6. Feeble, languid, weak, bald, tame, jejune, vapid, cold, frigid, dull, prosing, prosy, prosaic, spiritless.
- 7. Miserable, wretched, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky, unhappy.
- Poor, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] Paupers, indigent people.
- Pop, n. Report, clap, burst, explosion, detonation.
- Pop, ad. Suddenly, unexpectedly, on a sudden.
- Pope, n. Pontiff, bishop of Rome.
- Popedom, n. Papacy, pontificate.
- Popinjay, n. Fop, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, beau, PETIT-MAÎTRE, macaroni, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man-milliner, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.
- Poppy-like, a. Papaverous.
- Populace, n. Commonalty, rabble, mob, the people, the crowd, the multitude, the million, the peasantry, the vulgar herd, the common people, the lower classes, the vulgar, the humbler classes, scum of society, dregs of society.
- Popular, n. 1. Plain, familiar, easy.
- 2. Received (by the people), accepted, accredited, favorite, liked.
- 3. Current, prevailing, prevalent, common, general, in vogue, in favor.
- Popularity, n. 1. Favor (of the people), popular regard or acceptance.
- 2. Fame, repute, celebrity, vogue.
- Populate, v. a. People.
- Population, n. Inhabitants, persons, number of people.
- Populous, a. Crowded, thickly settled.
- Pop upon, Come upon (suddenly).
- Porcelain, n. China, china ware.
- Porch, n. 1. Portico, entrance way, vestibule.
- 2. [With The prefixed.] The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.
- Pore, n. Orifice, spiracle, small opening.
- Pore, v. n. Brood, dwell, look steadily, fix the attention, give one's mind.
- Porker, n. Hog, pig, sow, swine.
- Porrigo, n. (Med.) Scald-head, ringworm of the scalp.
- Port, n. 1. Harbor, haven, roadstead, anchorage.
- 2. Entrance, passage-way.
- 3. Embrasure, port-hole.
- 4. Larboard, left side.
- 5. Demeanor, behavior, bearing, air, mien, carriage, deportment.
- 6. Port-wine.
- Portable, a. Movable, light, handy, convenient, easily transported.
- Portal, n. Gate, gateway, entrance, passage-way.
- Porte, n. Turkish court, Sublime Porte.
- Porte-monnaie, n. [Fr.] Pocket-book, purse.
- Portend, v. a. Presage, forebode, foretoken, betoken, foreshow, foreshadow, augur, prognosticate, threaten, indicate.
- Portent, n. Omen (of ill), presage, prognostic, augury, sign, warning.
- Portentous, a. Ominous (of ill), premonitory, ill-boding.
- Porter, n. 1. Carrier.
- 2. Concièrge, janitor, door-keeper.
- Port-hole, n. Embrasure, port.
- Portico, n. 1. Covered walk.
- 2. Porch, vestibule, entrance-way.
- Portion, n. 1. Part, piece, fragment, bit, scrap, morsel.
- 2. Share, allotment, division, parcel, lot, quantity, dividend, quota, contingent.
- Portion, v. a. 1. Divide, allot, deal out, distribute, parcel out.
- 2. Endow, supply with a portion.
- Portly, a. 1. Stately, grand, majestic, magisterial, dignified.
- 2. Corpulent, stout, plump, fleshy, obese, round, in good case.
- Portmanteau, n. Valise, travelling bag.
- Portrait, n. Representation (of a face or a person, drawn or painted), likeness, daguerreotype, photograph, portraiture, MINIATURE.
- Portraiture, n. Portrait.
- Portray, v. a. 1. Paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent.
- 2. Describe, set forth.
- Portrayal, n. 1. Delineation, painting, representation, sketch.
- 2. Description, account.
- Port-wine, n. Port.
- Pose, n. Attitude (formally assumed), posture.
- Pose, v. a. Puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand.
- Poser, n. 1. Puzzler, close examiner.
- 2. Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.
- Position, n. 1. Station, situation, spot, place, locality, post.
- 2. Attitude, posture, state, condition.
- 3. Proposition, principle, thesis, dictum, assertion, doctrine.
- Positive, a. 1. Express, direct, explicit, determinate, defined, precise, definite, clear, unequivocal, unmistakable, categorical, expressed, laid down, not implied.
- 2. Real, actual, veritable, substantial, true, absolute, existing in fact, not ideal, not imagined, not negative.
- 3. Confident, sure, assured, certain, fully convinced.
- 4. Dogmatic, stubborn, peremptory, obstinate, over-confident, tenacious.
- Positively, ad. 1. Expressly, explicitly, precisely, categorically, definitely.
- 2. Actually, really, truly, in fact, in reality.
- 3. Certainly, surely, assuredly, confidently.
- 4. Peremptorily, dogmatically.
- Possess, v. a. 1. Own, have a title to, be seized of.
- 2. Have, hold, occupy, control.
- 3. Put in possession.
- Possession, n. 1. Ownership.
- 2. Occupation, occupancy, control, tenure.
- Possessions, n. pl. Property, estate, effects, assets.
- Possessor, n. 1. Owner, proprietor, master.
- 2. Holder, occupant.
- Possibility, n. Potentiality.
- Possible, a. 1. Potential, IN POSSE.
- 2. Practicable, feasible, likely.
- Possibly, ad. Perhaps, perchance, PERADVENTURE, mayhap, haply, maybe, it may be, as luck may have it.
- Post, n. 1. Pillar, COLUMN, support.
- 2. Station, position, seat.
- 3. Office, employment, place, situation, capacity.
- 4. Postman, courier, letter-carrier.
- 5. Mail.
- Post, v. a. 1. Place, station, set, put, fix, establish.
- 2. Placard, advertise, announce, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad.
- 3. Stigmatize (by public notice), vilify, brand, defame, disgrace.
- 4. Put in the ledger, carry to the ledger.
- 5. Mail, put in the mail, put in the post-office.
- Posted, a. 1. Placed, situated.
- 2. [Colloquial, U. S.] Instructed, well-informed, posted up.
- Posted up, [Colloquial, U. S.] Posted, well-informed, booked up.
- Poster, n. Placard, bill, handbill, broadside.
- Posterior, a. 1. Subsequent, following, later, after, succeeding, ensuing.
- 2. Hind, hinder, back, rear.
- Posterity, n. Descendants, offspring, progeny, after ages, succeeding generations.
- Postfix, n. Affix, suffix.
- Postilion, n. Rider, jockey.
- Postman, n. Courier, post, letter-carrier.
- Post mortem, [L.] 1. After death.
- 2. Autopsy, post mortem examination.

- Postscript, n. Appendix, supplement, CODICIL.
- Postulate, n. 1. Supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, assumption, theory, speculation, axiom, assumed truth.
- 2. (Geom.) Self-evident problem.
- Posture, n. 1. Position, ATTITUDE, POSE.
- 2. State, condition, situation, phase.
- Posy, n. 1. Nosegay, bouquet.
- 2. Inscription (as on a ring), legend, motto.
- Potable, a. Drinkable, that may be drunk.
- Potash, n. Potassa, protoxide of potassium.
- Potassa, n. Potash.
- Potation, n. 1. Drinking.
- 2. Drink, draught.
- Pot-companion, n. Fellow-drinker.
- Potency, n. 1. Power, might, efficacy, force, strength, energy, vigor.
- 2. Authority, influence, sway, control.
- Potent, a. Powerful, mighty, forcible, puissant, strong, efficacious, cogent, influential.
- Potentate, n. Monarch, sovereign, king, emperor, prince.
- Potential, a. Possible, IN POSSE.
- Potentiality, n. Possibility.
- Pot-bellied, a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, tun-bellied, abdominous.
- Pother, n. Bustle, tumult, turmoil, flutter, rumpus, confusion, pudder, huddle, turbulence, hurly-burly.
- Potion, n. Draught (especially of medicine), dose, drench, cup.
- Pot-pourri, n. [Fr.] Medley, mixture, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, farrago, jumble, miscellany, salmagundi, gallimaufry, olio, mish-mash, OLLA PODRIDA, MELANGE, confused mass.
- Potter, v. n. Trifle, PUTTER, busy one's self about trifles.
- Pottery, n. Earthen ware, clay ware.
- Pouch, n. Bag (small), sack.
- Poultice, n. Cataplasm.
- Poultry, n. Domestic fowls.
- Pounce, n. Claw, talon, nail.
- Pounce upon, Seize (as with claws), fall upon.
- Pound, v. a. 1. Beat, strike.
- 2. Bray, bruise, crush, pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.
- Pour, v. a. 1. Let flow (by decanting).
- 2. Emit, let out, give vent to, send forth.
- Pour, v. n. Flow, issue, stream.
- Pout, n. 1. Whiting-pout (Morrhua lusca).
- 2. Cat-fish, horn-pout, horned pout, bull-head (Pimelodus cattus).
- Pout, v. n. Look sullen (by protruding the lips), look black, show ill-temper.
- Poverty, n. Indigence, penury, want, destitution, need, necessity, privation, distress, straitened circumstances.
- Powder, n. 1. Dust, pulverized substance.
- 2. Gunpowder.
- Powder-post, n. [U. S.] Dry-rot, sap-rot.
- Powdery, a. Dusty, mealy, pulverulent, friable.
- Power, n. 1. Ableness, efficacy, ability, efficiency, cogency, competency, might, capability, force, energy, strength.
- 2. Faculty, talent, endowment, gift.
- 3. Authority, authoritativeness, rule, prerogative, sovereignty, sway, control, domination, dominion, influence, command.
- 4. Sovereign, potentate, governor, ruler, monarch.
- 5. Host, army, troop.
- 6. Divinity, angel (good or bad), spirit.
- 7. [Low.] Good deal, great quantity.
- Powerful, a. 1. Mighty, potent, active, forcible, puissant, potential.
- 2. Vigorous, robust, sturdy, strong, able-bodied.
- 3. Efficacious, effective, cogent, valid.
- Practicability, n. Feasibility, possibility, practicableness.
- Practicable, a. Feasible, performable, possible, achievable, attainable.
- Practicableness, n. Practicability.
- Practical, a. 1. Adapted to practice or use, not speculative, not theoretical.
- 2. Experienced, versed, proficient, trained, qualified, practised, skilled, thoroughbred, able, AU FAIT.
- Practice, n. 1. Custom, habit, wont, frequent repetition.
- 2. Use, usage.
- 3. Action, actual performance.
- 4. Exercise (as of a profession), application.
- Practise, v. a. [Written also Practice.] 1. Do (frequently), perform.
- 2. Exercise, apply, pursue, carry on.
- Practised, a. Experienced, instructed, versed, thoroughbred, qualified, skilled, trained, accomplished, proficient, able, practical, AU FAIT.
- Pragmatical, a. Meddling, officious, meddlesome, impertinent.
- Praise, n. 1. Commendation, approval, laudation, laud, encomium, approbation, APPLAUSE.
- 2. Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, tribute of praise.
- 3. Glorification, homage, worship, tribute of gratitude.
- Praise, v. a. 1. Commend, approve, applaud.
- 2. Extol, eulogize, panegyrize.
- 3. Magnify, glorify, exalt, worship, bless, do homage to, do honor to.
- Praiseworthy, a. Commendable, laudable.
- Prank, n. Caper, antic, trick, gambol, freak, vagary.
- Pranked out, Bedizened, janty, showy, finical, airy, gairish, flashy.
- Prankish, a.
- Prate, v. n. Prattle, chat, chatter, tattle, babble, gabble, palaver, be loquacious.
- Prate, v. a. Tell (foolishly), babble, utter, prate about.
- Prate, n. Prattle, gabble, chatter, twaddle, palaver, idle talk, childish talk.
- Prater, n. Chatterer, rattle-head.
- Prattle, v. n. Prate, chatter.
- Prattle, n. Prate, chatter.
- Pray, v. a. Ask (earnestly), request, entreat, beseech, supplicate, implore, beg, petition, invoke, conjure, ADJURE, call upon.
- Pray, v. n. Supplicate, entreat, petition, beg, importune, prefer a petition or request.
- Prayer, n. Supplication, entreaty, suit, petition, request, SUFFRAGE.
- Prayerful, a. Devout, religious.
- Preach, v. a. 1. Proclaim (as in a religious discourse), declare, publish.
- 2. Inculcate, teach.
- Preach, v. n. Deliver sermons, discourse on religious subjects.
- Preaching friar, Blackfriar.
- Preamble, n. Introduction (especially of a legislative act), preface, introductory part.
- Precarious, a. Uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, insecure, not to be depended upon.
- Precaution, n. Forethought, timely care.
- Precatory, a. Suppliant, beseeching, supplicating, imploring, praying, begging.
- Precautionary, a. Provident.
- Precede, v. a. Go before (in place or in time), go ahead of, take the lead of, be anterior to, take precedence of.
- Precedence, n. 1. Priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence.
- 2. Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.
- Precedency, n. 1. Priority (in time), anteriority, antecedence.
- 2. Preference, superiority, pre-eminence.
- Precedent, a. Antecedent, PRECEDING.
- Precedent, n. Authoritative example.
- Preceding, a. Antecedent, precedent, anterior, previous, prior, precursory.
- Precept, n. 1. Command, injunction, order, mandate, edict, commandment, behest, dictate, decree, law, ordinance, ordination, regulation, canon.
- 2. Doctrine, principle, maxim, rule, direction.
- Preceptor, n. Teacher, tutor, instructor, master, school-master, PEDAGOGUE.
- Precinct, n. 1. Limit, confine, bound, boundary, border, frontier, marches.
- 2. District, territorial division.
- Precious, a. 1. Costly, of great price.
- 2. Very valuable, of great worth, of great value.
- 3. Dear, beloved, darling, very estimable, highly esteemed or valued.
- Precious metals, Gold and silver.
- Precious stones, Jewels, gems.
- Precipice, n. Cliff, crag, steep, abrupt declivity.
- Precipitance, n. 1. Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.
- 2. Rashness, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.
- Precipitancy, n. 1. Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.
- 2. Rashness, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.
- Precipitate, v. a. 1. Throw or hurl headlong.
- 2. Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward.
- 3. (Chem.) Throw down, cause to subside.
- Precipitate, n. (Chem.) Precipitated substance.
- Precipitate, a. Hasty, hurried, rash, headlong, reckless, indiscreet.
- Precipitation, n. 1. Haste, hurry, precipitance, flurry, precipitancy.
- 2. Rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, foolhardiness, inconsiderateness, temerity, presumption.
- Precipitous, a. 1. Steep, abrupt.
- 2. Hasty, rash, heady, headlong, precipitate, reckless, indiscreet.
- Precise, a. 1. Exact, correct, definite, strict, express, distinct, explicit, nice, well-defined.
- 2. Formal, ceremonious, stiff, starch, starched, prim, punctilious.
- Precisian, n. Formalist, martinet.
- Precision, n. Exactness, preciseness, accuracy, nicety, correctness, truth.
- Preclude, v. a. Prevent, hinder, debar, impede, restrain, prohibit, inhibit, stop, bar, shut out.
- Precocious, a. Premature (especially in mental development), too forward.
- Precocity, n. Prematureness (of the mental faculties).
- Preconcert, v. a. Premeditate, predetermine, consider beforehand.
- Precursor, n. 1. Forerunner, predecessor.
- 2. Messenger, harbinger, herald.
- Precursory, a. 1. Forerunning, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, previous.
- 2. Prelusive, prelusory, introductory, prefatory.
- Predacious, a. Rapacious, PREDATORY.
- Predatory, a. 1. Plundering, pillaging.
- 2. Rapacious, ravenous, greedy, voracious, hungry, preying.
- Predecessor, n. 1. Precursor (in any office or position), forerunner.
- 2. Ancestor, forefather, progenitor.
- Predestinate, v. a. Predetermine, foreordain, preordain, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.
- Predestination, n. Predetermination, foreordination.
- Predestine, v. a. Predetermine, PREDESTINATE.
- Predetermination, n. Predestination.
- Predetermined, a. Foregone.
- Predicable, a. Affirmable.
- Predicament, n. 1. Situation (especially a bad situation), condition, state, position, posture, attitude, plight, case.
- 2. [Colloquial.] Pass, pinch, push, extremity, exigency, emergency, conjuncture.
- 3. (Logic.) Category, class.
- Predicant, n. Dominican, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.
- Predicate, v. a. Assert, affirm, aver, declare, allege, propound, say, asseverate, avouch, pronounce.
- Predication, n. Affirmation, assertion, declaration, averment.
- Predict, v. a. Foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, presage, augur, divine, forebode, VATICINATE.
- Prediction, n. Prophecy, prognostication, augury, foreboding, vaticination, divination, soothsaying, foretelling.
- Predictive, a. Prophetic, presaging, foretelling.
- Predictor, n. Foreteller, prophet, seer, vaticinator.
- Predilection, n. Prepossession (in favor of), partiality, preference, inclination, liking, fondness, love.
- Predispose, v. a. Incline, dispose, bias, fit, prepare, make ready.
- Predisposition, n. Inclination, disposition, willingness, inclination, propensity, proclivity, leaning, bent, bias, proneness.
- Predominance, n. Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.
- Predominancy n. Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.
- Predominant, a. Prevailing, prevalent, supreme, ascendant, overruling, dominant, sovereign.
- Predominate, v. n. Prevail, dominate, rule, preponderate, be supreme, be sovereign, be in the ascendant.
- Pre-eminence, n. Superiority, supremacy, precedence.
- Pre-eminent, a. Superior, supreme.
- Pre-engage, v. a. Preoccupy.
- Preface, n. Introduction, preamble, proem, PRELUDE, prolegomena, exordium, PROLOGUE, preliminary.
- Prefatory, a. Introductory, preliminary, prelusive, prelusory, precursory, proemial, preparatory.
- Prefer, v. a. 1. Offer, present, address, bring forward, set forth.
- 2. Raise, exalt, promote, advance.
- 3. Choose, select, elect, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon.
- Preferable, a. More eligible, more desirable.
- Preferably, ad. Rather, in preference, by choice.
- Preference, n. Choice, election, selection, predilection.
- Preferment, n. Promotion, advancement, exaltation, elevation.
- Prefigure, v. a. Foreshow, betoken, foreshadow, portend, signify, indicate.
- Pregnant, a. 1. Enceinte, big, with child, in the family way.
- 2. Fraught, replete, full, teeming.
- Prejudge, v. a. Forejudge, prejudicate.
- Prejudgment, n. Prejudice.
- Prejudicate, v. a. Prejudge.
- Prejudice, n. 1. Prejudgment, prepossession, bias.
- 2. Harm, mischief, hurt, detriment, injury, damage, disadvantage.
- Prejudice, v. a. 1. Bias, warp, prepossess.
- 2. Injure, damage, hurt, impair.
- Prejudicial, a. Hurtful, mischievous, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, damaging, disadvantageous.
- Prejudiced, a. Biassed, bigoted, wedded to an opinion.
- Prelate, n. Bishop.
- Prelection, n. Lecture, discourse.
- Prelector, n. Lecturer, reader.
- Preliminary, a. Introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, prelusive, precursory, previous, prior, precedent.
- Preliminary, n. Introduction, PRELUDE, preparatory step.
- Prelude, n. Introduction (to a piece of music), preliminary, preface, preamble, proem, PROLOGUE, exordium.
- Prelusive, a. Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.
- Prelusory, a. Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.
- Premature, a. 1. Precocious, too forward, ripe too soon.
- 2. Unseasonable, too early.
- Prematurely, ad. Precociously, too early, too soon.
- Premeditate, v. a. Preconcert, consider beforehand.
- Premeditation, n. Forethought, previous deliberation.
- Premier, n. Prime minister.
- Premise, v. a. Preface, lay down beforehand, state at the outset, set forth at the beginning.
- Premise, v. n. Begin, enter upon the subject, state beforehand.
- Premise, n. Antecedent proposition.
- Premium, n. Reward, recompense, bounty, prize, bonus.
- Premonish, v. a. Forewarn, caution, warn.
- Premonition, n. Caution, warning.
- Preoccupation, n. 1. Prepossession.
- 2. Abstraction, inattention, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind, brown study.
- Preoccupied, a. Inattentive, absent, absent-minded, lost, dreaming, musing, in a brown study.
- Preordain, v. a. Predetermine, preestablish, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.
- Preparation, n. Provision, making ready.
- Preparatory, a. Introductory, preliminary, prefatory.
- Prepare, v. a. 1. Fit, adapt, equip, qualify.
- 2. Provide, procure, get ready, put in order.
- Prepare, v. n. Get ready, put things in order, set one's house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps, clear the ground, clear the way, smooth the way, clear decks, clear for action, open the way, pave the way, sow the seed.
- Preponderance, n. 1. Outweighing, preponderation.
- 2. Superiority, ascendency, superior influence.
- Preponderate, v. n. 1. Weigh the most, exceed in weight.
- 2. Prevail, be superior, have the superiority.
- Preponderation, n. Outweighing, preponderance.
- Prepossess, v. a. Preoccupy, have prior possession of.
- Prepossessing, a. Attractive, engaging, winning, fascinating, taking, captivating, bewitching.
- Prepossession, n. 1. Preoccupation, prior possession.
- 2. Prejudice, bias, one-sidedness.
- Preposterous, a. 1. Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed.
- 2. Absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous.
- Preposterousness, n. Absurdity, unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly.
- Prepuce, n. Foreskin.
- Prerequisite, n. Requirement.
- Prerogative, n. Privilege, immunity, right, liberty, franchise, advantage.
- Presage, v. a. 1. Forebode, divine, foreknow, have a presentiment of.
- 2. Foretell, predict, prophesy, foreshow, betoken, foretoken, prognosticate, augur, VATICINATE.
- Presage, n. Omen, sign, prognostic, augury, portent, token, foreboding, indication.
- Presbyopia, n. Far-sightedness.
- Presbyopy, n. Far-sightedness.
- Presbyopic, a. Far-sighted, presbytic.
- Presbytic, a. Far-sighted, presbyotic.
- Prescience, n. Foreknowledge, foresight, forecast, prevision.
- Prescient, a. Foreknowing, foreseeing, prophetic.
- Prescribe, v. a. Direct, order, appoint, ordain, dictate, enjoin, decree.
- Prescript, n. Direction, decree, ordination, rule, ordinance, law.
- Prescription, n. 1. Custom, usage.
- 2. (Med.) Recipe.
- Presence, n. Mien, air, carriage, port, demeanor, behavior.
- Present, a. 1. At hand, not absent.
- 2. Instant, current, existing, not past nor future.
- Present, n. Gift, donation, donative, benefaction, offering, gratuity, largess, grant, DOUCEUR.
- Present, v. a. 1. Introduce.
- 2. Exhibit, offer, bring to notice.
- 3. Give, bestow, grant, CONFER, give away.
- 4. Hand, put into one's hands.
- Presentation, n. 1. Introduction.
- 2. Exhibition, representation, setting forth.
- 3. Bestowal, donation, giving.
- Presentiment, n. Foreboding.
- Presently, ad. 1. Directly, immediately, at once.
- 2. Soon, shortly, pretty soon, before long, by and by, in a short time.
- Preservation, n. 1. Maintenance, conservation, protection.
- 2. Security, safety, salvation.
- Preservative, n. Preserver, means of preservation.
- Preservative, a. Conservative, preservatory.
- Preservatory, a. Preservative.
- Preserve, v. a. 1. Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over.
- 2. Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.
- Preserve, n. 1. Sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM.
- 2. Enclosure (for game).
- Preserver, n. 1. Saviour, protector, defender, guardian.
- 2. Preservative, means of preservation.
- Preside, v. n. Command, rule, be at the head, act as chief, have the control, hold the reins, act as president.
- Presignify, v. a. Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, betoken.
- Press, v. a. 1. Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush.
- 2. Constrain, compel, force, drive.
- 3. Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate.
- Press, v. n. 1. Bear heavily.
- 2. Hasten, hurry, push, rush.
- 3. Crowd, throng, force a way.
- Press, n. 1. Printing-press.
- 2. Literature, literary publications.
- 3. Crowd, throng, multitude.
- 4. Urgency, pressure, hurry.
- Pressing, a. Urgent, importunate.
- Pressure, n. 1. Compressing, squeezing, crushing force.
- 2. Influence, constraining force.
- 3. Urgency, press, hurry.
- Presumable, a. Probable, reasonable, likely, credible, that stands to reason.
- Presume, v. n. 1. Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe.
- 2. Venture, dare, make bold.
- Presume, v. a. Consider, deem, think, believe, suppose, take for granted.
- Presumption, n. 1. Opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture, guess.
- 2. Arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass, CHEEK.
- 3. Probability, ground for believing.
- Presumptive, a. Grounded on probable evidence.
- Presumptive evidence, (Law.) Circumstantial evidence.
- Presumptuous, a. 1. Arrogant, bold, forward, presuming.
- 2. Venturesome, rash, over-confident, fool-hardy.
- Presuppose, v. a. Imply, assume, suppose, take for granted.
- Pretence, n. [Written also Pretense.] 1. Show (to conceal a thing to be done), false appearance, mask, color, simulation, affectation, cant, PRETEXT, clap-trap.
- 2. Subterfuge, evasion, excuse.
- Pretend, v. a. Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.
- Pretend, v. n. Make believe, make a show, profess falsely.
- Pretension, n. 1. Claim, demand.
- 2. Show, assumption, profession, PRETENCE, make-believe.
- 3. Conceit, pretentiousness, pertness, priggery.
- Pretentious, a. [Recent.] Assuming, conceited, vain, pert, flippant, priggish, coxcomical, dashing.
- Pretentiousness, n. Assumption, conceit, PRETENSION.
- Preternatural, a. Irregular (as being aside from the ordinary course of nature, but not necessarily SUPERNATURAL or miraculous), abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange.
- Pretext, n. Show (to conceal a thing done), appearance, affectation, simulation, mask, color, PRETENCE.
- Pretty, a. Beautiful (without dignity or grandeur), HANDSOME, elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair.
- Pretty, ad. Moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree.
- Prevail, v. n. 1. Predominate, preponderate, succeed, prosper, have the superiority, gain the advantage, be in the ascendant, get the upper hand, have one's own way, carry it, carry all before one, carry the day, win the day, gain the day, win the palm.
- 2. Obtain, rage, have influence, have sway, have currency, be in vogue, be rife, be the rage.
- Prevailing, a. 1. Effectual, dominant, predominant, efficacious, preponderating.
- 2. Received (at the present time), current, established, ordinary, usual, PREVALENT, widely extended, most general.
- Prevail on, Persuade (by argument), influence, induce.
- Prevail upon, Persuade (by argument), influence, induce.
- Prevail with, Persuade (by an appeal to the feelings), influence, induce.
- Prevalence, n. 1. Superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity.
- 2. Influence, efficacy, power, force, strength.
- 3. Universality, wide extension, general reception.
- Prevalent, a. 1. Superior, victorious, predominant, successful.
- 2. Powerful, efficacious, effectual.
- 3. Received (generally), established, current, ordinary, usual, PREVAILING, widely extended, most general.
- Prevaricate, v. n. Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, EQUIVOCATE (by loose or indefinite expressions).
- Prevarication, n. Equivocation, cavil, quibble.
- Prevent, v. a. Obstruct, HINDER, stop, impede, thwart, intercept, interrupt, obviate, preclude, frustrate, forefend, avert.
- Prevention, n. Obstruction, stoppage, hinderance, interruption.
- Preventive, a. Prophylactic.
- Preventive, n. Prophylactic.
- Previous, a. Antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior, foregoing.
- Previously, ad. Before, antecedently, beforehand.
- Prevision, n. Foresight, foreknowledge, prescience.
- Prey, n. Plunder (to satisfy the appetite), spoil, BOOTY, pillage, rapine, ravin.
- Prey on (or upon), 1. Plunder, pillage, rob, despoil.
- 2. Devour, feed upon.
- 3. Waste, corrode.
- Price, n. 1. Value (in money), charge, expense, cost.
- 2. Estimation, worth.
- 3. Recompense, reward.
- Priceless, a. Invaluable, inestimable.
- Prick, v. a. 1. Pierce (with a small hole), perforate, puncture.
- 2. Spur, goad, incite, impel, urge, rouse, arouse, stimulate, drive.
- 3. Sting, wound, pain, hurt.
- Prick, v. n. Spur, ride, gallop, hasten.
- Prick, n. 1. Goad, point.
- 2. Puncture.
- Pricked, a. Acid, sour, tart, sharp.
- Prickleback, n. Stickleback.
- Prickly pear, n. Indian fig.
- Prick up the ears, Listen, attend, hear.
- Pride, n. 1. Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency, self-sufficiency, conceit.
- 2. Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, HAUTEUR, presumption.
- 3. Elevation (of character), dignity, self-respect.
- 4. Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, lustre, brightness, effulgence, glory.
- Pride one's self on, Boast, take pride in, rate highly, glory in, pique one's self on, plume one's self on, stand upon.
- Priest, n. Clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.
- Priestly, a. Sacerdotal.
- Prig, n. Puppy, coxcomb; conceited, pert, saucy, or pragmatical fellow.
- Priggery, n. Pertness, conceit, sauciness, coxcombry.
- Priggish, a. Conceited, pert, saucy, coxcomical.
- Prim, a. Formal, stiff, precise, starch, starched, strait-laced, in buckram.
- Primacy, n. Primateship.
- Prima facie, [L.] At first sight, on the first view.
- Primary, a. 1. Primitive, aboriginal, original, primordial, primeval, pristine, first.
- 2. Chief, principal, leading.
- 3. Elementary, lowest.
- Primate, n. Archbishop, metropolitan.
- Primateship, n. Primacy.
- Prime, a. 1. First, original, primitive, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine, aboriginal.
- 2. Highest, chief, principal, best, capital, first-rate.
- Prime, n. 1. Beginning, opening, first part, earliest stage.
- 2. Youth, spring of life, early days.
- 3. Perfection, flower, greatest beauty, health or strength, best days.
- Primitive, a. 1. Primeval, primal, prime, primordial, original, aboriginal, pristine, primary, first.
- 2. Radical, underived.
- Prime minister, n. Premier.
- Primeval, a. Original, PRIMITIVE.
- Primitive, a. 1. Original, primeval, primal, primordial, aboriginal, prime, primary pristine, first.
- 2. Radical, underived.
- Primness, n. Stiffness, formality.
- Primordial, a. Original, PRIMITIVE.
- Prince, n. 1. Sovereign, ruler, monarch, potentate.
- 2. Sovereign's son (especially the eldest son).
- Princely, a. 1. Royal, regal, imperial, exalted, august, grand, stately, dignified.
- 2. Munificent, beneficent, generous, liberal, bounteous, bountiful, noble.
- Princess, n. 1. Female ruler.
- 2. Sovereign's daughter.
- 3. Prince's wife.
- Principal, n. Chief, main, first, highest, supreme, leading, cardinal, most considerable, most important.
- Principal, n. 1. Chief, head, leader, chief actor.
- 2. Master, head master.
- 3. Employer, constituent.
- 4. Capital sum (placed at interest).
- Principally, a. Chiefly, mainly, especially, particularly, above all.
- Principle, n. 1. Origin, source, cause, spring, mainspring, fountain, groundwork, prime mover, fountain-head.
- 2. Element, substratum, fundamental or primordial substance.
- 3. Postulate, axiom, law, elementary proposition, fundamental truth.
- 4. Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, maxim, rule.
- 5. Ground, motive, reason.
- 6. Integrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, honesty, virtue, righteousness, incorruptibility, goodness, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, honor.
- Prink, v. n. Spruce, dress finically.
- Print, v. a. 1. Impress, imprint, stamp.
- 2. Make an impress or impression of.
- Print, n. 1. Impression, impress, mark, stamp.
- 2. Engraving.
- 3. Newspaper, journal.
- 4. Calico, printed cotton cloth.
- Printing, n. Typography.
- Prior, a. Former, preceding, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent, foregoing, precursory.
- Priority, n. Antecedence, anteriority, precedence.
- Priory, n. Convent, monastery, cloister, abbey.
- Prismatic Spectrum, Solar spectrum.
- Prison, n. Jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction, DUNGEON.
- Prisoner, n. Captive.
- Pristine, a. Primitive, primary, original, aboriginal, primeval, primordial, first.
- Prithee, [For I pray thee.] Pray, please, do, vouchsafe, be so good as, have the goodness, be good enough, I beseech you.
- Privacy, n. 1. Secrecy, concealment.
- 2. Retreat, retirement, seclusion, solitude.
- Private, n. 1. Secluded, retired, sequestered, isolated.
- 2. Individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular.
- 3. Secret, privy, CLANDESTINE, close.
- 4. Confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated.
- Private, n. Common soldier.

- Privation, n. 1. Deprivation, loss, BEREAVEMENT.
- 2. Poverty, destitution, want, need, penury, necessity, distress.
- 3. Absence, negation.
- Privilege, n. Prerogative, right, claim, advantage, immunity, franchise, liberty, favor.
- Privity, n. Knowledge, cognizance, private concurrence.
- Privy, a. 1. Individual, special, private, personal, peculiar, particular.
- 2. Secret, clandestine.
- 3. Cognizant of, acquainted with.
- Privy, n. Necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet.
- Prize, n. 1. Reward, premium, trophy.
- 2. Capture.
- Prize, v. a. 1. Estimate, rate, appraise.
- 2. Esteem, value highly.
- Pro and con, For and against.
- Probability, n. Likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair chance, favorable chance.
- Probable, a. Likely, presumable, credible, reasonable, to be expected, that stands to reason.
- Probably, ad. Apparently, to all appearance, in all probability.
- Probation, n. 1. Novitiate.
- 2. Moral trial.
- Probationer, n. Novice.
- Probe, v. a. Scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift, look into.
- Probity, n. Integrity, uprightness, honesty, worth, rectitude, virtue, goodness, righteousness, trustworthiness, trustiness, principle, sincerity, truthfulness, veracity, honor, justice, equity, fairness, incorruptibility.
- Problem, n. Question (to be solved), enigma, puzzle, riddle, moot point, point in dispute, point to be solved or settled, question at issue, vexed question.
- Problematical, a. Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, questionable, disputable, enigmatical, puzzling, unsettled.
- Proboscis, n. Snout, trunk.
- Procedure, n. 1. Conduct, practice, course, process, management, course of action, mode of operation.
- 2. Act, transaction, deed, action, performance, proceeding, measure, step.
- Proceed, v. n. 1. Progress, advance, go or pass on, move forward, make progress, get on, push on, go ahead, get ahead, make headway, get forward, get along, hold or keep one's course.
- 2. Arise, spring, come, issue, emanate, originate, flow, follow, result, ensue, accrue, come out, go forth, be derived, be caused, take rise, be owing, be due.
- 3. Act, conduct one's self, take steps, take measures, set to work, go about any thing.
- Proceeding, n. Act, deed, transaction, action, measure, performance, step, procedure.
- Proceeds, n. pl. Product, produce, income, yield, receipts, returns, avails.
- Process, n. 1. Course, progress.
- 2. Operation, procedure, proceeding, action, performance, step, transaction, measure, conduct, management, series of measures, mode of operation.
- 3. (Law.) Suit, trial, action, case.
- 4. (Anat.) Projection, protuberance.
- Procession, n. Train, CORTÈGE, turnout, retinue, CAVALCADE.
- Proclaim, v. a. Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, advertise, trumpet, broach, cry, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make proclamation of.
- Proclaimer, n. Promulgator.
- Proclamation, n. 1. Announcement, publication, promulgation, advertisement.
- 2. Edict, decree, ordinance, ban.
- Proclivity, n. Inclination, tendency, proneness, propensity, bias, disposition, leaning, bent, aptitude, predisposition, direction, determination, bearing, drift, turn.

- Procrastinate, v. n. Delay, wait, lag, loiter, be dilatory.
- Procrastination, n. Dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness, slowness.
- Procreant, a. Productive.
- Procreate, v. a. Generate, engender, beget, breed, produce, propagate, bring into being.
- Procreation, n. Generation, begetting, production.
- Procreator, n. Generator, father, sire, begetter.
- Procurement, n. Management, contrivance, agency, intervention, procuration.
- Procurer, n. Pimp, pander, bawd.
- Procumbent, a. Prone, lying down, prostrate.
- Procuration, n. 1. Agency, PROCUREMENT.
- 2. Authority as an agent, authority to act for another.
- Procurator, n. (Law.) Agent, proxy, attorney, deputy, representative.
- Procure, v. a. 1. Get, acquire, obtain, earn, win, achieve, gain, provide, furnish.
- 2. Contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about.
- Prodigal, a. Wasteful, lavish, extravagant, profuse, too liberal.
- Prodigal, n. Spendthrift, waster, squanderer.
- Prodigality, n. Wastefulness, extravagance, excess, profusion, lavishness, unthriftiness, squandering.
- Prodigious, a. 1. Marvellous, wonderful, portentous, amazing, astonishing, surprising, astounding, strange, startling, extraordinary, uncommon, wondrous, miraculous, very strange, unheard of.
- 2. Enormous, monstrous, huge.
- Prodigy, n. 1. Marvel, portent, wonder, miracle.
- 2. Monster, monstrosity, mooncalf, unnatural product.
- Produce, v. a. 1. Exhibit, show, bring forward, bring out, bring into view, hold up to view, bring to light.
- 2. Beget, procreate, engender, generate, propagate, breed, bring into being.
- 3. Cause, occasion, originate, make, create, effect, give rise to.
- 4. Yield, bear, furnish, supply, give, afford, impart, render, bestow.
- 5. Extend, protract, prolong, draw out, lengthen.
- Produce, n. 1. Product.
- 2. Agricultural products.
- Product, n. 1. Produce, yield, proceeds, returns.
- 2. Result, effect, work, fruit, production, performance.
- Production, n. 1. Produce, product, fruit, work, performance.
- 2. Prolongation, extension, lengthening.
- Productive, a. Fertile, generative, prolific, fruitful.
- Proem, n. Preface, introduction, prelude, exordium, prolegomena, preliminary remarks.
- Proemial, a. Introductory, prefatory, preliminary, precursory.
- Profanation, n. Desecration, pollution, misuse, abuse.
- Profane, a. 1. Irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sacrilegious, impious.
- 2. Unhallowed, impure, polluted.
- 3. Secular, not sacred.
- Profane, v. a. Desecrate, pollute, defile, abuse.
- Profaneness, n. Profanity.
- Profanity, n. 1. Irreverence, profaneness, blasphemy.
- 2. Profane language.
- Profess, v. a. 1. Avow, acknowledge, own, confess, declare, affirm, avouch, aver, allege.
- 2. Pretend, lay claim to.
- Profession, n. 1. Declaration, avowal, claim.
- 2. Employment (that requires a learned education), calling, occupation, business, AVOCATION.
- Proffer, v. a. Tender, offer, volunteer.
- Proffer, n. Tender, offer, proposal.
- Proficiency, n. 1. Advancement, improvement, progress.
- 2. Skill, accomplishment, acquirement, mastery.
- Proficient, a. Skilled, skilful, conversant, competent, well-versed, qualified, practised, trained, accomplished, able, thoroughbred, finished, good, at home, AU FAIT.
- Proficient, n. Adept, expert, dab, master-hand, DABSTER, capital hand, good hand.
- Profile, n. 1. Side-face.
- 2. Outline, contour.
- Profit, n. 1. Gain, produce, emolument, return, avails.
- 2. Advantage, benefit, service, weal, interest, welfare, behoof, behalf, account, utility.
- Profitless, a. Useless, worthless, fruitless, bootless, unprofitable, valueless, of no use.
- Profligate, a. Depraved, corrupt, dissolute, corrupted, very wicked, graceless, very vicious, shameless, abandoned.
- Profligate, n. Debauchee, rake, libertine, man of pleasure.
- Profound, a. 1. Deep.
- 2. Penetrating, sagacious, skilled, not superficial.
- 3. Lively, vivid, strong, deep-felt.
- 4. Lowly, humble, submissive.
- Profundity, n. Depth, deepness.
- Profuse, a. 1. Lavish, prodigal, improvident, extravagant, wasteful, too liberal, too bountiful.
- 2. Exuberant, over-abounding, in profusion.
- Profuseness, n. Profusion.
- Profusion, n. 1. Lavishness, excess, prodigality, extravagance, waste.
- 2. Abundance, exuberance.
- Prog, n. [Low.] Victuals, FOOD.
- Progenitor, n. Ancestor, forefather.
- Progeny, n. Offspring, children, issue, descendants, race, breed, stock, lineage.
- Prognosis, n. (Med.) Prophasis.
- Prognostic, a. Foreshowing, foretokening.
- Prognostic, n. Sign, token, presage, omen, indication, augury, foreboding, prognostication.
- Prognosticate, v. a. Foretell, predict, foretoken, betoken, prophesy, foreshow, foreshadow, indicate, portend, augur.
- Prognostication, n. 1. Prognostic.
- 2. Augury, prediction, vaticination, prophecy, indication.
- Programme, n. Order of exercises.
- Progress, n. 1. Advancement, advance, progression, proficiency.
- 2. Growth, increase, improvement.
- Progress, v. n. Advance, proceed, go on, get on, go ahead, get ahead, get forward, get along, make head, make headway, work one's way, make one's way, make progress.
- Progression, n. Advancement, advance, progress.
- Progressive, a. 1. Advancing, proceeding.
- 2. Improving.
- Prohibit, v. a. 1. Hinder, prevent, debar, preclude, restrain.
- 2. Forbid, inhibit, disallow, interdict.
- Prohibition, n. Interdiction, interdict, inhibition, disallowance, embargo.
- Prohibitive, a. Prohibitory.
- Prohibitory, a. Restrictive, prohibiting, prohibitive.
- Project, v. a. 1. Throw, cast, throw out.
- 2. Scheme, devise, contrive, frame, plan, plot, concoct, brew.
- 3. Delineate (as a sphere upon a plane).
- Project, v. n. Protrude, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.
- Project, n. Plan, scheme, contrivance, devise, design, proposal.
- Projectile, n. Missile.
- Projection, n. 1. Propulsion, throwing.
- 2. Planning, designing, contriving.
- 3. Prominence, protuberance, bulge, process.
- 4. Plan, delineation, map.
- Projector, n. Schemer, designer, planner.
- Prolegomena, n. pl. Introduction, preface, prelude, prologue, preamble, proem, preliminary remarks.
- Prolétaire, n. [Fr.] Laboring class, proletariat.
- Proletarian, a. [Rare.] Mean, vulgar, vile, plebeian.
- Proletariat, n. Prolétaire, laboring class.
- Proletary, n. Churl, peasant, rustic, clodhopper, countryman, ploughman, lout, clown, boor, hind, laboring man.
- Prolific, a. Fruitful, fertile, productive, generative, teeming.
- Prolix, a. 1. Diffuse, wordy, verbose, loose, long, long-spun, spun-out, long-winded, discursive, rambling, not concise.
- 2. Tiresome, tedious, uninteresting, wearisome.
- Prolixity, n. Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious length.
- Prolixness, n. Prolixity.
- Prolocutor, n. Speaker, spokesman.
- Prologue, n. Introduction (to a play), preface.
- Prolong, v. a. Lengthen, protract, extend, continue, draw out.
- Prolongation, n. Extension, protraction, lengthening.
- Promenade, n. Walk, stroll.
- Promenade, v. n. Take a walk.
- Prominence, n. 1. Protuberance, projection, bulge, process.
- 2. Conspicuousness, eminence, distinction, celebrity.
- Prominent, a. 1. Protuberant, projecting.
- 2. Conspicuous, eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous.
- Promiscuous, a. Mixed, mingled, miscellaneous, indiscriminate, confused.
- Promise, n. 1. Word, engagement, assurance, pledge.
- 2. Promising character.
- Promise, v. a. 1. Pledge, engage, covenant, assure.
- 2. Give expectation of, excite a hope of.
- Promise, v. n. Engage, agree, stipulate, bargain, be sworn, pledge one's self, plight one's word, pass one's word, give assurance, make an agreement, tie one's self.
- Promising, a. Encouraging, giving ground of hope.
- Promissory note, Note of hand.
- Promontory, n. Headland, foreland, cape.
- Promote, v. a. 1. Forward, advance, further, encourage, help, assist.
- 2. Elevate, exalt, raise, prefer.
- Promotion, n. 1. Furtherance, encouragement, advancement.
- 2. Elevation, preferment.
- Prompt, a. 1. Ready, quick, apt.
- 2. Early, timely, punctual.
- Prompt, v. a. 1. Incite, induce, stimulate, impel, engage, incline, dispose, urge, set on, draw on.
- 2. Put in mind, give the cue to.
- 3. Dictate, suggest, hint.
- Promptitude, n. Promptness.
- Promptness, n. Readiness, quickness, alacrity, alertness, promptitude.
- Promulgate, v. a. Publish, announce, proclaim, declare, advertise, trumpet, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make promulgation of.
- Promulgation, n. Announcement, advertisement, publication, declaration.
- Prone, a. 1. Prostrate (with the face downwards), recumbent, lying, flat.
- 2. Sloping, inclining.
- 3. Disposed, inclined, tending.
- Proneness, n. Disposition, tendency, proclivity, inclination, bias, bent, propensity, aptness, turn, leaning, predisposition.
- Pronounce, v. a. 1. Utter (with proper accent and tone), speak, enunciate, ARTICULATE.
- 2. Declare, affirm.
- 3. Deliver (as an oration).
- Pronunciamento, n. Proclamation, announcement, declaration, manifesto.
- Proof, n. 1. Test, trial, essay, experiment, ordeal.
- 2. Demonstration, certification, attestation, satisfactory evidence.
- 3. Proof-sheet.
- Proof-sheet, n. Proof.
- Prop, v. a. Support, sustain, uphold, hold up, shore up.
- Prop, n. Support, stay, brace, FULCRUM.
- Propagate, v. a. 1. Multiply, increase, continue.
- 2. Spread, diffuse, disseminate, circulate, extend, spread abroad.
- 3. Generate, beget, engender, procreate, breed, produce, bring into being.
- Propagation, n. 1. Multiplication, increase, continuance.
- 2. Dissemination, diffusion, extension, enlargement.
- 3. Generation, procreation, breeding.
- Propel, v. a. Impel, drive forward, push forward, urge on.
- Propensity, n. Inclination, PRONENESS.
- Proper, a. 1. Particular, peculiar, individual, special, specific, not common.
- 2. Fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, meet, seemly, convenient, adapted, becoming, right, legitimate.
- Property, n. 1. Quality, attribute, peculiarity, characteristic, nature.
- 2. Wealth, estate, goods, possessions, one's own.
- 3. Ownership, exclusive right.
- Prophasis, n. (Med.) Prognosis.
- Prophecy, n. Prediction, prognostication, vaticination, foretelling, divination.
- Prophesy, v. a. Predict, foretell, prognosticate, VATICINATE, divine.
- Prophet, n. Predicter, foreteller, seer, soothsayer, vaticinator.
- Prophetic, a. Predictive, foretelling, predicting.
- Prophylactic, a. (Med.) Preventive, preservative.
- Prophylactic, n. (Med.) Preventive, preservative.
- Propinquity, n. 1. Nearness, proximity, vicinity, neighborhood.
- 2. Kindred, affinity.
- Propitiate, v. a. Conciliate, appease, pacify, reconcile, gain the favor of, make propitious, make favorable.
- Propitiation, n. 1. Conciliation, reconciliation, pacification.
- 2. Atonement, expiation, satisfaction, reparation, atoning sacrifice.
- Propitious, a. 1. Gracious, benevolent, benign, kind.
- 2. Auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune, prosperous, promising, in a fair way.
- Proportion, n. 1. Symmetry, symmetrical relation.
- 2. Share, lot, part, portion.
- Proportion, v. a. Adjust (in proper relations), regulate, graduate, put in proportion.
- Proportionable, a. Proportional.
- Proportionably, ad. Proportionally.
- Proportional, a. Proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical, correspondent.
- Proportionally, ad. Proportionably, proportionately, in proportion, PRO RATA.
- Proportionate, a. Proportional.
- Proportionately, ad. Proportionally.
- Proposal, n. Offer (of something to be done), proffer, tender, overture, PROPOSITION.
- Propose, v. a. Offer (for consideration), proffer, tender, propound, enounce, present, suggest, recommend, move, hold out.
- Propose, v. n. [Recent.] Intend, design, mean, purpose, have the intention, propose to one's self.
- Proposition, n. 1. Offer (of something to be considered), proffer, tender, overture, suggestion, PROPOSAL.
- 2. Position, thesis, statement, declaration, dictum, doctrine.
- 3. (Logic.) Period, complete sentence.
- Propound, v. a. Propose.
- Proprietary, n. Proprietor.
- Proprietor, n. Possessor, owner, proprietary.
- Propriety, n. 1. Fitness (to a proper standard or rule), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness.
- 2. Decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality.
- Propulsive, a. Propelling.
- Pro-rata, [L.] Proportionally, proportionably, proportionately, in proportion.
- Prorogation, n. Adjournment.
- Prorogue, v. a. Adjourn (as Parliament).
- Prosaic, a. 1. Prosy, unpoetical.
- 2.
- Proscribe, v. a. 1. Banish, exile, outlaw, doom to destruction.
- 2. Exclude, interdict, prohibit, reject, forbid, shut out.
- 3. Denounce, censure, condemn.
- Proscription, n. 1. Banishment, exile, outlawry.
- 2. Exclusion, interdiction, prohibition.
- 3. Denunciation, censure, condemnation.
- Prosecute, v. a. 1. Pursue, continue, follow out, carry out, carry on, persevere in.
- 2. Arraign, take the law of, bring before a court.
- Prosecution, n. 1. Pursuit.
- 2. Arraignment, bringing to trial.
- Prosecutor, n. Plaintiff, accuser.
- Proselyte, n. Convert, catechumen.
- Proselyte, v. a. Convert, bring over.
- Proser, n. Bore, buttonholder, tedious narrator.
- Prosing, a.
- Prosopopœia, n. (Rhet.) Personification.
- Prospect, n. 1. View, survey, display, sight, scene, show, spectacle, vista, perspective.
- 2. Landscape, scenery, picture, bird's-eye view.
- 3. Expectation, anticipation, contemplation, calculation, expectance, foreseeing, promise, presumption, hope, trust, ABEYANCE.
- Prospective, a. Future, coming.
- Prospective, n. 1. Distant view.
- 2. View, prospect, contemplation.
- Prospectively, ad. In the future, hereafter.
- Prospectus, n. Plan (of a literary work), outline, scheme.
- Prosper, v. a. Favor, befriend, aid, forward, help, make successful.
- Prosper, v. n. Succeed, flourish, thrive, go on well, be successful.
- Prosperity, n. Success, thrift, welfare, happiness, well-being, luck, good fortune, good luck, run of luck, palmy days, halcyon days, smiles of fortune.
- Prosperous, a. 1. Successful, thriving, flourishing, fortunate, lucky, happy, well off, well to do.
- 2. Favorable, propitious, auspicious, good, golden, bright.
- Prostitute, v. a. Misuse, abuse, misapply, pervert, make a bad use of.
- Prostitute, n. Courtesan, STRUMPET.
- Prostitution, n. 1. Misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation.
- 2. Unlawful sexual intercourse (on the part of a woman, for hire), harlotry.
- Prostrate, a. 1. Prostrated, prone, stretched out.
- 2. Exhausted, fainting, sinking, overcome.
- Prostrate, v. a. 1.
- 2. Exhaust, reduce, overcome, depress, bring low.
- Prostration, n. 1. Overthrow, destruction, demolition.
- 2. Exhaustion, depression.
- Prosy, a. 1. Prosaic, unpoetical.
- 2.
- Protect, v. a. Defend (by a covering), guard, shield, screen, shelter, house, preserve, secure, save.
- Protection, n. 1. Shelter, defence, security, safety, refuge, guard, preservation.
- 2. Shield, ægis, buckler, palladium.
- Protective, a. Defensive.
- Protector, n. Guardian, champion, defender.
- Pro tempore, [L.] For the time, for the time being, for the present occasion.
- Protest, v. n. Declare (solemnly), aver, affirm, assert, asseverate, avow, profess, attest, testify.
- Protest, v. a. Declare (solemnly), assert, affirm.
- Protest, n. Declaration (made in a formal manner against something).
- Protestation, n. Declaration, asseveration, affirmation, averment, avowal.
- Protoplast, n. Prototype.
- Prototype, n. Original pattern, model, type, exemplar, example, archetype, protoplast.
- Protract, v. a. Prolong, continue, draw out, lengthen, spin out.
- Protrude, v. a. 1. Shoot out, thrust forward, push forth.
- 2. Beetle, jut out, hang over.
- Protrude, v. n. Project, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be prominent.
- Protuberance, n. Prominence, projection, swelling, bulge, process, excrescence.
- Protuberant, a. Projecting, prominent, salient, bulging.
- Proud, a. 1. Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.
- 2. Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty, vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.
- 3. Grand, stately, noble.
- Prove, v. a. 1. Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good.
- 2. Try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof.
- Prove, v. n. Turn out, be found to be.
- Provender, n. Food (as hay, corn, &c., for brutes), fodder, forage.
- Proverb, n. Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm, by-word.
- Provide, v. a. 1. Prepare, procure, get ready, make ready.
- 2. Supply, furnish, stock.
- Provide, v. n. 1. Cater, furnish supplies.
- 2. Take measures, make provision.
- 3. Stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant.
- Provided, conj. If, on condition, with the understanding.
- Providence, n. 1. Forethought, forecast, timely care.
- 2. Divine government, divine superintendence.
- Provident, a. Careful (for the future), prudent, discreet, cautious, forecasting, frugal, economical.
- Province, n. 1. Territory, region, tract, domain, district.
- 2. Dependency, colony.
- 3. Business, employment, function, duty, charge, calling, office, part, post, capacity.
- Provincial, a. 1. Of a province, of provinces.
- 2. Rude, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, countrified.
- Provision, n. 1. Providing, provident care.
- 2. Preparation, provident measures or steps.
- 3. Stock, store, hoard, fund.
- 4. Proviso, stipulation, clause.
- Provisions, n. pl. Food, victuals, provender, fare, eatables, viands, subsistence, BREAD.
- Provisional, a. Temporary, provisory.
- Provisionally, ad. Temporarily, for the present occasion.
- Proviso, n. Condition, provision, clause, conditional stipulation.
- Provisory, a. Provisional.
- Provocation, n. 1. Incitement, stimulus, stimulant, incentive, provocative.
- 2. Affront, offence, indignity, insult.
- Provocative, a. Stimulating, exciting, that excites or provokes.
- Provocative, n. Stimulant, stimulus, incentive, provocation.
- Provoke, v. a. 1. Excite, stimulate, arouse, awaken, incite, move, kindle, inflame, animate, instigate, impel, stir up, work up.
- 2. Exasperate, incense, enrage, chafe, anger, irritate, exacerbate, nettle, offend, affront, infuriate, give offence or umbrage to, put out, put out of humor, work into a passion, lash into fury, raise one's ire, raise one's dander, make one's blood boil, drive one mad.
- Provoking, a. Irritating, vexing, vexatious, annoying, tormenting, aggravating, offensive.
- Prow, n. Bow, stern, beak.
- Prowess, n. Bravery, valor, intrepidity, courage, gallantry, heroism, fearlessness, daring.
- Proximate, a. Next, nearest, immediate, close, not remote.
- Proximity, n. Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood.
- Proximo, n. [L.] Next month.
- Proxy, n. Substitute, agent, deputy, representative, LOCUM TENENS.
- Prudence, n. Discretion (accompanied with forecast), caution, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, common sense, judiciousness, judgment, wisdom (applied to the ordinary affairs of life), sense, tact, GUMPTION, ballast.
- Prudent, a. 1. Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary, considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.
- 2. Frugal, economical.
- Prudential, a. Politic, PRUDENT.
- Prudery, n. Coyness, demureness, stiffness, affected reserve.
- Prudish, a. Coy, demure, reserved, over-modest, affectedly modest.
- Prune, v. a. Lop, trim, clip, dock, cut short.
- Prune, n. Dried plum.
- Prurience, n. Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.
- Pruriency, n. Itching, longing, lust, hankering, cupidity.
- Prurient, a. Itching, longing, hankering, craving, lustful.
- Prussian blue, Ferrocyanide of iron, ferrocyanuret of iron.
- Prussic acid, Hydrocyanic acid.
- Pry, v. n. Peer, pry, search, look closely or narrowly.
- Prying, a. Curious, inquisitive, peering, scrutinizing.
- Psalm, n. Sacred song.
- Psalmody, n. Psalm-singing.
- Psalm-singing, n. Psalmody.
- Psalm-tune, n. Choral.
- Psalter, n. Book of Psalms.
- Pseudonyme, n. False name.
- Pshaw, interj. Poh, pugh, fiddle-stick, nonsense, fudge.
- Psora, n. [L.] (Med.) Scabies, the itch.
- Psychological, a. Metaphysical.
- Psychology, n. Metaphysics, pneumatology, science of mind.
- Public, a. 1. Of the whole, not private.
- 2. Open, notorious, generally known.
- 3. Common, general.
- Public, n. [Preceded by The.] Persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world.
- Publican, n. Tax-gatherer.
- Publication, n. 1. Promulgation, proclamation, divulgation.
- 2. Literary production (book, pamphlet, magazine, &c.).
- Public-house, n. Inn, tavern, house of entertainment.
- Publicity, n. Notoriety, currency.
- Publish, v. a. 1. Promulgate, proclaim, blaze, blazon, announce, declare, disclose, divulge, reveal, advertise, impart, communicate, broach, make known, spread abroad, blaze abroad.
- 2. Issue (as a book), emit, send forth, bring out.
- Puceron, n. Plant-louse, vine-fretter, aphis.
- Pucker, v. a. Corrugate, cockle, wrinkle, gather into wrinkles or folds.
- Pucker, n. 1. Fold, wrinkle.
- 2. [Vulgar.] Confusion, bother, perplexity, agitation, flurry, bustle, flutter, excitement, discomposure, fever, fret, tremor, perturbation, FUSS.
- Pudder, n. Bustle, tumult, turmoil, confusion, pother.
- Pudding-stone, n. Conglomerate.
- Puddle, n. Pool (of dirty water).
- Puerile, a. 1. Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.
- 2. Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.
- Puerility, n. 1. Boyishness, childishness, youthfulness, juvenility.
- 2. Folly, foolishness, nonsense.
- Puff, n. Whiff, sudden gust.
- Puff, v. n. 1. Blow in puffs.
- 2. Pant, breathe hard.
- Puff, v. a. 1. Blow.
- 2. Praise (extravagantly).
- Puff up, Inflate, swell, blow up.
- Puffed up, Conceited, proud, haughty, overweening, vainglorious.
- Puffer, n. (Ich.) Globe-fish.
- Puffin, n. Coulter-neb, Labrador auk (Alca arctica).
- Puffy, a. 1. Swelled, swollen, tumid.
- 2. Bombastic, inflated, extravagant, turgid, tumid, pompous.
- Pugh, interj. Pshaw, poh.
- Pugilism, n. Boxing, fisticuffs.
- Pugilist, n. Boxer, bully, prize-fighter.
- Pugnacious, a. Quarrelsome, fighting, contentious.
- Pugnacity, n. Quarrelsomeness.
- Pugnis et calcibus, [L.] With fists and heels, with all one's might, TOOTH AND NAIL, HAMMER AND TONGS.
- Puissance, n. Power, force, strength, might, potency.
- Puissant, a. Powerful, strong, mighty, forcible, potent.
- Puke, v. n. Vomit, spew.
- Puke, v. a. Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up.
- Pule, v. n. Whine, whimper, cry.
- Pull, v. a. 1. Draw, haul, tug, drag.
- 2. Pluck, gather.
- 3. Tear, rend, draw apart.
- Pull, v. n. Tug, give a pull.
- Pull in one's horns, [Colloquial.] Repress one's ardor, restrain one's pride, cease boasting, draw in one's horns.
- Pullulate, v. n. Germinate, bud, shoot, sprout, vegetate, push, grow, put forth, burst forth, shoot forth.
- Pullulation, n. Germination, budding, sprouting.
- Pull up, 1. [Active.] Draw up, haul up.
- 2. [Active.] Extirpate, eradicate, destroy, pluck up.
- 3. [Neuter.] Stop, halt.
- Pulmonary, a. Pulmonic.
- Pulmonic, n. Pulmonary.
- Pulp, n. Soft part, soft mass.
- Pulpit, n. Desk, sacred desk.
- Pulsate, v. n. Beat, throb.
- Pulsation, n. Beating, beat, throbbing, throb.
- Pulsatory, a. Throbbing.
- Pulse, n. 1. Beating or throbbing of an artery.
- 2. Legumes, fruit of leguminous plants.
- Pulverable, a. Crumbling, brittle, friable, crisp, pulverizable, easily crumbled.
- Pulverizable, a. Pulverable, that may be pulverized.
- Pulverize, v. a. Triturate, comminute, bruise, grind, bray, levigate, reduce to powder.
- Pulverulent, a. Dusty, powdery.
- Pun, n. Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.
- Pun, v. n. Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.
- Punch, v. a. 1. Perforate, bore, pierce.
- 2. Push, poke.
- Punch, n. 1. Borer.
- 2. Push, poke.
- 3. Horse (short and thick).
- 4. Buffoon (of a puppet-show), clown, harlequin, punchinello, merry-Andrew, zany, scaramouch, fool, antic, pickle-herring, jack-pudding.
- Pummel, n. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Knob, protuberant part.
- Pummel, v. a. [Written also and preferably Pommel.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, drub, bang, maul, thwack, WALLOP, LICK.
- Punchinello, n. Buffoon, PUNCH.
- Punctilio, n. Nicety (of behavior), nice point.
- Punctilious, a. Nice, exact, particular, precise, scrupulous, over-scrupulous, punctual.
- Punctual, a. 1. Nice, exact, PUNCTILIOUS.
- 2. Prompt, seasonable, timely.
- Punctuality, n. 1. Nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulous exactness.
- 2. Promptness.
- Punctuate, v. a. Point.
- Puncture, n. Small hole.
- Puncture, v. a. Prick, perforate.
- Pungency, n. 1. Acridness, acrimony, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness.
- 2. Keenness, pointedness, smartness.
- Pungent, a. 1. Stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, burning, hot, peppery, piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid, caustic.
- 2. Acute, keen, acrimonious, severe, distressing, poignant.
- Punic, a. 1. Of the Carthaginians.
- 2. Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, unworthy of trust.
- Punic faith, Treachery, perfidiousness.
- Punish, v. a. Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, discipline, correct, scourge, whip.
- Punishment, n. Chastisement, correction, discipline, penalty.
- Punitive, a. Penal.
- Punk, n. 1. Prostitute, STRUMPET.
- 2. Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.
- Punner, n. Punster.
- Punster, n. Punner, quibbler.
- Puny, a. 1. Weak, feeble, inferior.
- 2. Little, small, petty, diminutive, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.
- Pup, n. Puppy, whelp, young dog.
- Pupa, n. Chrysalis, aurelia.
- Pupil, n. 1. (Anat.) Apple of the eye.
- 2. Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, neophyte, CATECHUMEN, ELEVE.
- 3. (Law.) Ward.
- Pupilage, n. Nonage, minority, boyhood, girlhood.
- Puppy, n. Pup, whelp, young dog.
- Purblind, a. Dim-sighted, near-sighted, short-sighted, myopic.
- Purchase, v. a. 1. Buy, bargain for.
- 2. [Rare.] Obtain, acquire, procure, get, gain.
- Purchase, n. Bargain.
- Purchaser, n. Buyer.
- Pure, a. 1. Clean, clear, unsullied, unstained, undefiled, spotless, unspotted, fair, immaculate, untainted, untarnished, unpolluted, uncorrupted.
- 2. Innocent, guiltless, guileless, true, virtuous, upright, honest, incorrupt, holy.
- 3. Genuine, unadulterated, unmixed, real, perfect.
- 4. Modest, chaste.
- 5. Mere, absolute, sheer.
- 6. Classic, classical, Attic.
- Pureness, n. Purity.
- Purgative, a. Cathartic, abstergent, cleansing, purifying, evacuant.
- Purgative, n. Purge, physic, cathartic, purgative medicine.
- Purgatory, n. Limbo, hell, infernal regions, shades below.
- Purge, v. a. Cleanse, clear, purify, clarify, free from impurity.
- Purge, n. Purgative.
- Purging, n. (Med.) Diarrhœa, relax, flux.
- Purification, n. 1. Cleansing, purifying.
- 2. Defecation, clearing, clarification, depuration.
- Purify, v. a. 1. Clear, clean, cleanse, clarify, purge, free from impurity, make pure.
- 2. Defecate (as liquors).
- Purism, n. Nicety (in the use of words), fastidiousness, squeamishness, daintiness, euphuism, affected elegance, finical style.
- Puritanic, a. Strict, rigid, ascetic.
- Puritanical, a. Strict, rigid, ascetic.
- Purity, n. 1. Cleanness, clearness, immaculateness.
- 2. Innocence, virtue, guiltlessness, guilelessness, holiness, honesty, integrity.
- 3. Genuineness, excellence.
- 4. Modesty, chastity.
- Purl, v. n. Murmur, ripple, gurgle.
- Purlieus, n. pl. [Used generally in a bad sense.] Environs, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, outskirts, confines.
- Purloin, v. a. Steal, rob, pilfer, filch, BOB, CABBAGE.
- Purport, n. Design, meaning, signification, import, significance, drift, tenor, scope, sense, tendency, gist, intent, spirit.
- Purport, v. a. Intend, mean, signify, import.
- Purpose, n. Aim, intent, intention, design, object, end, drift, view, final cause.
- Purpose, v. a. Intend, design, mean, meditate, think of, have in mind, resolve upon, propose to one's self.
- Purpose, v. n. Intend, design, mean, have in mind.
- Purposely, ad. Intentionally, designedly, by design, on purpose.
- Pursuance, n. Pursuit, prosecution, following out.
- Pursuant to, Agreeable to, conformable to, according to, in pursuance of.
- Pursue, v. a. 1. Follow, chase, hunt, track, hound, go after, give chase to.
- 2. Continue, prosecute, conduct, keep up, carry on, persist in, engage in, follow up.
- 3. Seek, strive for, try to obtain.
- Pursuit, n. 1. Chase, race.
- 2. Pursuance, prosecution, following out.
- Pursuit of, 1. Chase after.
- 2. Prosecution of, search for, endeavor after.
- Pursy, a. 1. Fat, corpulent, fleshy, plump.
- 2. Short-breathed, short-winded.
- Purulence, n. 1. Suppuration, secretion of pus.
- 2. Pus, matter, purulent matter.
- Purulency, n. 1. Suppuration, secretion of pus.
- 2. Pus, matter, purulent matter.
- Purvey, v. n. Provide, cater, procure provisions, provide food.
- Purveyor, n. Provider, caterer.
- Purview, n. Limit, sphere, scope, extent.
- Pus, n. Purulence, matter, purulent matter.
- Push, v. a. 1. Thrust, impel (by pressure), hustle, jostle, elbow, crowd.
- 2. Urge, press forward.
- 3. Force, press, drive.
- 4. Importune, tease.
- Push, v. n. 1. Thrust, make a thrust.
- 2. Endeavor, strive, try, exert one's self.
- 3. Pullulate, bud, sprout, germinate, vegetate, grow, burst out, put forth, shoot forth.
- Push, n. 1. Thrust.
- 2. Trial, test, exigence, extremity, emergency, pinch.
- Pusillanimity, n. Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, effeminacy, faint-heartedness.
- Pusillanimous, a. Cowardly, timorous, recreant, effeminate, spiritless, weak, mean-spirited, faint-hearted, DOUGH-FACED.
- Pustule, n. Ulcer, fester, imposthume, gathering, pimple, blotch, blain, sore.
- Put, v. a. 1. Place, set, lay, deposit, commit.
- 2. Impose, enjoin, levy, inflict.
- 3. Propose, offer, state, present, bring forward.
- 4. Oblige, compel, force, constrain.
- 5. Incite, urge, entice, induce.
- Put a Flea in one's ear, Annoy by a cutting remark, sting by a sharp reply.
- Put about, (Naut.) Tack.
- Putative, a. Reputed, supposed, commonly esteemed.
- Put away, 1. Lay away, set aside.
- 2. Renounce, discard, reject, put off.
- 3. Divorce.
- Put by, 1. Lay by, lay aside.
- 2. Thrust aside, turn off.
- Put down, 1. Deposit, lay down.
- 2. Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy.
- 3. Degrade, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble.
- Put forth, [Active.] 1. Exert, bring into play, bring into action.
- 2. Extend, thrust out.
- 3. Emit, send out, throw out.
- 4. Publish, issue.
- Put forth, [Neuter.] 1. Leave port, put to sea.
- 2. Bud, shoot, germinate, pullulate, push, vegetate, grow.
- Put in, [Active.] Introduce, insert, interpose, bring in.
- Put in, [Neuter.] Make a harbor, enter a port.
- Put in for, Make a claim, offer one's self for, be a candidate for.
- Put in one's oar, [Colloquial.] Interfere, meddle, intermeddle, THRUST ONE'S NOSE IN.
- Put off, [Active.] 1. Discard, renounce, reject, cast aside, lay aside.
- 2. Defeat, frustrate, disappoint, turn aside, baffle.
- 3. Defer, delay, procrastinate, postpone.
- 4. Get rid of, dispose of.
- Put off, [Neuter.] Leave shore, put to sea, put forth.
- Put on, 1. Invest with.
- 2. Assume, take on.
- 3. Impose, inflict.
- 4. Impute to, charge upon.
- 5. (Law.) Rest upon, submit to.
- Put one's shoulder to the wheel, Render assistance, lend a hand.
- Put out, 1. Eject, expel, banish.
- 2. Extend, protrude, hold out, stretch forth.
- 3.
- 4. Extinguish.
- 5. Publish, issue.
- 6. Dislocate, luxate.
- 7. Confuse, disconcert, interrupt.
- 8. Offend, displease, anger, provoke.
- Put out of countenance, Shame, mortify, abash, PUT TO SHAME.
- Put over, 1. Place in command of, give authority over.
- 2. Defer, postpone, put off.
- Putter, v. n. [U. S.] Trifle, potter, busy one's self about trifles.
- Put to, 1. Unite, add to.
- 2. Expose, refer to, give over to.
- Put to death, Kill.
- Put to flight, Cause to flee, scatter in flight.
- Put to it, Distressed, perplexed, puzzled, embarrassed, staggered, posed, nonplussed, at one's wits' end, put to one's shifts.
- Put to rights, Adjust, regulate, set in order, set to rights.
- Put to sea, Set sail, put forth, put off.
- Put to shame, Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down.
- Put to the blush, Put to shame.
- Put up, 1. Store, pack away.
- 2. Expose, offer publicly.
- 3. Put away, lay away, set aside.
- Put up, Lodge, stay, STOP, take lodgings.
- Put up with, Endure (without complaint), bear, tolerate, suffer, POCKET, submit to, make the best of.
- Putrefy, v. a. Corrupt, rot, render putrid.
- Putrefy, v. n. Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.
- Putrescence, n. Rottenness.
- Putrid, a. Rotten, decayed, corrupt, putrefied, carious.
- Puzzle, v. a. Perplex, embarrass, bewilder, confound, stagger, pose, nonplus, confuse, mystify.
- Puzzle, n. 1. Riddle, enigma, mystery, poser, knotty point.
- 2. Perplexity, embarrassment, quandary, nonplus.
- Pygmean, a. Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, stunted, Liliputian, pygmy.
- Pygmy, n. Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.
- Pygmy, a. Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.
- Pyre, n. Funeral pile.
- Pyriform, a. Pear-shaped.
- Pyroligneous spirit, n. Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, PYROXYLIC SPIRIT.
- Pyrosis, n. (Med.) Water-brash, water-qualm.
- Pyrotechnic, a. Of fire-works.
- Pyrotechnical, a. Of fire-works.
- Pyrotechnics, n. Pyrotechny.
- Pyrotechnist, n. Manufacturer of fire-works.
- Pyrotechny, n. Pyrotechnics.
- Pyroxylic acid, n. Pyroxylic spirit.
- Pyroxylic spirit, n. Wood-spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroxylic acid, pyroligneous spirit.
- Pyroxyline, n. Gun-cotton.
- Pyrrhonism, n. Scepticism, unbelief, incredulity, universal doubt.
- Pyrrhonist, n. Sceptic, doubter.
- Pyx, n. Box (especially that in which the host is kept), tabernacle.
Q
- Quack, n. Charlatan, empiric, mountebank, impostor, pretender, HUMBUG.
- Quackery, n. Charlatanism, charlatanry, empiricism, humbug, mummery, imposition, pretension.
- Quadrangular, a. Four-cornered.
- Quadrate, n. Square.
- Quadrate with, Fit, suit, agree with, correspond with, tally with, coincide with, comport with, square with, fall in with, chime in with.
- Quadrilateral, a. Four-sided.
- Quadruped, n. Four-footed animal.
- Quadruple, a. Fourfold.
- Quære, v. n. [L. imperative.] Inquire, seek, question, see.
- Quaff, v. a. Drink (copiously).
- Quaggy, a. Boggy, marshy, swampy.
- Quagmire, n. Bog, fen, slough, morass, marsh, swamp.
- Quail, v. n. Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirits, be cast down.
- Quaint, a. Odd, strange, singular, whimsical, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique, curious, droll, fantastic, fanciful, far-fetched, out of the way.
- Quake, v. n. Shake, tremble, shudder, quiver.
- Quaker, n. Friend.
- Qualification, n. 1. Fitness, suitableness, capability, endowment, accomplishment.
- 2. Modification, limitation, restriction.
- 3. Abatement, diminution, mitigation, allowance, grains of allowance.
- Qualify, v. a. 1. Fit, adapt, capacitate, propose, empower, enable, make fit, make suitable, make capable.
- 2. Modify, limit, restrict, restrain.
- 3. Soften, abate, diminish, mitigate, ease, assuage, moderate, temper.
- Quality, n. 1. Property, attribute, nature, characteristic, peculiarity.
- 2. Disposition, humor, temper, mood, character.
- 3. Rank, condition, station, standing, status.
- 4. [With The prefixed.] Nobility, gentry, NOBLESSE, aristocracy, persons of rank.
- 5. Brand, chop.
- Qualm, n. 1. Throe, pang, agony, sudden attack.
- 2. Sickness (of the stomach), nausea.
- 3. Twinge (of conscience), scruple.
- Qualmish, a. Sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit, queasy.
- Quandary, n. Difficulty, perplexity, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty, embarrassment, nonplus, strait, dilemma.
- Quantity, n. 1. Amount, aggregate, sum.
- 2. Part, portion, share.
- 3. Length, duration.
- Quantum sufficit, [L.] Enough, as much as suffices.
- Quarrel, n. Brawl, feud, affray, fray, contention, altercation, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling out.
- Quarrel, v. n. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, BRAWL, dispute, spar, jangle, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation, be at variance, have a bone to pick, pick a quarrel.
- Quarrelling, n. Quarrel.
- Quarrelsome, a. Irascible, choleric, irritable, petulant, cross, contentious, disputatious, litigious.
- Quarry, n. 1. Stone-pit, stone-bed.
- 2. Prey (especially that of the hunting falcon), game, object of the chase.
- Quart, n. Two pints, fourth part of a gallon.
- Quarter, n. 1. Fourth part.
- 2. District, region, territory, locality, place.
- 3. Mercy (granted by a conqueror).
- Quarter, v. a. 1. Divide in four equal parts.
- 2. Divide, separate into parts or compartments.
- 3. Lodge, BILLET, furnish with quarters (as soldiers).
- Quarter, v. n. Lodge, abide, have lodgings.
- Quarters, n. pl. 1. Stations, posts, cantonments.
- 2. Lodging, dwelling, abode, habitation, headquarters.
- Quartz, n. Silex, silica, ROCK-CRYSTAL.
- Quash, v. a. 1. Crush, subdue, quell, repress, suppress, extinguish, put down.
- 2. (Law.) Annul, nullify, overthrow, cancel, make void.
- Quasi, [L.] Apparently, as if, as though, as it were, in a certain sense, to a certain extent, in a manner.
- Quaver, v. n. Tremble, shake, quiver.
- Quaver, n. (Mus.) 1. Shake.
- 2. Eighth-note, eighth of a semibreve, quarter of a minim, half of a crotchet.
- Quay, n. Wharf.
- Quean, n. Jade, hussy, base woman, sorry wench.
- Queasy, a. 1. Qualmish, sick (at the stomach), inclined to vomit.
- 2. Fastidious, squeamish, difficult, over-nice, over-delicate, hard to please.
- Queer, a. Odd, strange, singular, droll, whimsical, quaint, curious, fantastic, unusual, uncommon, extraordinary, unique.
- Quell, v. a. 1. Subdue, suppress, crush, reduce, overcome.
- 2. Repress, restrain, check, smother, curb, bridle, lay, rein in.
- 3. Quiet, calm, still, compose, lull, hush, tranquillize, pacify.
- 4. Moderate, assuage, mitigate, allay, appease, alleviate, mollify, soften, dull, soothe, blunt, deaden.
- Quench, v. a. 1. Extinguish, put out.
- 2. Destroy, still, stifle, repress, check, suppress, put an end to.
- 3. Allay, slake, cool.
- Querimonious, a. Querulous.
- Querist, n. Inquirer, interrogator, investigator.