Part 17
=Pass.= Go, move, proceed, disappear, vanish, depart, take place, occur, elapse, spend, live, experience; transcend, exceed; send, transmit, deliver; utter, promise, pledge; finish.
ANT. _Hold up; abide, wait, halt, continue, endure._
=Passable.= Navigable, current, acceptable, tolerable, admissible, moderate, traversable, mediocre.
ANT. _Impassable, impenetrable, inadmissible, impervious; excellent._
=Passage.= Transit, conveyance, journey, way, road, path, hall, course, progress, process, vestibule, corridor.
=Passible.= Susceptible, sensitive, sensible, impressible.
ANT. _Impassible, insusceptible, unsensitive._
=Passion.= Feeling, emotion, susceptibility, sentiment, ardor, excitement, desire, anger, warmth, vehemence.
ANT. _Indifference, apathy, coldness, coolness, frigidity._
=Passive.= Quiescent, unopposing, enduring, submissive, patient, unresisting, inert, inactive, relaxed, negative.
ANT. _Resistant, positive, impatient, vehement, active, alert._
=Past.= Gone by, elapsed, ended, spent, departed, late, accomplished.
ANT. _Present; future._
=Pastime.= Entertainment, recreation, sport, play, amusement, diversion.
ANT. _Business, work, task, labor, occupation, study._
=Patent.= Open, expanded, evident, apparent, manifest, public.
ANT. _Ambiguous, questionable, dubious._
=Paternal.= Fatherly, tender, careful, hereditary.
ANT. _Careless, rough, harsh; acquired, conferred, won._
=Path.= Footway, track, pathway, route, course, road; method.
=Pathetic.= Affecting, emotional, moving, pitiful, tender, touching, melting, plaintive.
ANT. _Ludicrous, ridiculous, farcical, unaffecting._
=Pathless.= Untrodden, impenetrable, trackless.
ANT. _Trodden, frequented._
=Patience.= Composure, calmness, leniency, fortitude, sufferance, submission, endurance, forbearance, resignation, long-suffering.
ANT. _Anger, impatience, ire, passion, fury, frenzy, rage, temper, vexation, petulance, wrath, fretfulness, peevishness._
=Patient.= Resigned, passive, enduring, unrepining, calm, forbearing, long-suffering.
ANT. _Impatient, insubmissive, malcontent, vehement, resistant._
=Patrician.= Noble, aristocratic, high-born, well-born.
ANT. _Plebeian, churlish, ordinary, peasant._
=Patrimony.= Heritage, inheritance, estate.
=Pattern.= Archetype, exemplar, specimen, sample, design, mold.
ANT. _Caricature, misrepresentation, monstrosity, perversion._
=Paucity.= Scantiness, deficiency, fewness, lack, want, rarity.
ANT. _Fulness, number, frequency, abundance, quantity._
=Pause=, _n._ Stop, cessation, interruption, suspension, hesitation, suspense, doubt.
ANT. _Continuance, continuity, perseverance, progress, progression, advancement._
=Pause=, _v._ Stop, cease, intermit, wait, stay, tarry, demur, hesitate.
ANT. _Continue, proceed, persist, persevere, advance._
=Pay=, _n._ Earnings, stipend, salary, wages, allowance, retainer, remuneration, payment, compensation, hire, fee, requital, honorarium.
=Pay=, _v._ Recompense, requite, satisfy, compensate, discharge, remunerate, fulfil, expend, liquidate, disburse.
ANT. _Deprive, defraud, retain, exact, hoard, invest._
=Payment.= Pay, compensation, satisfaction, content, salary, reward, wages, recompense, requital, return.
=Peace.= Quiet, calm, repose, tranquillity, stillness, silence, harmony, amity, concord, reconciliation, order, pacification.
ANT. _Noise, disturbance, disorder, war, strife, discord, variance, tumult, agitation, hostility._
=Peaceable.= Peaceful, pacific, undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, mild, serene, still.
ANT. _Warlike, quarrelsome, hostile, savage, fierce, violent, restless._
=Peasant.= Countryman, rustic, swain, laborer, villager.
ANT. _Citizen, townsman._
=Peculiar.= Special, especial, individual, particular, appropriate, unusual, singular, strange, rare.
ANT. _General, universal, ordinary, public, common._
=Peculiarity.= Individuality, singularity, idiosyncrasy, distinctiveness, specialty, characteristic, particularity.
ANT. _Universality, generality, uniformity, homogeneity, community._
=Pedigree.= Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, birth, parentage.
ANT. _Ancestor, founder, origin; plebeianism; extinction._
=Peer.= Equal, match, mate, comrade, associate; nobleman.
ANT. _Superior; subordinate._
=Peerless.= Unmatched, matchless, unequaled, unique, superlative, paramount.
ANT. _Ordinary, mediocre, commonplace._
=Peevish.= Querulous, cross, testy, ill-tempered, captious, discontented, petulant, irritable, ill-natured, irascible.
ANT. _Good-natured, easy, genial, mild, complaisant, gentle._
=Penal.= Punitive, retributive, corrective.
ANT. _Preventive, reparatory; honorary, remunerary._
=Penalty.= Retribution, forfeiture, fine, punishment, amercement, mulct.
ANT. _Reward, wages, guerdon, prize, honorarium, remuneration, compensation._
=Pendent.= Pendulous, overhanging, hanging, suspended, depending.
ANT. _Supported, sustaining, propped._
=Penetrate.= Enter, pierce, comprehend, discern, understand, perforate, permeate, fathom.
ANT. _Glance off, be tangent to, find impermeable; misunderstand, mistake; float._
=Penetration.= Discernment, sagacity, acuteness, discrimination, sharpness, observation, insight.
ANT. _Obtuseness, shortsightedness; stupidity, shallowness, dulness._
=Penitence.= Repentance, contrition, remorse, sorrow, regret, compunction.
ANT. _Self-approval, gratulation; obduracy, hardheartedness._
=Penitent=, =Penitential=. Repentant, contrite, doing penance.
ANT. _Impenitent, obdurate, hardhearted._
=Pensive.= Thoughtful, sad, wistful, meditative, dreamy, sober; serious, mournful, melancholy, solemn, reflective.
ANT. _Joyous, glad, happy, gay, care-free, thoughtless, unreflecting._
=Penurious.= Covetous, parsimonious, stingy, avaricious, niggardly, sordid.
ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, generous, prodigal._
=Penury.= Want, privation, indigence, poverty, destitution, beggary, need.
ANT. _Wealth, abundance, affluence, luxury, competence._
=People.= Nation, race, population, state, tribe, community, commonwealth.
=Perceivable=, =Perceptible=. Discernible, distinguishable, cognizable, observable.
ANT. _Imperceptible, indistinguishable, insensible, inappreciable._
=Perceive.= Comprehend, apprehend, conceive, understand.
ANT. _Ignore, lose, miss, fail of, overlook, misconceive, misapprehend._
=Perception.= Discernment, apprehension, recognition, understanding, comprehension, feeling, sensation, sense.
ANT. _Conception, concept, imagination, idea, notion; misunderstanding._
=Percolate.= Filter, strain, exude, drain, ooze.
ANT. _Flow, rush, stream, run, disgorge._
=Percussion.= Shock, clash, collision, concussion, encounter.
ANT. _Recoil, rebound, reverberation._
=Perdition.= Loss, ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, demolition.
ANT. _Restoration, recovery, rescue, salvation._
=Peremptory.= Decisive, positive, absolute, final, authoritative, arbitrary, express, dogmatical, determined, resolute.
ANT. _Hortatory, mild, entreative, expostulatory, suggestive._
=Perennial.= Perpetual, unceasing, never failing, enduring, continual, constant, permanent, uninterrupted.
ANT. _Occasional, intermittent, periodic, uncertain; perishing, ephemeral, transient, fleeting._
=Perfect.= Finished, complete, entire, faultless, consummate, accurate, ideal, finished, absolute, completed, correct, immaculate, sinless, blameless, holy, undefiled, stainless, spotless, unblemished.
ANT. _Imperfect, bad, deficient, blemished, faulty, corrupt, poor, inferior, incomplete, perverted, worthless, spoiled, insufficient, meager, defective, short, scant, marred, defaced, corrupted, deformed, fallible, ruined._
=Perfection.= Excellence, completeness, faultlessness, maturity, wholeness, consummation, perfectness.
ANT. _Defect, imperfection, incompleteness, blemish._
=Perfectly.= Thoroughly, exquisitely, completely, faultlessly, entirely, fully, wholly, exactly, accurately.
ANT. _Imperfectly, faultily, partially, inaccurately._
=Perfidious.= False, treacherous, faithless, disloyal, dishonest, untrustworthy.
ANT. _True, loyal, stanch, upright, faithful, honest, trustworthy._
=Perform.= Complete, accomplish, execute, do, discharge, fulfil; represent, act, play, enact, consummate, achieve.
ANT. _Spoil, injure, harm, ruin, mar; fail of, misconduct._
=Performance.= Completion, consummation, execution, accomplishment, achievement, work, production, act, action, deed, exploit, feat.
ANT. _Failure, defeat, omission, abortion, undoing, nonperformance._
=Perfume.= Odor, redolence, balminess, fragrance, smell, aroma, scent.
ANT. _Stench, stink, fume._
=Perfunctory.= Mechanical, careless, listless, indifferent.
ANT. _Animated, spirited, assiduous, careful, ardent, zealous, interested._
=Perhaps.= By chance, peradventure, perchance, maybe, haply, possibly.
ANT. _Certainly, inevitably._
=Peril.= Hazard, risk, jeopardy, danger, venture, insecurity, liability.
ANT. _Safety, assurance, certainty, security._
=Period.= Time, cycle, age, epoch, limit, end, conclusion; era, duration, date, term, continuance, termination, conclusion, bound.
ANT. _Eternity, infinity, perpetuity, endlessness, everlasting._
=Periodical.= Recurring, regular, stated, recurrent, systematic, calculable, serial.
ANT. _Indeterminate, eccentric, fitful, spasmodic, irregular._
=Permanent.= Enduring, abiding, changeless, constant, durable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, invariable, fixed, unchanging, stable, lasting, persistent, perpetual.
ANT. _Transient, brief, fleeting, evanescent, passing, transitory, momentary, temporary, ephemeral._
=Permission.= Authority, allowance, consent, liberty, leave, license, permit, authorization.
ANT. _Hindrance, opposition, objection, denial, prevention, prohibition, refusal, resistance._
=Pernicious.= Mischievous, baneful, destructive, noisome, deleterious, harmful, hurtful, poisonous, noxious, pestilential, unhealthful, unwholesome, detrimental, deadly, evil, foul, injurious, insalubrious, pestiferous, perverting, ruinous.
ANT. _Helpful, invigorating, salutary, advantageous, good, favorable, life-giving, rejuvenating, useful, serviceable, beneficent, wholesome, beneficial, healthful._
=Perpetual.= Continual, endless, unceasing, unfailing, incessant, constant, eternal, everlasting, perennial, permanent, enduring.
ANT. _Periodic, transient, recurrent, temporary, occasional, casual, momentary._
=Perplex.= Entangle, involve, complicate, embarrass, puzzle, bewilder, confuse, distract, annoy, confound, trouble, worry, disturb, pester, bother, mystify.
ANT. _Enlighten, clear, explicate, simplify, elucidate, illumine, unfold, explain, manifest, calm, quiet, control, please, instruct, solve, illustrate, make intelligible, account for._
=Perplexity.= Confusion, bewilderment, disturbance, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, astonishment, amazement.
ANT. _Composure, calmness; discernment, insight._
=Perseverance.= Persistency, tenacity, steadfastness, steadiness, constancy, pertinacity, indefatigableness, resolution.
ANT. _Fitfulness, caprice, instability, variableness, irregularity; indecision, vacillation, wavering, irresoluteness._
=Perspicacity.= Acuteness, keenness, discernment, penetration, perspicaciousness, insight, sagacity, astuteness, distinctness, explicitness.
ANT. _Dulness, stupefaction, obtuseness, hebetude, stolidity, inobservance, insensibility._
=Perspicuity.= Plainness, lucidity, clearness, explicitness, intelligibility, transparency, perspicuousness.
ANT. _Obscurity, turbidness, unintelligibility, incomprehensibility, indefiniteness, doubtfulness, mysticism, confusion._
=Persuade.= Dispose, allure, entice, urge, move, influence, prevail upon, coax, bring over, incline, convince, lead, induce, incite, win over, impel.
ANT. _Deter, discourage, restrain, hinder, repel, dissuade, hold back._
=Pertinent.= Apposite, relevant, suitable, appropriate, proper, fit, adapted.
ANT. _Unrelated, unsuitable, impertinent, incongruous, alien, unconnected, discordant, inharmonious._
=Pertness.= Impertinence, boldness, forwardness, sauciness, flippancy, impudence, briskness, liveliness, smartness, sprightliness.
ANT. _Diffidence, humility, modesty, shyness, bashfulness, demureness._
=Perverse.= Obstinate, contrary, fractious, froward, intractable, petulant, wilful, wayward, ungovernable, stubborn, factious, untoward.
ANT. _Compliant, genial, accommodating, governable, kind, obliging, complaisant, amenable._
=Petition=, _n._ Prayer, supplication, entreaty; solicitation, application, suit, appeal, address.
ANT. _Protest, claim, expostulation, demand, injunction, dictation, exaction, dissension, dissent._
=Philanthropy.= Love, good will, charity, benevolence, humanity, public-spiritedness.
ANT. _Misanthropy, ill will, selfishness._
=Philosopher.= Student, theorist, speculator, teacher, master, savant, schoolman, doctor; adept.
ANT. _Learner, pupil, beginner; ignoramus, dunce._
=Philosophical.= Rational, wise, temperate, calm, cool, reasonable, sound, collected, composed, sedate, tranquil, Platonic.
ANT. _Popular, crude, loose, inaccurate, illogical, irrational, unsound, unscientific, thoughtless, hotheaded, impulsive._
=Physical.= Material, natural, corporal, sensible, visible, tangible, bodily, corporeal.
ANT. _Mental, spiritual, immaterial, unsubstantial, hyperphysical, intangible, moral, unreal, intellectual, invisible._
=Picturesque.= Graphic, vivid, artistic, beautiful, scenic, pictorial, graceful, comely, seemly.
ANT. _Unseemly, ugly, inartistic, ungraceful, tame, flat, insipid._
=Piety.= Sanctity, godliness, holiness, religion, reverence, devotion, grace.
ANT. _Impiety, sacrilege, sinfulness, ungodliness, hypocrisy, formalism, sanctimoniousness._
=Piquant.= Tart, sharp, pungent, stimulating, biting, racy, stinging, cutting, severe.
ANT. _Flat, tame, dull, insipid._
=Pique.= Resentment, umbrage, irritation, displeasure, grudge, offense.
ANT. _Delight, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction, contentment, approval, complacency._
=Piteous.= Sorrowful, mournful, affecting, doleful, lamentable, woful, rueful, sad, pitiable, pitiful.
ANT. _Joyous, glad, merry, happy, cheerful, comfortable, desirable, pleasant, agreeable, delectable._
=Pitiful.= Lamentable, mournful, base, contemptible, piteous, pathetic, pitiable, touching, sorrowful, woful, wretched, despicable, moving, paltry.
ANT. _Exalted, glorious, helpful, great, grand, sublime, superior, beneficent, commanding, august, dignified, noble, lofty, mighty, superb._
=Pity.= Sympathy, mercy, tenderness, condolence, compassion, commiseration.
ANT. _Cruelty, severity, mercilessness, sternness, hardness, rigor, inhumanity, brutality, barbarity, harshness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, hardheartedness, ferocity, truculence._
=Placid.= Pleased, contented, unruffled, undisturbed, peaceful, serene, tranquil, quiet, gentle, collected, calm, composed, passionless.
ANT. _Discontent, disturbed, distressed, anxious, distracted, perplexed, distrait; vehement, wild, passionate, impulsive, agitated, ruffled, excited, impassioned._
=Plain.= Artless, undisguised, sincere, frank, honest, ingenuous, candid, unembellished, simple, downright, blunt, distinct, apparent, manifest, open, clear, evident, visible, obvious, unmistakable, conspicuous, level, flat, smooth; easy, natural, homely, ugly; simple, frugal.
ANT. _Unnatural, pretended, affected, assumed, feigned, artificial, insincere, vain, pretentious, conceited; ornate, ornamented, decorated, embellished; involved, obscure, hidden, invisible, inconspicuous, uneven, undulating, rugged, broken, ambiguous, abrupt, obstructed, uncertain, enigmatical, abstruse; beautiful, sophisticated, artful._
=Plant=, _v._ Seed, set, sow, seed down, set out.
ANT. _Eradicate, uproot, extirpate, weed out, root up._
=Plausible.= Specious, seeming, pretending, fair-spoken, passable, pretentious, ostensible, apparent; colorable, feasible.
ANT. _Genuine, transparent, true, sterling, veritable, unmistakable, authentic, sincere, unaffected._
=Plead.= Advocate, ask, beg, urge, argue, solicit, entreat, implore, press.
ANT. _Grant, bestow, answer._
=Pleasant.= Kindly, obliging, attractive, pleasing, pleasurable, agreeable, kind, good-natured.
ANT. _Disagreeable, gloomy, glum, harsh, hateful, repulsive, unpleasant, repellent, offensive, unkind, forbidding, dreary, arrogant, austere, grim, ill-natured, ill-humored, repelling._
=Pleasure.= Satisfaction, comfort, solace, joy, gladness, delight, will, choice, purpose, command, kindness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, self-indulgence, voluptuousness.
ANT. _Suffering, affliction, pain, sorrow, sadness, distress, misery, compulsion, force, coercion; mourning, depression, dejection, melancholy, misfortune, poverty, want._
=Plenitude.= Fulness, abundance, completeness, plenty, repletion, plethora; luxury, affluence, exuberance, wealth, richness, profusion, amplitude, enough, supply, sufficiency.
ANT. _Want, need, scarcity, scantiness, dearth, insufficiency, restriction, poverty, partiality, stint, reserve, narrowness, penury, impecuniosity._
=Plentiful.= Bountiful, generous, large, abundant, adequate, copious, enough, full, profuse, rich, sufficient, complete, exuberant, plenteous, replete, teeming, affluent, ample, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, abounding.
ANT. _Deficient, drained, impoverished, scanty, insufficient, small, sparing, stingy, straitened, poor, scant, exhausted, inadequate, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, scarce, short, scrimped._
=Plot.= Intrigue, conspiracy, cabal, contrivance, scheme, stratagem, project, combination, machination; story.
ANT. _Blunder, botch; misarrangement, miscontrivance._
=Poet.= Bard, author of poems, singer, rimester, rimer, versifier.
=Poetical.= Metrical, rhythmical, lyric, rimed, versified; imaginative, fictitious, creative.
ANT. _Prosaic, unpoetical, unrimed, unversified, unrhythmic; commonplace, matter-of-fact, unimaginative, realistic; mathematical, historical._
=Poetry.= Meter, rime, numbers, poesy, song, verse, poem, metrical composition.
ANT. _Prose, prosaic speech, prosaic writing._
=Poignant.= Pricking, piercing, sharp, pungent; pointed, keen, satirical.
ANT. _Blunt, dull, obtuse, insipid, pointless, vapid, inexpressive._
=Poisonous.= Venomous, baneful, corrupting, noxious, pestilential, malignant, virulent, pestiferous, deleterious, mephitic.
ANT. _Salubrious, wholesome, healthful, beneficial, sanative, genial, remedial, hygienic._
=Polite.= Courteous, civil, courtly, obliging, gracious, polished, accomplished, complaisant, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred.
ANT. _Awkward, clownish, unmannerly, uncouth, boorish, blunt, impertinent, brusk, bluff, impolite, insolent, coarse, ill-bred, ill-behaved, rude, rustic, impudent, ill-mannered, untutored, uncivil, untaught, discourteous, unpolished, insulting._
=Politeness.= Courtesy, civility, gentility, refinement, courtliness, elegance, urbanity, good breeding, decorum, complaisance, affability.
ANT. _Rudeness, arrogance, incivility, churlishness, ungraciousness, insolence, sauciness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption._
=Poor.= Needy, indigent, destitute; lean, emaciated; feeble, dejected; shabby, mean; unfavorable, uncomfortable; barren; sterile; inadequate, insignificant, insufficient; meek.
ANT. _Rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent; splendid, costly, valuable, estimable; fruitful, abundant, luxuriant, productive, prolific; copious, abounding, ample, well-supplied, comfortable, favorable; adequate, sufficient; important, significant, arrogant, self-assertive._
=Popular.= Cheap, common, ordinary, inferior; familiar, plain, easy, comprehensible; favorite, liked, approved, accepted, accredited; current, prevalent, general, prevailing; pertaining to the people, vulgar, plebeian; mediocre.
ANT. _Unpopular, exclusive, aristocratic, snobbish; special, excellent, unique, superior, eminent; selfish, narrow, illiberal, uncharitable; sole, only, scientific, restricted, esoteric; odious, detested._
=Position.= Situation, station, assertion, place, posture, locality, site; attitude; state, condition, circumstances; principle, doctrine, proposition, dictum, affirmation, thesis; rank.
=Positive.= Real, actual, absolute, explicit, definite, confident, certain, dogmatic; defined, precise, clear; veritable, substantial, true; indisputable, incontrovertible; indubitable; decisive, unconditional, imperative, unequivocal, settled, assured, express.
ANT. _Negative, denying, indirect, disavowing, disclaiming, privative; relative; unreal, fictitious, imaginative, contingent, dependent, implied, conditional, dubious, unsubstantial, indefinite, equivocal._
=Possession.= Control, ownership, tenure, retention, management, occupation; (_pl._) property, estate, wealth, dominion.
ANT. _Dispossession, resignation, surrender, abandoning, renouncing._
=Potent.= Powerful, mighty, puissant, strong, able, efficient, efficacious, forcible, cogent, influential, effective, active, energetic.
ANT. _Impotent, powerless, weak, feeble, infirm; inefficient, incapable, incompetent, incapacitated._
=Potential.= Possible, implicit, undeveloped, virtual, immanent, inherent, intrinsic.
ANT. _Actual, explicit, real, objective, developed, express, determinate, positive, clear, definite._
=Poverty.= Distress, beggary, indigence, destitution, pauperism, penury, privation, want, need, mendicancy.
ANT. _Wealth, riches, affluence, luxury, comfort._
=Power.= Ability, competency, capacity, faculty, aptitude, dexterity, efficiency, might, talent, energy, skill, strength, readiness, capability, cleverness, expertness, efficacy, force, qualification, cogency, susceptibility.
ANT. _Feebleness, weakness, helplessness, impotence, incompetence, inability, inaptitude, dulness, awkwardness, imbecility, incapacity, inefficiency, unskilfulness, maladroitness, stupidity._
=Practice=, _n._ Usage, habit, custom; performance, application, system; manner, method, mode, experience.
ANT. _Theory, speculation, assumption, ideal, conjecture, abstraction._
=Practice=, _v._ Do, perform, exercise, carry out, execute; teach, train; habituate, try; apply, use; pursue.
ANT. _Abandon, misuse, disuse, neglect, disregard, slight, omit, pass over._
=Praise=, _n._ Applause, approval, cheering, compliment, acclaim, adulation, acclamation, approbation, cheers, plaudit, eulogy, encomium, flattery, laudation, panegyric, sycophancy.
ANT. _Abuse, blame, censure, contempt, reproach, ignominy, slander, scorn, obloquy, animadversion, condemnation, denunciation, disapprobation, disparagement, vituperation, reproof, disapproval, repudiation, hissing, vilification._
=Praise=, _v._ Laud, eulogize, celebrate, magnify, glorify; honor, commend; applaud, extol, compliment.
ANT. _Decry, blame, censure, reprove, disparage, depreciate, discredit, traduce, condemn._
=Pray.= Ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, supplicate, request, importune, bid, plead, call upon, conjure.
=Precarious.= Doubtful, dubious, hazardous, perilous, risky, insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, unstable, unassured.
ANT. _Firm, settled, stable, sure, certain, real, undoubted, unquestionable, actual, assured, immutable, incontestable, undeniable, infallible, strong, steady._
=Precaution.= Foresight, prudence, forethought, providence, wariness, care.
ANT. _Thoughtlessness, improvidence, carelessness, imprudence._
=Precedent=, _n._ Example, antecedent, case, instance, pattern, authority, warrant.
=Precept.= Commandment, law, injunction, mandate, rule, direction, principle, maxim; doctrine, dogma; order; instruction.
ANT. _Hint, suggestion, allusion, insinuation, prompting, impulse, instigation._
=Precise.= Accurate, exact, correct, definite, scrupulous, punctilious,
## particular, nice, formal; explicit, terse.
ANT. _Inaccurate, inexact, incorrect, heedless, careless, incautious, implicit, ambiguous, circumlocutory, loose, vague, informal, unceremonious._
=Predatory.= Plundering, pillaging, ravaging, rapacious, marauding.
ANT. _Protecting, guarding, watching, keeping, sheltering, shielding, saving._
=Predestination.= Fate, necessity, foreknowledge, foreordination.
ANT. _Choice, freedom, free will, independence, uncertainty, accident, chance, free agency._
=Prediction.= Prophecy, prognostication, foreboding, divination, augury, soothsaying, vaticination, foretelling, presage.
ANT. _Reminiscence, recollection, report; history, narration, account._
=Preface.= Introduction, proem, preamble, prologue, exordium, prelude.
ANT. _Sequel, postscript, appendix, peroration, epilogue, conclusion._
=Prefer.= Choose, elect, select, desire, pick out, fancy, single out, fix upon; elevate, advance, promote; offer, proffer, present, address.
ANT. _Reject, discard, decline, refuse, repudiate; degrade, depress; postpone, defer, withhold._
=Prejudice.= Bias, partiality, unfairness, preconception, prepossession, presumption.
ANT. _Certainty, evidence, proof, conviction, conclusion, demonstration, reason, reasoning._
=Preliminary.= Prior, introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, previous, precedent, antecedent.
ANT. _Subsequent, following, consequent, appended, succeeding._
=Premium.= Reward, remuneration, recompense, prize, bonus, bounty, guerdon, meed, bribe, douceur, enhancement, gratuity.
ANT. _Penalty, fine, mulct, amercement, forfeiture, depredation, decline, fall, loss._
=Preposterous.= Irrational, foolish, monstrous, absurd, perverted, extravagant, ridiculous, exorbitant.
ANT. _Reasonable, moderate, right, just, due, fair, judicious, mediocre, commonplace._
=Presence.= Person, personality, individuality, port, mien, appearance, nearness, immediacy; vicinity, neighborhood.
ANT. _Absence, distance, remoteness, separation; society, world; temperament, character._
=Preservation.= Security, safety, maintenance, conservation, integrity, protection, care, guardianship, watch and ward, soundness.
ANT. _Exposure, abandonment, impairment, peril, damage, injury._
=Presumption.= Assumption, arrogance, effrontery, audacity, assurance; presupposition, hypothesis, guess, conjecture, belief, opinion, judgment, understanding, concession, condition.
ANT. _Modesty, deference, diffidence, bashfulness, hesitation; proof, deduction, demonstration, verification, certainty, fact._
=Pretend.= Claim, represent, allege, simulate, feign, profess; counterfeit.
ANT. _Verify, substantiate, refute, detect, expose, unmask, test._
=Pretense.= Disguise, excuse, affectation, mask, show, pretension, semblance, wile, trick, subterfuge, simulation, ruse, assumption, pretext, seeming, dissimulation, air, cloak, color.
ANT. _Candor, sincerity, ingenuousness, frankness, honesty, truth, openness, reality, simplicity, guilelessness, fact, actuality._
=Prevalence.= Success, superiority, predominance, preponderance; influence, force, power, strength, efficacy; universality, extension, acceptation, custom, operation.
ANT. _Decay, desuetude, disappearance, evanescence, subordination, collapse, destruction, abolition, subsidence, subjection, diminution._
=Previous.= Antecedent, before, earlier, precedent, preliminary, introductory, prior, preceding, front, forward, former, foregoing, anterior.
ANT. _After, concluding, following, consequent, later, posterior, latter, succeeding, subsequent, hindmost, hinder, hind._
=Price.= Expense, outlay, worth, expenditure, value, charge, cost.
=Pride.= Arrogance, insolence, reserve, haughtiness, self-esteem, presumption, superciliousness, vanity, ostentation, conceit, self-respect, self-exaltation, disdain, vainglory, self-conceit, self-complacency.
ANT. _Humility, lowliness, modesty, self-distrust, meekness, self-abasement._
=Primary.= First, fundamental, primitive, original, preparatory; chief, principal, pristine; elementary, leading.
ANT. _Secondary, posterior, subsequent, later, following; unimportant, subordinate, inferior; supplemental, auxiliary._
=Prime=, _n._ Perfection, culmination, apex, zenith; dawn, opening, youth, spring, beginning; cream, flower.
ANT. _Wane, winter, evening; decadence, decay._
=Primeval.= Immemorial, original, old, primal, patriarchal, native, primitive, pristine, uncreated, ancient, aboriginal, autochthonic, indigenous, prime, primary, primordial.
ANT. _Foreign, fresh, late, modern, new, novel, recent, exotic, adventitious._
=Principal.= Highest, most important, chief, main; leading, foremost, preëminent, capital, essential; primary, first.
ANT. _Subordinate, inferior, secondary, auxiliary, supplemental, minor, dependent, subservient, ancillary._
=Principle.= Source, cause, origin; faculty, endowment; postulate, truth, maxim, axiom; rule, law; element; doctrine, dogma, opinion; ground, motive, reason; integrity, rectitude, uprightness, probity, virtue, worth, honor.
ANT. _Result, sequence, development, issue; application, action, operation, exercise, manifestation, exhibition; iniquity, immorality._
=Prize.= Trophy, honor, reward, premium, guerdon, palm, laurels; capture; gain, advantage; spoil, plunder, booty.
ANT. _Loss, failure, fine, forfeiture; brand, stigma, infamy._
=Probation.= Examination, trial, ordeal, test, assay, proof, experiment.
ANT. _License, irresponsibility, non-probation._
=Proclaim.= Publish, announce, declare, promulgate, herald, advertise, enunciate, utter, blaze abroad, report, make known.
ANT. _Silence, repress, suppress, conceal, secrete; retract, recall._
=Prodigal=, _a._ Extravagant, profuse, lavish, bountiful, wasteful, squandering.
ANT. _Economical, thrifty, saving, frugal; close, miserly, niggardly._
=Profession.= Avowal, declaration, claim; occupation, vocation, employment; law, theology, or medicine; assertion, acknowledgment; representation, pretense, protestation.
ANT. _Denial, concealment, suppression; retraction, recantation, disavowal; leisure, fad, hobby, avocation; trade, business._
=Proficient.= Expert, adept, skilful, skilled, competent, conversant, qualified, practiced, accomplished, finished, trained.
ANT. _Unskilled, inexpert, awkward, ignorant, backward, inconversant, incompetent, untrained, unpracticed, inept._
=Profit.= Gain, advantage, benefit, emolument, improvement, proceeds, utility, usefulness, returns, value, receipts, avail, expediency, good, service.
ANT. _Damage, destruction, harm, hurt, loss, injury, waste, ruin, detriment, disadvantage._
=Profitable.= Lucrative, beneficial, useful, advantageous, productive, desirable, gainful, remunerative.
ANT. _Useless, vain, fruitless, unproductive, unremunerative, unprofitable, undesirable, disadvantageous, detrimental, unbeneficial._
=Profound.= Deep, descending; thorough; fathomless, abysmal; mysterious, abstruse, occult, obscure, recondite; complete; penetrating, intimate, intense, philosophical.
ANT. _Superficial, shallow, commonplace, external, slight, apparent, obvious, incomplete; surface._
=Progress.= Advance, advancement, attainment, increase, improvement, proficiency, progression, growth, development.
ANT. _Delay, check, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage, falling off, relapse, decline, falling back._
=Prohibit.= Forbid, hinder, inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent, debar, disallow.
ANT. _Allow, empower, let, license, order, require, sanction, authorize, command, direct, enjoin, permit, warrant, suffer, tolerate, put up with, give permission, give consent, consent to._
=Prolific.= Fertile, fruitful, productive, generating, teeming, active.
ANT. _Barren, sterile, unproductive, unfruitful, effete._
=Prolix.= Long, diffuse, tiresome, prolonged, protracted; wordy, verbose, prosaic, rambling, discursive; tedious, wearisome.
ANT. _Condensed, terse, concise, brief, laconic, curt, epigrammatic._
=Prominent.= Projecting, manifest, protuberant, conspicuous; eminent, distinguished, famous, celebrated, important, main, principal, leading, characteristic.
ANT. _Receding, hollowed, concave, indented, engraved; insignificant, secondary, unimportant, minor, indistinguishable, indistinct, subordinate, inconspicuous, trivial, immaterial, unessential._
=Promote.= Encourage, forward, foster, push, advance, aid, assist, foment, excite, further, help, raise, urge forward, urge on, elevate, exalt.
ANT. _Abase, allay; hinder, prevent, foil, frustrate._
=Prompt.= Ready, quick, agile, alert, brisk, nimble, expeditious; willing, hasty, inclined, disposed, responsive, unhesitating.
ANT. _Dilatory, slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, inactive, sluggish, unready, unresponsive, procrastinating, behindhand, backward._
=Pronounce.= Deliver, speak, utter, articulate, enunciate; declare, affirm; propound, assert, express.
ANT. _Mispronounce, gabble, mumble; silence, suppress; deny, retract._
=Propagate.= Increase, diffuse, disseminate, promote; spread, extend, generate, promulgate, circulate.
ANT. _Strangle, stifle, extinguish, suppress, repress, check, hush up; contract, diminish, reduce; contradict, deny._
=Proper.= Own, individual, peculiar, particular; right, fit, decent; personal, constitutional, special, specific; suitable, appropriate, seemly, legitimate; decent, respectable.
ANT. _Common, universal, general; unfitting, inappropriate, unsuitable, unseemly, indecent, wrong, improper, unbecoming, unbefitting._
=Propitiation.= Expiation, satisfaction, atonement, reconciliation.
ANT. _Reprobation, retribution, vengeance, wrath, alienation, estrangement, curse, penalty, punishment, offense, condemnation, chastisement._
=Propitious.= Auspicious, kind, benign, gracious, friendly, benignant, clement, kindly, favorable, merciful.
ANT. _Adverse, antagonistic, hostile, repellent, unfriendly, unpropitious, unfavorable, ill-disposed, forbidding, inauspicious._
=Proportion.= Ratio, symmetry, relation, harmony, share, lot; equality, similarity; adjustment, distribution; arrangement, adaptation.
ANT. _Disproportion, disparity, disorder, incongruity, discrepancy, absurdity, contrariety._
=Proposal.= Bid, offer, overture, proposition.
ANT. _Acceptance, denial, refusal, rejection, repulse, disapproval._
=Proposition.= Proposal, statement, offer, declaration; overture, suggestion, proffer, tender; position, thesis, dictum, assertion, affirmation, doctrine.
ANT. _Withdrawal, recantation, abjuration, disavowal, revocation._
=Prosperity.= Thrift, weal, welfare, happiness, well-being, success, good fortune.
ANT. _Woe, misfortune, ill luck, failure, adversity, calamity, reverses, affliction, distress, disaster, misery._
=Protest=, _v._ Assert, aver, attest, testify; affirm, declare; asseverate, avow, profess; expostulate, remonstrate, repudiate, deprecate, denounce.
ANT. _Retract, withdraw, abjure, revoke; coincide, sanction, agree, endorse, subscribe, acquiesce._
=Protract.= Defer, continue, delay, extend, elongate, lengthen, procrastinate, postpone, prolong, draw out.
ANT. _Abbreviate, contract, conclude, hasten, hurry, reduce, shorten, abridge, curtail, limit._
=Proud.= Arrogant, haughty, presumptuous, lordly; worthy, admirable, grand, splendid, magnificent, ostentatious; lofty, supercilious, imperious, boastful, elated, imposing, vainglorious.
ANT. _Humble, unassuming, unobtrusive, meek, lowly, mild, submissive, unpretending, deferential, affable, unpresuming, mean._
=Proverb.= Axiom, byword, dictum, adage, aphorism, maxim, motto, precept, truism, saying, saw, apothegm.
=Provide.= Prepare, supply, afford, contribute, furnish; engage, bargain, agree; stipulate; procure.
ANT. _Neglect, withhold, refuse, mismanage, appropriate, overlook; divert, alienate, misuse; fail, disappoint._
=Provocation.= Vexation, incitement, stimulus, incentive; affront, insult, offense, indignity.
ANT. _Pacification, mitigation, assuagement; deference, compliment, homage, honor, respect._
=Prowess.= Heroism, valor, gallantry, bravery, courage, intrepidity.
ANT. _Fear, effeminacy, timidity, cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity._
=Prudence.= Discretion, frugality, forethought, judgment, judiciousness, providence, care, caution, foresight, wisdom, consideration, carefulness, circumspection.
ANT. _Folly, heedlessness, prodigality, recklessness, indiscretion, wastefulness, improvidence, imprudence, thoughtlessness, rashness._
=Prudent.= Cautious, considerate, judicious, provident; circumspect, sagacious, wise, discreet; frugal, economical, thrifty.
ANT. _Reckless, inconsiderate, improvident, wasteful, extravagant, lavish, prodigal; indiscreet, unwise; foolish, rash, imprudent, audacious._
=Public.= Common, general, popular, social, open; notorious.
ANT. _Private, individual, secret, domestic, secluded, close, personal._
=Punctilious.= Exact, particular, precise, careful, nice, scrupulous, conscientious; punctual, ceremonious.
ANT. _Careless, slovenly, unscrupulous; informal, unceremonious._
=Puny.= Small, feeble, inferior, petty; weak, diminutive, undeveloped, dwarfed, stunted, undersized, tiny.
ANT. _Large, great, robust, developed, fine, vigorous; colossal, gigantic._
=Pupil.= Learner, disciple, student, novice, ward, tyro.
ANT. _Teacher, master, proficient, scholar, adept; guardian._
=Purchase=, _v._ Buy, obtain, procure, secure, acquire, bargain for, barter for, get.
ANT. _Exchange, sell, barter, dispose of, put to sale._
=Pure.= Innocent, unsullied, spotless, unspotted, stainless, true, guiltless, incorrupt, clean, genuine, chaste, guileless, classic, classical, holy, immaculate, virtuous, real, sheer, mere, simple, unmixed, unpolluted, unadulterated, unmingled, undefiled, unblemished, uncorrupted, unstained, untainted, untarnished, upright, perfect.
ANT. _Impure, indecent, polluted, foul, tainted, unchaste, immodest, lewd, obscene, indelicate, defiled, dirty, filthy, gross, mixed, stained, sullied, unclean, tarnished, adulterated._
=Purpose=, _n._ Design, end, intention, aim, scope, meaning, object, plan, intention, purport, effect, project.
ANT. _Lot, chance, accident, haphazard, casualty, fate._
=Put.= Deposit, place, set, lay; cause, produce, propose, state; attach, attribute, assign; assume, suppose; entice, constrain.
ANT. _Remove, raise, withdraw, displace, transpose, transfer, change._
=Putrid.= Decayed, decomposed, rotten, stinking, putrefied, foul, offensive.
ANT. _Clean, sweet, wholesome, fragrant, pure, healthful, fresh._
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=Quaint.= Odd, antique; curious, fanciful, affected, whimsical; archaic, singular, unusual; antiquated, extraordinary, droll.
ANT. _Commonplace, usual, ordinary, common; fashionable, modish, modern._
=Quality.= Property, peculiarity, sort, disposition, temper; character, attribute, rank, part, position; characteristic; acquisition; nature, trait, mood, condition, station, capacity, tendency.
ANT. _Negation, heterogeneity, anomalousness, lack of distinction, nondescript, weakness, ineffectiveness, incapacity, disqualification._
=Quantity.= Greatness, measure, amount, bulk, extent, size, aggregate, length, duration, content, comprehensiveness.
ANT. _Scantiness, want, deficiency, margin, deterioration, diminution, waste, wear, loss._
=Queer.= Curious, bizarre, droll, comical, odd, peculiar, quaint, strange, uncommon, unusual, whimsical, singular, ridiculous, anomalous, fantastic, funny, erratic, extraordinary, ludicrous, grotesque, laughable, preposterous, unique, unmatched, eccentric, crotchety.
ANT. _Common, customary, normal, ordinary, usual, regular, familiar, natural._
=Querimonious=, =Querulous=. Lamenting, complaining, whining, bewailing, mourning, murmuring, discontented, dissatisfied, malcontent.
ANT. _Contented, easy, uncomplaining, satisfied, complacent, cheerful, genial, good-tempered._