peach,v.(Colloq.) tell on,betray.peacock,n.bird of Juno, Pavo.Associated word: pavonine.peak,n.apex,pinnacle,summit,crest,spire,point,top,crown, finial.peaked,a.pointed; (Cottoq.)sickly,thin,pale, emaciated.peal,v.resound,reverberate,echo,boom.peal,n.reverberation,resounding.peanut,n.groundnut, earthnut, goober.pear cider.perry.pearl,n.margarite;jewel,gem; baroquepearl; nacre (mother-of-pearl).pearl-producing,a.margaritiferous.pearly,a.nacreous, pearlaceous, pellucid,iridescent.pear-shaped,a.pyriform.peart,a.(Colloq.)lively,active,smart,brisk.peasant,n.rustic, swain,hind.pease,n. pl.legumes, pulse; hastings.Associated word: leguminous.pea-shaped,a.pisiform.peck at.carp at,nag,tease, importune,twit.peculation,n.embezzlement.peculator,n.embezzler.peculiar,a.individual, personal,particular;singular,eccentric,erratic,queer,odd, exceptional,unique,bizarre,grotesque,nondescript,unusual, unconventional.peculiarity,n.characteristic, trait,attribute, idiosyncrasy,eccentricity, oddness.peddle,v.hawk,vend.peddler,n.hawker,huckster, vender, chapman, cadger, packman, coster.peddler's pack.wallet.peddling,n.hucksterage, hawking.pedigree,n.lineage,ancestry,descent, extraction, genealogy.peek,v.peep.peel,n.rind,skin.--v.pare, decorticate.Antonym: pulp.peep,v.chirp, cheep, pule;peer,peek,pry.peer,n.equal,match,mate, compeer;nobleman,noble,lord.peerless,a.matchless, unrivalled, inimitable,incomparable,unsurpassed, superlative, nonpareil, transcendent,supreme, unequalled.peevish,a.petulant,querulous,captious,spleeny,fretful,impatient,cross.peg,n.pin, spilikin; pretext,support,reason; degree,step.pellmell,adv.disorderly, confusedly,helter-skelter.pelt,n.woolfell, fell.pelt,v.batter,beat,assail,pepper.pen,v.confine,coop, encage, corral.pen,n.coop,sty, cote, enclosure, hutch, paddock,pound, pinfold, corral, stockade.penalty,n.punishment,retribution; forfeiture,fine,mulct.pending,a.undecided,unsettled.--prep.during.penetrable,a.permeable,pervious.Antonym:impenetrable.penetrate,v.pierce,perforate;comprehend,understand; explore; interpenetrate.penetrating,a.piercing,subtile, penetrant,sharp; acute,discerning, penetrative.penetration,n.piercing,perforation; acuteness,discernment,sharpness; interpenetration.peninsula,n.chersonese.penis,n.Associated words: penial,foreskin, prepuce, glans, urethra, chordee,erection, orgasm,corpus spangiosum, priapism, phimosis, smegma, phallus, bougie.penitence,n.contrition,repentance,remorse,compunction.Antonym:impenitence.penitent,a.contrite, remorseful.Antonyms:impenitent, incontrite.penitentiary,n.prison.penman,n.calligrapher, calligraphist, chirographer, chirographist,writer.penmanship,n.writing, calligraphy, pencraft, chirography.pen name.pseudonym,nom de plume.penniless,a.impecunious, indigent,destitute. Seepoor.pennilessness,n.impecuniosity, indigence,poverty,destitution.penny,n.cent; groat, stiver; denarius.penny-a-liner,n.hack, hackwriter.pensive,a.meditative,dreamy,lackadaisical, introspective,thoughtful,sad,grave.Pentecost,n.Whitsunday, Whitsuntide.penthouse,n.lean-to.pent up.confined, restrained, restricted.penurious,a.miserly,stingy, niggardly, parsimonious,avaricious,grasping.penury,n.poverty, indigence.people,n.folks; inhabitants,population, citizens;populace,commonalty,rabble, canaille; relatives, relations,kindred; laity.people,v.populate, colonize.peopled,a.inhabited, populated.pepper,n.capsicum.peppery,a.pungent; irascible, hot-tempered,choleric.perceive,v.see,discern, observe;apprehend,comprehend,understand. Seesee.perception,n.cognizance,discernment;sensation,feeling.Antonym: imperception.perch,n.roost.perchance,adv.perhaps, peradventure,possibly,maybe.perchers,n. pl.Insessores.percolate,v.ooze,strain,filter, transude.percolation,n.filtration, straining, transuding.perdition,n.ruin,wreck,destruction;hell.perennial,a.perpetual,undying,imperishable.perfect,a.consummate,faultless,flawless,exquisite, inviolate, impeccable,infallible,correct,mature,ideal, irreproachable,blameless.Antonyms: Seeimperfect.perfect,v.consummate, elaborate, retouch,develop.perfection,n.faultlessness,consummation, impeccability.perfidious,a.Seeunfaithful.perfidy,n.treachery,faithlessness,disloyalty,unfaithfulness.perforate,v.bore through,pierce,penetrate,drill.perforation,n.piercing,penetration;hole,opening, pertusion, aperture.Antonyms: imperforation, imperforable.perforator,n.cephalotome.perform,v.accomplish,execute,do.performance,n.execution,achievement,accomplishment;trick,feat,exploit,stunt,deed,act.performer,n.acrobat, funambulist, equilibrist,tumbler, contortionist, aerosaltant,actor,player,impersonator.perfume,n.fragrance, aroma, redolence, sachet,incense, emanation,odor; attar, musk, patchouli, frankincense, civet, myrrh, pastil, pulvillio.Associated words: exhale, exhalation, cassolette, perfumer, perfumery.perhaps,adv.perchance, peradventure,possibly, haply.peril,n.Seedanger.perilous,a.dangerous,hazardous, imperiled,unsafe.Antonyms: Seesafe.period,n.interval.perishable,a.destructible, impermanent, mortal.Antonyms:imperishable,permanent.perjury,n.oath-breaking.Associated words: suborn subornation, suborner, perjurer, perjurous,forswear.perk,a.vain,trim,spruce,smart,jaunty.permanence,n.durability, imperishability,stability, permanency.permanent,a.stable, immutable, durable,imperishable,unchangeable,abiding, indestructible.Antonyms: impermanent, evanescent, ephemeral,transient.permeable,a.penetrable,pervious, pervadible.Antonym: impermeable.permission,n.consent,allowance,license,leave,permit, authorization,warrant.Antonyms:refusal,denial, embargo, injunction, veto, prohibition,resistance.permit,v.allow, consent to, suffer,tolerate,let,authorize,indulge,license, empower.Antonyms:refuse, disallow,prohibit,resist.permit,n.warrant,license,leave,permission.pernicious,a.deleterious,harmful,noisome, baleful,vicious.pernickety,a.(Colloq.)finical,particular,fastidious,fussy.perpendicular,a.upright,vertical.Antonyms: horizontal oblique.perpetual,a.Seeeverlasting.perplex,v.bewilder,puzzle,pose,confuse,mystify, distract, disconcert,entangle.perplexed,a.bewildered, confused, puzzled, disconcerted.perplexing,a.bewildering, confusing,carking,mystifying,puzzling.perplexity,n.bewilderment,distraction,confusion, disconcertion,doubt,uncertainty, predicament,dilemma,plight,quandary,difficulty,strait.persecute,v.harass,oppress,tyrannize,torment, dragoon, importune,annoy,hector, badger.persecution,n.oppression,molestation, importunity.perseverance,n.persistence,diligence,constancy, indefatigableness,assiduity,pertinacity.persevere,v.persist, continue.persevering,a.persistent,steadfast,untiring,indefatigable,pertinacious,unremitting, indomitable.Antonyms:inconstant,fickle,unsteadfast.persist,v.persevere.persistency,n.perseverance, doggedness,pertinacity,obstinacy, contumacy,insistence.persistent,a.contumacious,persevering,insistent,pertinacious,tenacious, importunate,constant.personality,n.individuality;reflection,stricture, animadversion,criticism.personally,adv.individually.personate,v.impersonate.personation,n.impersonation.perspiration,n.Seesweat.perspire,v.sweat.persuade,v.induce.persuasion,n.inducement,suasion,incitement;creed,belief.Antonyms:dissuasion,coercion,constraint.persuasive,a.persuasory.pert,a.sprightly,dapper,nimble;forward,bold,saucy, malapert.pertain,v.appertain.pertinacious,a.resolute, determined,stubborn.pertinacity,n.resoluteness, persistence, doggedness, stubbornness.pertinence,n.relevancy, applicability, propriety.Antonyms: impertinence, irrelevance.pertinent,a.relevant, apposite,applicable,proper.Antonyms:impertinent, irrelevant.perturb,v.disquiet,excite,disturb,agitate, discompose,distress.perturbation,n.excitement,agitation,discomposure,distress, disconcertion,worry.Antonyms:composure, imperturbation,calmness.perturbed,a.excited, distressed, worried, discomposed, agitated.perusal,n.reading.peruse,v.read.perverse,a.perverted, misdirected,erring, depraved, vitiated; intractable,obstinate,stubborn,contrary,headstrong,indocile.Antonyms: Seeobedient.perversion,n.debasement,vitiation,corruption,falsification.pervert,v.lead astray,corrupt,debase,vitiate;misuse,misapply,misinterpret,distort,falsify.pervious,a.permeable,penetrable.Antonym:impervious.pesky,a.(Colloq.)vexatious,troublesome.pessimistic,a.gloomy,foreboding,hopeless.pest,n.pestilence,plague,scourge;curse,nuisance,annoyance, infliction, bane.pester,v.plague, badger,harass, harry,tease,torment,hector,disturb,molest.pest house,n.lazaretto, lazar-house.pestiferous,a.infectious,contagious, pestilential;noxious,noisome.pestilence,n.plague,scourge, fatal epidemic.pestilent,a.pestiferous.pet,n.fondling, darling, favorite; cosset; tiff.pet,v.humor,coddle,fondle, cosset, caress,indulge.pet,a.favorite, petted, cade.peter out.(Slang)dwindle.petition,n.entreaty, supplication,prayer.petition,v.entreat, supplicate,pray.petitioner,n.suppliant,applicant, solicitor.petrifaction,n.lapidification, petrescence, lapidescence;fossil,stone.petrify,v.lapidify,fossilize.petticoat,n.underskirt; balmoral.petty,a.small,insignificant,trivial,trifling.petulant,a.Seecross.pew,n.slip.phantom,n.spectre,apparition,ghost.phantomlike,a.spectral,ghostly.pharmaceutist,n.apothecary,druggist.pharmacist,n.apothecary,druggist,pharmaceutist.phase,n.aspect,appearance.phase,v.(Colloq.) disconcert,disturb, discompose,affect.philistine,a.uncultured,commonplace.phiz,n.(Colloq.)face, visage,countenance, physiognomy.phlegm,n.mucus.phlegm,n.dullness, sluggishness, coldness,indifference.phlegmatic,a.unemotional,cold,dull,sluggish.phonograph,n.graphophone.photograph,n.heliograph.photography,n.heliography.phrase,n.idiom;diction, phraseology.phrenologist,n.craniologist.phrenology,n.craniology.physic,n.medicine;cathartic,purge, purgative.physic,v.purge.physical,a.material,bodily.physical structure.physique.physician,n.Seedoctor.piano,n.pianoforte.piazza,n.veranda,portico,stoop,porch.pick,v.pluck; pickout,select,choose,cull, glean.pick,n.pickax;choice; spike, pike; plectrum.picket,n.stake,pale, paling; sentry,guard,watchman,sentinel.pickle,n.brine; (Colloq.)dilemma, predicament,plight; marinade.
peach,v.(Colloq.) tell on,betray.
peacock,n.bird of Juno, Pavo.Associated word: pavonine.
peak,n.apex,pinnacle,summit,crest,spire,point,top,crown, finial.
peaked,a.pointed; (Cottoq.)sickly,thin,pale, emaciated.
peal,v.resound,reverberate,echo,boom.
peal,n.reverberation,resounding.
peanut,n.groundnut, earthnut, goober.
pear cider.perry.
pearl,n.margarite;jewel,gem; baroquepearl; nacre (mother-of-pearl).
pearl-producing,a.margaritiferous.
pearly,a.nacreous, pearlaceous, pellucid,iridescent.
pear-shaped,a.pyriform.
peart,a.(Colloq.)lively,active,smart,brisk.
peasant,n.rustic, swain,hind.
pease,n. pl.legumes, pulse; hastings.Associated word: leguminous.
pea-shaped,a.pisiform.
peck at.carp at,nag,tease, importune,twit.
peculation,n.embezzlement.
peculator,n.embezzler.
peculiar,a.individual, personal,particular;singular,eccentric,erratic,queer,odd, exceptional,unique,bizarre,grotesque,nondescript,unusual, unconventional.
peculiarity,n.characteristic, trait,attribute, idiosyncrasy,eccentricity, oddness.
peddle,v.hawk,vend.
peddler,n.hawker,huckster, vender, chapman, cadger, packman, coster.
peddler's pack.wallet.
peddling,n.hucksterage, hawking.
pedigree,n.lineage,ancestry,descent, extraction, genealogy.
peek,v.peep.
peel,n.rind,skin.--v.pare, decorticate.Antonym: pulp.
peep,v.chirp, cheep, pule;peer,peek,pry.
peer,n.equal,match,mate, compeer;nobleman,noble,lord.
peerless,a.matchless, unrivalled, inimitable,incomparable,unsurpassed, superlative, nonpareil, transcendent,supreme, unequalled.
peevish,a.petulant,querulous,captious,spleeny,fretful,impatient,cross.
peg,n.pin, spilikin; pretext,support,reason; degree,step.
pellmell,adv.disorderly, confusedly,helter-skelter.
pelt,n.woolfell, fell.
pelt,v.batter,beat,assail,pepper.
pen,v.confine,coop, encage, corral.
pen,n.coop,sty, cote, enclosure, hutch, paddock,pound, pinfold, corral, stockade.
penalty,n.punishment,retribution; forfeiture,fine,mulct.
pending,a.undecided,unsettled.--prep.during.
penetrable,a.permeable,pervious.Antonym:impenetrable.
penetrate,v.pierce,perforate;comprehend,understand; explore; interpenetrate.
penetrating,a.piercing,subtile, penetrant,sharp; acute,discerning, penetrative.
penetration,n.piercing,perforation; acuteness,discernment,sharpness; interpenetration.
peninsula,n.chersonese.
penis,n.Associated words: penial,foreskin, prepuce, glans, urethra, chordee,erection, orgasm,corpus spangiosum, priapism, phimosis, smegma, phallus, bougie.
penitence,n.contrition,repentance,remorse,compunction.Antonym:impenitence.
penitent,a.contrite, remorseful.Antonyms:impenitent, incontrite.
penitentiary,n.prison.
penman,n.calligrapher, calligraphist, chirographer, chirographist,writer.
penmanship,n.writing, calligraphy, pencraft, chirography.
pen name.pseudonym,nom de plume.
penniless,a.impecunious, indigent,destitute. Seepoor.
pennilessness,n.impecuniosity, indigence,poverty,destitution.
penny,n.cent; groat, stiver; denarius.
penny-a-liner,n.hack, hackwriter.
pensive,a.meditative,dreamy,lackadaisical, introspective,thoughtful,sad,grave.
Pentecost,n.Whitsunday, Whitsuntide.
penthouse,n.lean-to.
pent up.confined, restrained, restricted.
penurious,a.miserly,stingy, niggardly, parsimonious,avaricious,grasping.
penury,n.poverty, indigence.
people,n.folks; inhabitants,population, citizens;populace,commonalty,rabble, canaille; relatives, relations,kindred; laity.
people,v.populate, colonize.
peopled,a.inhabited, populated.
pepper,n.capsicum.
peppery,a.pungent; irascible, hot-tempered,choleric.
perceive,v.see,discern, observe;apprehend,comprehend,understand. Seesee.
perception,n.cognizance,discernment;sensation,feeling.Antonym: imperception.
perch,n.roost.
perchance,adv.perhaps, peradventure,possibly,maybe.
perchers,n. pl.Insessores.
percolate,v.ooze,strain,filter, transude.
percolation,n.filtration, straining, transuding.
perdition,n.ruin,wreck,destruction;hell.
perennial,a.perpetual,undying,imperishable.
perfect,a.consummate,faultless,flawless,exquisite, inviolate, impeccable,infallible,correct,mature,ideal, irreproachable,blameless.Antonyms: Seeimperfect.
perfect,v.consummate, elaborate, retouch,develop.
perfection,n.faultlessness,consummation, impeccability.
perfidious,a.Seeunfaithful.
perfidy,n.treachery,faithlessness,disloyalty,unfaithfulness.
perforate,v.bore through,pierce,penetrate,drill.
perforation,n.piercing,penetration;hole,opening, pertusion, aperture.Antonyms: imperforation, imperforable.
perforator,n.cephalotome.
perform,v.accomplish,execute,do.
performance,n.execution,achievement,accomplishment;trick,feat,exploit,stunt,deed,act.
performer,n.acrobat, funambulist, equilibrist,tumbler, contortionist, aerosaltant,actor,player,impersonator.
perfume,n.fragrance, aroma, redolence, sachet,incense, emanation,odor; attar, musk, patchouli, frankincense, civet, myrrh, pastil, pulvillio.Associated words: exhale, exhalation, cassolette, perfumer, perfumery.
perhaps,adv.perchance, peradventure,possibly, haply.
peril,n.Seedanger.
perilous,a.dangerous,hazardous, imperiled,unsafe.Antonyms: Seesafe.
period,n.interval.
perishable,a.destructible, impermanent, mortal.Antonyms:imperishable,permanent.
perjury,n.oath-breaking.Associated words: suborn subornation, suborner, perjurer, perjurous,forswear.
perk,a.vain,trim,spruce,smart,jaunty.
permanence,n.durability, imperishability,stability, permanency.
permanent,a.stable, immutable, durable,imperishable,unchangeable,abiding, indestructible.Antonyms: impermanent, evanescent, ephemeral,transient.
permeable,a.penetrable,pervious, pervadible.Antonym: impermeable.
permission,n.consent,allowance,license,leave,permit, authorization,warrant.Antonyms:refusal,denial, embargo, injunction, veto, prohibition,resistance.
permit,v.allow, consent to, suffer,tolerate,let,authorize,indulge,license, empower.Antonyms:refuse, disallow,prohibit,resist.
permit,n.warrant,license,leave,permission.
pernicious,a.deleterious,harmful,noisome, baleful,vicious.
pernickety,a.(Colloq.)finical,particular,fastidious,fussy.
perpendicular,a.upright,vertical.Antonyms: horizontal oblique.
perpetual,a.Seeeverlasting.
perplex,v.bewilder,puzzle,pose,confuse,mystify, distract, disconcert,entangle.
perplexed,a.bewildered, confused, puzzled, disconcerted.
perplexing,a.bewildering, confusing,carking,mystifying,puzzling.
perplexity,n.bewilderment,distraction,confusion, disconcertion,doubt,uncertainty, predicament,dilemma,plight,quandary,difficulty,strait.
persecute,v.harass,oppress,tyrannize,torment, dragoon, importune,annoy,hector, badger.
persecution,n.oppression,molestation, importunity.
perseverance,n.persistence,diligence,constancy, indefatigableness,assiduity,pertinacity.
persevere,v.persist, continue.
persevering,a.persistent,steadfast,untiring,indefatigable,pertinacious,unremitting, indomitable.Antonyms:inconstant,fickle,unsteadfast.
persist,v.persevere.
persistency,n.perseverance, doggedness,pertinacity,obstinacy, contumacy,insistence.
persistent,a.contumacious,persevering,insistent,pertinacious,tenacious, importunate,constant.
personality,n.individuality;reflection,stricture, animadversion,criticism.
personally,adv.individually.
personate,v.impersonate.
personation,n.impersonation.
perspiration,n.Seesweat.
perspire,v.sweat.
persuade,v.induce.
persuasion,n.inducement,suasion,incitement;creed,belief.Antonyms:dissuasion,coercion,constraint.
persuasive,a.persuasory.
pert,a.sprightly,dapper,nimble;forward,bold,saucy, malapert.
pertain,v.appertain.
pertinacious,a.resolute, determined,stubborn.
pertinacity,n.resoluteness, persistence, doggedness, stubbornness.
pertinence,n.relevancy, applicability, propriety.Antonyms: impertinence, irrelevance.
pertinent,a.relevant, apposite,applicable,proper.Antonyms:impertinent, irrelevant.
perturb,v.disquiet,excite,disturb,agitate, discompose,distress.
perturbation,n.excitement,agitation,discomposure,distress, disconcertion,worry.Antonyms:composure, imperturbation,calmness.
perturbed,a.excited, distressed, worried, discomposed, agitated.
perusal,n.reading.
peruse,v.read.
perverse,a.perverted, misdirected,erring, depraved, vitiated; intractable,obstinate,stubborn,contrary,headstrong,indocile.Antonyms: Seeobedient.
perversion,n.debasement,vitiation,corruption,falsification.
pervert,v.lead astray,corrupt,debase,vitiate;misuse,misapply,misinterpret,distort,falsify.
pervious,a.permeable,penetrable.Antonym:impervious.
pesky,a.(Colloq.)vexatious,troublesome.
pessimistic,a.gloomy,foreboding,hopeless.
pest,n.pestilence,plague,scourge;curse,nuisance,annoyance, infliction, bane.
pester,v.plague, badger,harass, harry,tease,torment,hector,disturb,molest.
pest house,n.lazaretto, lazar-house.
pestiferous,a.infectious,contagious, pestilential;noxious,noisome.
pestilence,n.plague,scourge, fatal epidemic.
pestilent,a.pestiferous.
pet,n.fondling, darling, favorite; cosset; tiff.
pet,v.humor,coddle,fondle, cosset, caress,indulge.
pet,a.favorite, petted, cade.
peter out.(Slang)dwindle.
petition,n.entreaty, supplication,prayer.
petition,v.entreat, supplicate,pray.
petitioner,n.suppliant,applicant, solicitor.
petrifaction,n.lapidification, petrescence, lapidescence;fossil,stone.
petrify,v.lapidify,fossilize.
petticoat,n.underskirt; balmoral.
petty,a.small,insignificant,trivial,trifling.
petulant,a.Seecross.
pew,n.slip.
phantom,n.spectre,apparition,ghost.
phantomlike,a.spectral,ghostly.
pharmaceutist,n.apothecary,druggist.
pharmacist,n.apothecary,druggist,pharmaceutist.
phase,n.aspect,appearance.
phase,v.(Colloq.) disconcert,disturb, discompose,affect.
philistine,a.uncultured,commonplace.
phiz,n.(Colloq.)face, visage,countenance, physiognomy.
phlegm,n.mucus.
phlegm,n.dullness, sluggishness, coldness,indifference.
phlegmatic,a.unemotional,cold,dull,sluggish.
phonograph,n.graphophone.
photograph,n.heliograph.
photography,n.heliography.
phrase,n.idiom;diction, phraseology.
phrenologist,n.craniologist.
phrenology,n.craniology.
physic,n.medicine;cathartic,purge, purgative.
physic,v.purge.
physical,a.material,bodily.
physical structure.physique.
physician,n.Seedoctor.
piano,n.pianoforte.
piazza,n.veranda,portico,stoop,porch.
pick,v.pluck; pickout,select,choose,cull, glean.
pick,n.pickax;choice; spike, pike; plectrum.
picket,n.stake,pale, paling; sentry,guard,watchman,sentinel.
pickle,n.brine; (Colloq.)dilemma, predicament,plight; marinade.