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pickpocket,n.cutpurse,chevalier d'industrie(French).picture,v.delineate,sketch,draw,represent,depict.picture,n.drawing,painting,engraving, half-tone,photograph, print, miniature, daguerreotype, chromo, icon, chromotype, mezzotint, pastel, lithograph, lithotint, cartoon,sketch, etching, chromolithograph, pasticcio, tableau, portrait,illustration, cyclorama, silhouette, carte-de-visite, minette,caricature, vignette, draught, aquarelle, thermotype,tintype, ambrotype, cabinet, heliograph, chrysotype, photogravure, oleograph,cut,negative,study,likeness,scene,landscape,view, stereogram, stereograph, panorama, aristotype, heliotype, diorama, diaphanotype, decalcomania,mosaic, photoengraving, inconograph.piddle,v.trifle.piddling,a.trifling, inconsiderable,insignificant,piffling, inconsequential.piebald,a.spotted,dappled,pied, pintado, pinto,party-colored.piece,n.scrap, swatch, clout, chunk,slice, clipping, chip, hunk,hunch,fragment, fillet, shard;essay,article, composition; étude (Mus.).piece,v.patch,repair; augment.pied,a.mottled,spotted,piebald,dappled,party-colored.pieplant,n.rhubarb.pier,n.wharf,dock, jetty,buttress.pierce,v.transfix,stab, impale,gore;penetrate,bore,perforate,drill.pierced,a.perforated, penetrated.piercer,n.stiletto, eyeleteer, gimlet, awl,bodkin.piercing,a.penetrating,keen,sharp,thrilling,poignant.piercing,n.penetration,perforation, impalement, transfixion,boring.piety,n.sanctity, godliness,holiness.piffle,n.trifling.--v.trifle,piddle.piffling,a.trifling.pig,n.shoat,far; gilt (young female); whinock;hog,swine.Associated words: porcine, farrow,litter, barrow,boar,sow,pork.pigeon-house,n.dove-cote, columbary.piggery,n.pigpen,sty, pigsty.pigheaded,a.stubborn,perverse.pig pen,n.sty, pigsty,piggery.pigtail,n.queue.pile,n.heap,stack,accumulation.pile,v.heap,stack, accumulate.piles,n.hemorrhoids.pilfer,v.filch, purloin.pilfering,n.filching,theft, pilfery.pilgrim,n.wayfarer,traveler, sojourner, crusader.pilgrimage,n.journey, expedition, sojourn, crusade.pilgrim's staff.bourdon.pillage,n.devastation, plundering,rapine, spoliation;spoil,plunder,booty,loot.pillage,v.sack,plunder, despoil,devastate,foray.pillar,n.column,pier,shaft,post,obelisk, monolith;supporter, maintainer.pillow,n.cushion,bolster.pilot,n.steersman, helmsman; director,guide, conductor.pilot,v.guide,steer,direct.pimp,n.procurer, bawd,pander.--v.pander, bawd.pimple,n.eruption, papule, pustule.pin,n.peg,bolt, skewer, spilikin, spile,plug, linchpin.pinafore,n.apron, tier.pinch,n.twinge, tweak,twitch; exigency,strait.pinch,v.squeeze, compress, twinge, tweak, gripe,nip;cramp,straiten,oppress; skrimp.pinch,v.(Slang)arrest.pinchbeck,a.sham,spurious, brummagem.pinchers,n. pl.pincers, tweezers, pliers,nippers, forceps.pinching,a.griping, compressing,nipping, skrimping.pine,v.droop, languish,waste;yearn, long--n.deal.pining,a.languishing,fading, drooping.pinion,n.feather;wing.pink,v.scallop.pinnacle,n.peak,summit,top, apex,zenith; finial.pious,a.religious,devout, saintly,righteous,reverent.Antonym: impious.pip,n.seed; roup.pipe,n.tube, conduit, aqueduct.pipe,n.tobaccopipe, claypipe; nargile, nargileh; hubble-bubble; hookah; chibouque; dudeen.piped,a.tubular.pipe of peace.calumet.pipe-shaped,a.tubular.piping,a.peaceful,favorable;shrill, acute; sizzling,boiling,hissing.piquancy,n.pungency,sharpness, spiciness; raciness,liveliness.piquant,a.pungent,spicy;racy,lively.pique,n.displeasure,resentment,vexation,umbrage.pique,v.displease,offend.piracy,n.freebooting, sea-robbery.pirate,n.sea-robber, buccaneer, picaroon, corsair,freebooter, viking.pirate's flag.Jolly Roger.piratical,a.predatory.pismire,n.emmet.piss,n.urine.--v.urinate.pit,n.hollow,hole, excavation, cavity; abyss; parquet;quarry; endocarp,stone, putamen.pitapat,adv.in aflutter, flutteringly.pitch,n.slope, declivity,slant.pitch,n.bitumen, asphaltum.pitch,v.cast, hurl, toss,throw, fling, heave, chuck;plunge;decline,slope,slant.pitcher,n.jug, ewer,jar, toby, aiguière.pitcher-shaped,a.urceolate.pitch into.(Slang)attack,assault,assail.piteous,a.compassionate,merciful;mournful,plaintive,doleful.pitfall,n.snare,trap,pit.pith,n.marrow;gist,heart, essence, substance.pithy,a.sententious, laconic.pitiable,a.sad,piteous,lamentable, deplorable.pitiful,a.tender-hearted, compassionate,merciful,lenient,ruthful, clement;lamentable,piteous,sad,sorrowful;despicable,contemptible,abject,mean.pitiless,a.Seeunmerciful.pittance,n.dole.pity,n.compassion,mercy,ruth, commiseration, condolence,sympathy.pity,v.have pity for, condole with, commiserate.pitying,a.commiserative,sympathetic,tender,merciful.pivot pin.pintle.placable,a.appeasable,pacifiable.placard,n.broadside,poster,bill,affiché.place,a.position,site,situation, locality; rendezvous, tryst;duty,function,post,work,office; stead, lieu.place,v.deposit, locate, dispose, put,set,station,establish,attribute, impute,ascribe,assign; identify.place between.interpose.plague,n.pestilence.plague,v.hector,tantalize,tease, badger,pester,twit,nag,torment,harass, harry.plaguy,a.(Colloq.)troublesome,vexatious,annoying.plaid,a.checkered,crossbarred.plaid cloth of Scotland.tartan.plain,n.prairie,field, savanna, pampas, steppe, llano, champaign, campagna, heath, moor, camass, downs, tundra, veldt, peneplain.plain,a.evident,manifest, explicit,obvious,unmistakable, distinct,apparent, palpable,patent; unembellished,simple, austere,severe, ungarnished, unadorned, untrimmed;homely, uncomely;flat,level,even,smooth, plane;unaffected,simple,artless,outspoken,undesigning, ingenuous,unreserved,direct;frugal,homely; unvaried, unfigured; mere,absolute,unmistakable.Antonyms:ambiguous, equivocal, indistinct, indecipherable, elaborate,luxurious,cryptic,abstruse,ornate, enigmatic,vague, inexplicable,obscure,complex,intricate, embellished.plain,adv.plainly, distinctly, bluntly, candidly, explicitly.plain-dealing,n.honesty.plain song.Gregorianchant,canto fermo.plain-spoken,a.frank,candid,unreserved,outspoken.plaint,n.complaint,lamentation.plaintiff,n.complainant.plaintive,a.piteous,melancholy,sad,sorrowful,doleful.plait,n.braid,plat,gather,ruffle, gauffering, plication, fluting, kilting.plait,v.braid,plat, flute.plaited,a.pleated, kilted.plan,n.diagram, draught.plan,v.scheme, project,intend,devise,contrive,design,purpose.planetarium,n.orrery.plant,n.vegetable, herb;pl.flora (plants of a region).plant,v.sow;settle,establish.plant-eaters,n. pl.Herbivora.plant-eating,a.herbivorous, phytivorous, plantivorous, phytophagous.plant-eating,n.phytophagy.plant green.chlorophyll, fecula.plant louse.aphis, aphid, aphidian;pl.aphides, aphidæ.plastic,a.formative,creative; impressible, fictile.plat,v.braid,plait.plateau,n.table-land,mesa.platform,n.rostrum,stage, dais.platitude,n.banality.platitudinous,a.banal,trite,commonplace.platter,n.trencher.plaudit,n.applause, acclaim, acclamation.plausibility,n.speciousness.plausible,a.specious;glib,fluent,oily, smooth-tongued.Antonym: implausible.play,v.frolic,sport,gambol, disport,frisk,skip,caper, romp,revel;wanton,dally,toy, twiddle;impersonate,personate,act;perform,execute; strum, thrum; gamble;simulate,pretend,feign, dissemble.play,n.game,pastime,amusement,recreation,diversion,sport, disport, gambols,frolic,jest,merriment;action,use, employment,practice,exercise; comedy, drama, melodrama,farce,burlesque;dalliance, toying, twiddling;liberty,scope,swing.Associated words: dramaturgy, dramaturgist, dramatic, dramatize, dramatization,theater, rôle, repertoire.playday,n.holiday.player,n.idler,drone;actor, thespian, tragedian, comedian,imitator,impersonator, mime,mimic;performer, instrumentalist.playful,a.sportive,frolicsome,prankish,jocular,sprightly,wanton.play off.feign,simulate, dissemble.plaything,n.bauble,gimcrack,toy.play-writer,n.playwright, dramatist.plea,n.defense,excuse,apology,vindication,intercession,prayer, entreaty.plead,v.reason,argue; apologize;defend,advocate,intercede.pleader,n.intercessor,defender,advocate.pleasant,a.agreeable,genial,congenial,affable,amiable, enjoyable, good-humored, pleasurable.Antonyms:unpleasant,disagreeable,uncongenial,repellent, repelling, austere,unamiable, inaffable,dreary,dismal,offensive.pleasantry,n.badinage,banter,raillery, witticism,joke,jest,jocularity,drollery,waggery, jollity,humor.please,v.rejoice,gladden, delight,gratify,cheer, elate;satisfy,content;like,choose, prefer.pleasing,a.pleasant,delightful, gratifying, delectable,gracious,winning.pleasure,n.gratification,enjoyment,happiness, delectation, delight;amusement,recreation,diversion;will,choice, preference,desire; voluptuousness,sensuality.Antonym:displeasure.pleat,n.plait.pledge,n.gage,security, hostage,guarantee.pledge,v.pawn, impawn, hypothecate,plight.plenteous,a.plentiful.plentiful,a.abundant,bounteous,ample,galore,copious,full,sufficient,lavish, replete,unstinted, prolific.Antonyms:scarce,deficient,inadequate,insufficient,scant, niggardly.plenty,n.abundance,sufficiency, plenitude.Antonyms: Seescarcity.plethora,n.superabundance,superfluity,excess,repletion; hyperæmia.pliability,n.flexibility, suppleness, pliancy, limberness, ductility, malleability.Antonyms:inflexibility,rigidity. Seeinflexibility.pliable,a.flexible, pliant,supple,limber, lithesome, lithe, flexile, malleable;irresolute,yielding, facile,compliant.Antonyms: impliable,inflexible.plight,n.condition,state,dilemma, predicament,situation,scrape.plight,v.pawn,pledge;promise,betroth.plod,v.trudge,tramp.plodding,a.hardworking,diligent.plot,n.conspiracy,intrigue, machination, cabal, complot;plat; imbroglio (complicated plot).Associated word: marplot.

pickpocket,n.cutpurse,chevalier d'industrie(French).

picture,v.delineate,sketch,draw,represent,depict.

picture,n.drawing,painting,engraving, half-tone,photograph, print, miniature, daguerreotype, chromo, icon, chromotype, mezzotint, pastel, lithograph, lithotint, cartoon,sketch, etching, chromolithograph, pasticcio, tableau, portrait,illustration, cyclorama, silhouette, carte-de-visite, minette,caricature, vignette, draught, aquarelle, thermotype,tintype, ambrotype, cabinet, heliograph, chrysotype, photogravure, oleograph,cut,negative,study,likeness,scene,landscape,view, stereogram, stereograph, panorama, aristotype, heliotype, diorama, diaphanotype, decalcomania,mosaic, photoengraving, inconograph.

piddle,v.trifle.

piddling,a.trifling, inconsiderable,insignificant,piffling, inconsequential.

piebald,a.spotted,dappled,pied, pintado, pinto,party-colored.

piece,n.scrap, swatch, clout, chunk,slice, clipping, chip, hunk,hunch,fragment, fillet, shard;essay,article, composition; étude (Mus.).

piece,v.patch,repair; augment.

pied,a.mottled,spotted,piebald,dappled,party-colored.

pieplant,n.rhubarb.

pier,n.wharf,dock, jetty,buttress.

pierce,v.transfix,stab, impale,gore;penetrate,bore,perforate,drill.

pierced,a.perforated, penetrated.

piercer,n.stiletto, eyeleteer, gimlet, awl,bodkin.

piercing,a.penetrating,keen,sharp,thrilling,poignant.

piercing,n.penetration,perforation, impalement, transfixion,boring.

piety,n.sanctity, godliness,holiness.

piffle,n.trifling.--v.trifle,piddle.

piffling,a.trifling.

pig,n.shoat,far; gilt (young female); whinock;hog,swine.Associated words: porcine, farrow,litter, barrow,boar,sow,pork.

pigeon-house,n.dove-cote, columbary.

piggery,n.pigpen,sty, pigsty.

pigheaded,a.stubborn,perverse.

pig pen,n.sty, pigsty,piggery.

pigtail,n.queue.

pile,n.heap,stack,accumulation.

pile,v.heap,stack, accumulate.

piles,n.hemorrhoids.

pilfer,v.filch, purloin.

pilfering,n.filching,theft, pilfery.

pilgrim,n.wayfarer,traveler, sojourner, crusader.

pilgrimage,n.journey, expedition, sojourn, crusade.

pilgrim's staff.bourdon.

pillage,n.devastation, plundering,rapine, spoliation;spoil,plunder,booty,loot.

pillage,v.sack,plunder, despoil,devastate,foray.

pillar,n.column,pier,shaft,post,obelisk, monolith;supporter, maintainer.

pillow,n.cushion,bolster.

pilot,n.steersman, helmsman; director,guide, conductor.

pilot,v.guide,steer,direct.

pimp,n.procurer, bawd,pander.--v.pander, bawd.

pimple,n.eruption, papule, pustule.

pin,n.peg,bolt, skewer, spilikin, spile,plug, linchpin.

pinafore,n.apron, tier.

pinch,n.twinge, tweak,twitch; exigency,strait.

pinch,v.squeeze, compress, twinge, tweak, gripe,nip;cramp,straiten,oppress; skrimp.

pinch,v.(Slang)arrest.

pinchbeck,a.sham,spurious, brummagem.

pinchers,n. pl.pincers, tweezers, pliers,nippers, forceps.

pinching,a.griping, compressing,nipping, skrimping.

pine,v.droop, languish,waste;yearn, long--n.deal.

pining,a.languishing,fading, drooping.

pinion,n.feather;wing.

pink,v.scallop.

pinnacle,n.peak,summit,top, apex,zenith; finial.

pious,a.religious,devout, saintly,righteous,reverent.Antonym: impious.

pip,n.seed; roup.

pipe,n.tube, conduit, aqueduct.

pipe,n.tobaccopipe, claypipe; nargile, nargileh; hubble-bubble; hookah; chibouque; dudeen.

piped,a.tubular.

pipe of peace.calumet.

pipe-shaped,a.tubular.

piping,a.peaceful,favorable;shrill, acute; sizzling,boiling,hissing.

piquancy,n.pungency,sharpness, spiciness; raciness,liveliness.

piquant,a.pungent,spicy;racy,lively.

pique,n.displeasure,resentment,vexation,umbrage.

pique,v.displease,offend.

piracy,n.freebooting, sea-robbery.

pirate,n.sea-robber, buccaneer, picaroon, corsair,freebooter, viking.

pirate's flag.Jolly Roger.

piratical,a.predatory.

pismire,n.emmet.

piss,n.urine.--v.urinate.

pit,n.hollow,hole, excavation, cavity; abyss; parquet;quarry; endocarp,stone, putamen.

pitapat,adv.in aflutter, flutteringly.

pitch,n.slope, declivity,slant.

pitch,n.bitumen, asphaltum.

pitch,v.cast, hurl, toss,throw, fling, heave, chuck;plunge;decline,slope,slant.

pitcher,n.jug, ewer,jar, toby, aiguière.

pitcher-shaped,a.urceolate.

pitch into.(Slang)attack,assault,assail.

piteous,a.compassionate,merciful;mournful,plaintive,doleful.

pitfall,n.snare,trap,pit.

pith,n.marrow;gist,heart, essence, substance.

pithy,a.sententious, laconic.

pitiable,a.sad,piteous,lamentable, deplorable.

pitiful,a.tender-hearted, compassionate,merciful,lenient,ruthful, clement;lamentable,piteous,sad,sorrowful;despicable,contemptible,abject,mean.

pitiless,a.Seeunmerciful.

pittance,n.dole.

pity,n.compassion,mercy,ruth, commiseration, condolence,sympathy.

pity,v.have pity for, condole with, commiserate.

pitying,a.commiserative,sympathetic,tender,merciful.

pivot pin.pintle.

placable,a.appeasable,pacifiable.

placard,n.broadside,poster,bill,affiché.

place,a.position,site,situation, locality; rendezvous, tryst;duty,function,post,work,office; stead, lieu.

place,v.deposit, locate, dispose, put,set,station,establish,attribute, impute,ascribe,assign; identify.

place between.interpose.

plague,n.pestilence.

plague,v.hector,tantalize,tease, badger,pester,twit,nag,torment,harass, harry.

plaguy,a.(Colloq.)troublesome,vexatious,annoying.

plaid,a.checkered,crossbarred.

plaid cloth of Scotland.tartan.

plain,n.prairie,field, savanna, pampas, steppe, llano, champaign, campagna, heath, moor, camass, downs, tundra, veldt, peneplain.

plain,a.evident,manifest, explicit,obvious,unmistakable, distinct,apparent, palpable,patent; unembellished,simple, austere,severe, ungarnished, unadorned, untrimmed;homely, uncomely;flat,level,even,smooth, plane;unaffected,simple,artless,outspoken,undesigning, ingenuous,unreserved,direct;frugal,homely; unvaried, unfigured; mere,absolute,unmistakable.Antonyms:ambiguous, equivocal, indistinct, indecipherable, elaborate,luxurious,cryptic,abstruse,ornate, enigmatic,vague, inexplicable,obscure,complex,intricate, embellished.

plain,adv.plainly, distinctly, bluntly, candidly, explicitly.

plain-dealing,n.honesty.

plain song.Gregorianchant,canto fermo.

plain-spoken,a.frank,candid,unreserved,outspoken.

plaint,n.complaint,lamentation.

plaintiff,n.complainant.

plaintive,a.piteous,melancholy,sad,sorrowful,doleful.

plait,n.braid,plat,gather,ruffle, gauffering, plication, fluting, kilting.

plait,v.braid,plat, flute.

plaited,a.pleated, kilted.

plan,n.diagram, draught.

plan,v.scheme, project,intend,devise,contrive,design,purpose.

planetarium,n.orrery.

plant,n.vegetable, herb;pl.flora (plants of a region).

plant,v.sow;settle,establish.

plant-eaters,n. pl.Herbivora.

plant-eating,a.herbivorous, phytivorous, plantivorous, phytophagous.

plant-eating,n.phytophagy.

plant green.chlorophyll, fecula.

plant louse.aphis, aphid, aphidian;pl.aphides, aphidæ.

plastic,a.formative,creative; impressible, fictile.

plat,v.braid,plait.

plateau,n.table-land,mesa.

platform,n.rostrum,stage, dais.

platitude,n.banality.

platitudinous,a.banal,trite,commonplace.

platter,n.trencher.

plaudit,n.applause, acclaim, acclamation.

plausibility,n.speciousness.

plausible,a.specious;glib,fluent,oily, smooth-tongued.Antonym: implausible.

play,v.frolic,sport,gambol, disport,frisk,skip,caper, romp,revel;wanton,dally,toy, twiddle;impersonate,personate,act;perform,execute; strum, thrum; gamble;simulate,pretend,feign, dissemble.

play,n.game,pastime,amusement,recreation,diversion,sport, disport, gambols,frolic,jest,merriment;action,use, employment,practice,exercise; comedy, drama, melodrama,farce,burlesque;dalliance, toying, twiddling;liberty,scope,swing.Associated words: dramaturgy, dramaturgist, dramatic, dramatize, dramatization,theater, rôle, repertoire.

playday,n.holiday.

player,n.idler,drone;actor, thespian, tragedian, comedian,imitator,impersonator, mime,mimic;performer, instrumentalist.

playful,a.sportive,frolicsome,prankish,jocular,sprightly,wanton.

play off.feign,simulate, dissemble.

plaything,n.bauble,gimcrack,toy.

play-writer,n.playwright, dramatist.

plea,n.defense,excuse,apology,vindication,intercession,prayer, entreaty.

plead,v.reason,argue; apologize;defend,advocate,intercede.

pleader,n.intercessor,defender,advocate.

pleasant,a.agreeable,genial,congenial,affable,amiable, enjoyable, good-humored, pleasurable.Antonyms:unpleasant,disagreeable,uncongenial,repellent, repelling, austere,unamiable, inaffable,dreary,dismal,offensive.

pleasantry,n.badinage,banter,raillery, witticism,joke,jest,jocularity,drollery,waggery, jollity,humor.

please,v.rejoice,gladden, delight,gratify,cheer, elate;satisfy,content;like,choose, prefer.

pleasing,a.pleasant,delightful, gratifying, delectable,gracious,winning.

pleasure,n.gratification,enjoyment,happiness, delectation, delight;amusement,recreation,diversion;will,choice, preference,desire; voluptuousness,sensuality.Antonym:displeasure.

pleat,n.plait.

pledge,n.gage,security, hostage,guarantee.

pledge,v.pawn, impawn, hypothecate,plight.

plenteous,a.plentiful.

plentiful,a.abundant,bounteous,ample,galore,copious,full,sufficient,lavish, replete,unstinted, prolific.Antonyms:scarce,deficient,inadequate,insufficient,scant, niggardly.

plenty,n.abundance,sufficiency, plenitude.Antonyms: Seescarcity.

plethora,n.superabundance,superfluity,excess,repletion; hyperæmia.

pliability,n.flexibility, suppleness, pliancy, limberness, ductility, malleability.Antonyms:inflexibility,rigidity. Seeinflexibility.

pliable,a.flexible, pliant,supple,limber, lithesome, lithe, flexile, malleable;irresolute,yielding, facile,compliant.Antonyms: impliable,inflexible.

plight,n.condition,state,dilemma, predicament,situation,scrape.

plight,v.pawn,pledge;promise,betroth.

plod,v.trudge,tramp.

plodding,a.hardworking,diligent.

plot,n.conspiracy,intrigue, machination, cabal, complot;plat; imbroglio (complicated plot).Associated word: marplot.


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