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.