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plot,v.conspire,intrigue, cabal, complot, machinate,scheme.plotter,n.conspirator,intriguer, intrigant, machinator, caballer, intrigante (female).plowable,a.arable.Antonym: inarable.plowland,n.arable, carucate.plowman,n.plower, husbandman.pluck,v.pull,draw;pick,gather.pluck,n.courage,energy,spirit,stamina, pluckiness.plucky,a.courageous,spirited, indomitable,resolute,unflinching,game.plug,n.stopper, stopple,bung, tampoon, spile, tampion,spigot.plumb,a.perpendicular,upright,true.plume,v.preen, prink;pride,vaunt,boast,glory.plump,a.fleshy,bouncing, chubby,fat,portly,stout;blunt,unreserved,unqualified.plunder,n.booty,spoil,loot,pillage,robbery.plunder,v.pillage,loot,rob.plunderer,n.pillager,robber, spoiler,depredator,marauder.plunge,v.souse,immerse,submerge,dip,douse;dive,pitch.pocket,n.bag,sack,pouch, placket, sabretasche.pocket-book,n.purse,wallet,portemonnaie.pockmarked,a.pockpitted, pockfretten, pocky, pitted.pod,n.capsule, legume, burr, shale,boll.poem,n.sonnet, ballad,verse, distich, lyric, elegy, eclogue, idyl, madrigal, epic, ode, georgic, cid, rondeau, epilogue, epigram, elegiac,roundelay, dithyramb, dithyrambic, doggerel, rhapsody.poet,n.bard; laureate; versifier, rhymster,poetaster; troubadour, jongleur.poetaster,n.rhymster, verse-monger, versifier.poetical,a.metrical, rhythmic.poetry,n.verse,rhyme, poems, poesy, orthometry,versification, prosody, poetics.Antonym: prose.Associated word: anthology.poignant,a.pricking,piercing,pungent.point,n.prick,gad,goad; punctilio,nicety,subtlety; poignancy,sting; degree,step,stage; ferrule; zenith (highest point); nadir (lowest point); aiglet, tag; apex,tip.point,v.aim,level,direct;show,indicate, designate; punctuate; taper.point-blank,a.direct,plain,unqualified,unreserved.pointed,a.sharp, picked,peaked,tapering, conical.Antonyms: pointless,dull.pointer,n.indicator, index.pointing,n.sharpening; punctuation; designation,indication.poise,n.equipoise,balance,equilibrium.poise,v.balance, librate.poison,n.venom, virus, toxine, toxicant, irritant,taint, bane, ptomaine.Associated words: toxicology, toxicophobia, toxicomania, toxiferous, toxicologist,antidote, alexiteric, venenific, septiferous, envenom, infect.poisoning,n.toxication, venenation; autotoxication (self-poisoning); tainting,vitiation,infection.poisonous,a.toxic, toxical, venomous,noxious, baneful,virulent, malignant.Antonyms: nonpoisonous, antidotal.poisonousness,n.toxicity, venomousness, virulence, malignancy.poke,n.bag,sack,pocket;thrust,punch,jog,dig; dawdler,bore.poke,v.stir up,excite;punch,thrust;gore,hook; grope.poke fun at.(Colloq.)ridicule,deride.poker-painting,n.pyrography, xylopyrography.poky,a.(Colloq.)slow,dull,tiresome,tedious, prosaic.polar lights.aurora borealis (northern); aurora australis (southern);Pole,n.Polander, Polack.pole,n.shaft, thill (of a vehicle);rod,perch; bergstock, alpenstock; poy (rope-dancer's pole); 5 1/2 yards, 30 1/4 square yards; jalons; quant.polestar,n.north star, polarstar, Polaris, loadstar, Cynosure.polish,v.burnish,furbish.polish,n.gloss,luster,sheen, glaze, glazing; courtliness,refinement.polished,a.burnished, glistening,bright;courtly, elegantrefined.polite,a.courtly,civil,courteous,suave, urbane, deferentialdebonair, mannerly.Antonyms: Seeimpolite.politeness,n.courtliness,courtesy,civility,suavity, urbanity, deference,amenity,comity.politic,a.political;judicious,discreet,shrewd, astute; diplomatic, strategic,artful.politician,n.statesman, statist; demagogue (unprincipled and factious).polliwog,n.tadpole, purwiggy.poll tax.capitation.pollute,v.defile,contaminate,corrupt, infect,debase,vitiate,desecrate, befoul.pollution,n.defilement,contamination,corruption, infectiondebasement,vitiation.poltroon,n.coward,craven,dastard.pommel,v.beat,pound,maul, belabor,cudgel, thwack,club.pomp,n.pageantry,parade, pageant.pompous,a.stately,imposing,august; pretentious, grandiose Seebombastic.pond,n.lake (small); lagoon.ponder,v.meditate,reflect,ruminate,think,muse.ponderous,a.massive,heavy,cumbersome;dull, spiritless momentous,important.pooh-pooh,v.(Colloq.)deride.poor,a.indigent, impecunious,needy, poverty -stricken,straitened, necessitous,penniless, eleemosynary; emaciated,skinny,lean,spare,meager, bony,gaunt,thin,haggard,scrawny, angular,peaked,rawboned, pinched;inferior,mean,shabby,seedy,tacky,worthless;barren,sterile, effete infecund, inarable,exhausted, infertile;miserable,wretched,faulty, defective;despicable,contemptible,abject,sordid,sorry;unfavorable, inauspicious, unpropitious.poorhouse,n.almshouse, infirmary.pope,n.bishop of Rome, pontiff,Pontifex Maximus.Associated words: papal, papacy, paparchy, popish,see, popedom, popery, ablegate, nuncio,legate, Vatican, pontifical.poppinjay,n.dandy,coxcomb. Seefop.populace,n.commonalty, proletariat,rabble.popular,a.approved.popularity,n.favor,esteem, approbation,celebrity.population,n.inhabitants.porch,n.piazza,stoop,veranda, porte-cochère,portico.pork,n.Associated words: trichina, trichinosis.porous,a.permeable,penetrable,pervious, percolable.Antonyms: imporous,compact.porridge dish.porringer.port,n.harbor,haven; port-hole, embrasure; larboard;deportment,carriage,bearing,demeanor.portend,v.foretoken,bode,presage,foreshadow,augur.portentous,a.ominous, premonitory;monstrous, prodigious.porter,n.doorkeeper,concierge.portico,n.colonnade, arcade;porch.portion,n.part,section,piece;allotment,quota,share, contingent;inheritance; dowry.portly,a.dignified,imposing,stately,commanding;fleshy, obese, corpulent,stout.portray,v.delineate,depict,picture,draw,sketch,paint,describe.portrayal,n.delineation,description,account,recital,painting,depiction.pose,n.attitude, posture (assumed).--v.attitudinize;nonplus,bewilder,embarrass.position,n.situation,post;attitude,posture;situation,place,job;rank,standing,status;state,condition, circumstances.positive,a.definite,precise, unequivocal, explicit, catagorical,unmistakable;confident,certain,sure; veritable,actual,absolute;indisputable; peremptory,dogmatic.posse,n.(Colloq.)crowd, throng,multitude.possess,v.own; have,hold,occupy;seize,take,appropriate.possession,n.ownership, occupancy, tenure, fruition, retention,occupation.possessor,n.owner, proprietor;occupant, tenant,holder.possibility,n.potentiality, contingency.Antonym:impossibility.possible,a.potential,in posse, contingent, practicable.Antonym:impossible.possibly,adv.maybe,perhaps,perchance, peradventure, haply.post,n.column,pillar, pilaster;position,seat,station;office, employment,station; bollard, stanchion,pile, newel, puncheon.post,v.placard,announce;mail.posted,a.(Colloq.) informed.poster,n.placard, bulletin,bill.posterior,a.later, subsequent, ensuing,succeeding;hinder,rear.post-mortem,n.autopsy, necropsy.postpone,v.defer,delay,put off, procrastinate, adjourn, prorogue.postponement,n.deferring,delay, procrastination.posture,n.attitude.posy,n.flower, nosegay, boutonnière,bouquet.pot,n.kettle; chamber-pot, jorden, urinal; jardinière.potboy,n.menial,scullion.potent,a.powerful,forcible,cogent,effective,strong.pother,n.confusion,commotion,flutter,bustle,stir.potter,v.trifle,pother.potter's wheel.jigger,throw.pouch,n.bag,sack;paunch; marsupium.poultice,n.cataplasm.pound,v.beat; comminute,pulverize, bray, triturate;maul, belabor; impound.pound,n.pinfold; sixteen ounces (avoir.); twelve ounces (troy);sovereign, >.86.pounder,n.pestle.pour,v.decant.pouring,n.decantation.poverty,n.penury, indigence,need,destitution,privation, neediness, impecuniosity,pauperism;deficiency, paucity, infecundity,dearth,lack, meagerness,sterility,barrenness.Associated words: impoverish, impoverishment.powder,n.dust, pulverulence; cosmetic,rouge; pounce; efflorescence.powder,v.pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.powdery,a.friable,loose;dusty, pulverized, pulverulent,mealy.power,n.potency,might, cogency,efficacy,force; armipotence, omnipotence;influence,sway,command,domination,authority;faculty,endowment,gift.powerful,a.mighty,potent, drastic,efficacious,intense,strong, dynamic, puissant,effective, omnipotent, armipotent, stentorian,invincible,cogent,commanding.powerless,a.impotent. Seeweak.pox,n.syphilis.practicability,n.feasibility.practical,a.pragmatical.Antonyms: impractical,Utopian, chimerical.practice,n.custom,usage, habit;exercise,application,drill, rehearsal.practice,v.exercise,apply,do,train,drill, rehearse.praise,n.commendation, laudation, approbation, encomium,panegyric,eulogy,applause,laud, acclaim, éclat,plaudit, compliment, acclamation, puff,flattery;worship,homage, glorification; pæan.Antonyms:condemnation, dispraise, disapprobation,disparagement,denunciation, animadversion,stricture.praise,v.laud,extol,commend,eulogize, panegyrize, applaud;magnify, glorify.Antonyms:condemn, denounce,disparage, deprecate, criticize.praiser,n.eulogist, panegyrist, extoller, encomiast, lauder.praiseworthy,a.laudable,commendable.Antonyms: illaudable,unpraiseworthy, indign.prance,v.cavort.prank,n.trick,antic,frolic,caper.prankish,a.playful,frolicsome,sportive, mischievous, gamesome.prate,v.babble,gabble, clatter, chatter, prattle. Seetalk.prate,n.chatter,gabble,babble,twaddle.pray,v.invoke, supplicate, entreat,implore,beg,petition,intercede.pray against.deprecate.prayer,n.invocation, orison,collect,suffrage, supplication, obsecration; litany, rogation, rosary, euchologion, secreta; entreaty,intercession.preach,v.exhort.preacher,n.homilist, exhorter, predicant, pulpiteer;missionary, evangelist,revivalist.preaching,n.sermon, homily, exhortation.Associated words: homiletics, homiletic.precarious,a.uncertain,insecure, unassured, doubtfulpreceding,a.foregoing.precept,n.commandment,maxim,rule,adage, behest, injunction.precious,a.costly,expensive;valuable;dear, beloved, adored, idolized.precious stone.jewel,gem. Seestone.precise,a.exact;formal, punctilious,particular,prim, prudish.precision,n.exactness,accuracy; formalness, prudery.predatory,a.predaceous, plundering.predestination,n.foreordination, foreordainment.predict,v.prophesy,foretell, prognosticate,forebode,portend,augur,presage, vaticinate.prediction,n.prophecy,soothsaying, divination,augury, prognostication.predominant,a.dominant,overruling, ascendant,supreme.preface,n.prologue, prelude. Seeintroduction.prejudice,n.prejudgment,bias;harm, mischief, detriment.preposterous,a.absurd,ridiculous, irrational,inconsistent,foolish.

plot,v.conspire,intrigue, cabal, complot, machinate,scheme.

plotter,n.conspirator,intriguer, intrigant, machinator, caballer, intrigante (female).

plowable,a.arable.Antonym: inarable.

plowland,n.arable, carucate.

plowman,n.plower, husbandman.

pluck,v.pull,draw;pick,gather.

pluck,n.courage,energy,spirit,stamina, pluckiness.

plucky,a.courageous,spirited, indomitable,resolute,unflinching,game.

plug,n.stopper, stopple,bung, tampoon, spile, tampion,spigot.

plumb,a.perpendicular,upright,true.

plume,v.preen, prink;pride,vaunt,boast,glory.

plump,a.fleshy,bouncing, chubby,fat,portly,stout;blunt,unreserved,unqualified.

plunder,n.booty,spoil,loot,pillage,robbery.

plunder,v.pillage,loot,rob.

plunderer,n.pillager,robber, spoiler,depredator,marauder.

plunge,v.souse,immerse,submerge,dip,douse;dive,pitch.

pocket,n.bag,sack,pouch, placket, sabretasche.

pocket-book,n.purse,wallet,portemonnaie.

pockmarked,a.pockpitted, pockfretten, pocky, pitted.

pod,n.capsule, legume, burr, shale,boll.

poem,n.sonnet, ballad,verse, distich, lyric, elegy, eclogue, idyl, madrigal, epic, ode, georgic, cid, rondeau, epilogue, epigram, elegiac,roundelay, dithyramb, dithyrambic, doggerel, rhapsody.

poet,n.bard; laureate; versifier, rhymster,poetaster; troubadour, jongleur.

poetaster,n.rhymster, verse-monger, versifier.

poetical,a.metrical, rhythmic.

poetry,n.verse,rhyme, poems, poesy, orthometry,versification, prosody, poetics.Antonym: prose.Associated word: anthology.

poignant,a.pricking,piercing,pungent.

point,n.prick,gad,goad; punctilio,nicety,subtlety; poignancy,sting; degree,step,stage; ferrule; zenith (highest point); nadir (lowest point); aiglet, tag; apex,tip.

point,v.aim,level,direct;show,indicate, designate; punctuate; taper.

point-blank,a.direct,plain,unqualified,unreserved.

pointed,a.sharp, picked,peaked,tapering, conical.Antonyms: pointless,dull.

pointer,n.indicator, index.

pointing,n.sharpening; punctuation; designation,indication.

poise,n.equipoise,balance,equilibrium.

poise,v.balance, librate.

poison,n.venom, virus, toxine, toxicant, irritant,taint, bane, ptomaine.Associated words: toxicology, toxicophobia, toxicomania, toxiferous, toxicologist,antidote, alexiteric, venenific, septiferous, envenom, infect.

poisoning,n.toxication, venenation; autotoxication (self-poisoning); tainting,vitiation,infection.

poisonous,a.toxic, toxical, venomous,noxious, baneful,virulent, malignant.Antonyms: nonpoisonous, antidotal.

poisonousness,n.toxicity, venomousness, virulence, malignancy.

poke,n.bag,sack,pocket;thrust,punch,jog,dig; dawdler,bore.

poke,v.stir up,excite;punch,thrust;gore,hook; grope.

poke fun at.(Colloq.)ridicule,deride.

poker-painting,n.pyrography, xylopyrography.

poky,a.(Colloq.)slow,dull,tiresome,tedious, prosaic.

polar lights.aurora borealis (northern); aurora australis (southern);

Pole,n.Polander, Polack.

pole,n.shaft, thill (of a vehicle);rod,perch; bergstock, alpenstock; poy (rope-dancer's pole); 5 1/2 yards, 30 1/4 square yards; jalons; quant.

polestar,n.north star, polarstar, Polaris, loadstar, Cynosure.

polish,v.burnish,furbish.

polish,n.gloss,luster,sheen, glaze, glazing; courtliness,refinement.

polished,a.burnished, glistening,bright;courtly, elegantrefined.

polite,a.courtly,civil,courteous,suave, urbane, deferentialdebonair, mannerly.Antonyms: Seeimpolite.

politeness,n.courtliness,courtesy,civility,suavity, urbanity, deference,amenity,comity.

politic,a.political;judicious,discreet,shrewd, astute; diplomatic, strategic,artful.

politician,n.statesman, statist; demagogue (unprincipled and factious).

polliwog,n.tadpole, purwiggy.

poll tax.capitation.

pollute,v.defile,contaminate,corrupt, infect,debase,vitiate,desecrate, befoul.

pollution,n.defilement,contamination,corruption, infectiondebasement,vitiation.

poltroon,n.coward,craven,dastard.

pommel,v.beat,pound,maul, belabor,cudgel, thwack,club.

pomp,n.pageantry,parade, pageant.

pompous,a.stately,imposing,august; pretentious, grandiose Seebombastic.

pond,n.lake (small); lagoon.

ponder,v.meditate,reflect,ruminate,think,muse.

ponderous,a.massive,heavy,cumbersome;dull, spiritless momentous,important.

pooh-pooh,v.(Colloq.)deride.

poor,a.indigent, impecunious,needy, poverty -stricken,straitened, necessitous,penniless, eleemosynary; emaciated,skinny,lean,spare,meager, bony,gaunt,thin,haggard,scrawny, angular,peaked,rawboned, pinched;inferior,mean,shabby,seedy,tacky,worthless;barren,sterile, effete infecund, inarable,exhausted, infertile;miserable,wretched,faulty, defective;despicable,contemptible,abject,sordid,sorry;unfavorable, inauspicious, unpropitious.

poorhouse,n.almshouse, infirmary.

pope,n.bishop of Rome, pontiff,Pontifex Maximus.Associated words: papal, papacy, paparchy, popish,see, popedom, popery, ablegate, nuncio,legate, Vatican, pontifical.

poppinjay,n.dandy,coxcomb. Seefop.

populace,n.commonalty, proletariat,rabble.

popular,a.approved.

popularity,n.favor,esteem, approbation,celebrity.

population,n.inhabitants.

porch,n.piazza,stoop,veranda, porte-cochère,portico.

pork,n.Associated words: trichina, trichinosis.

porous,a.permeable,penetrable,pervious, percolable.Antonyms: imporous,compact.

porridge dish.porringer.

port,n.harbor,haven; port-hole, embrasure; larboard;deportment,carriage,bearing,demeanor.

portend,v.foretoken,bode,presage,foreshadow,augur.

portentous,a.ominous, premonitory;monstrous, prodigious.

porter,n.doorkeeper,concierge.

portico,n.colonnade, arcade;porch.

portion,n.part,section,piece;allotment,quota,share, contingent;inheritance; dowry.

portly,a.dignified,imposing,stately,commanding;fleshy, obese, corpulent,stout.

portray,v.delineate,depict,picture,draw,sketch,paint,describe.

portrayal,n.delineation,description,account,recital,painting,depiction.

pose,n.attitude, posture (assumed).--v.attitudinize;nonplus,bewilder,embarrass.

position,n.situation,post;attitude,posture;situation,place,job;rank,standing,status;state,condition, circumstances.

positive,a.definite,precise, unequivocal, explicit, catagorical,unmistakable;confident,certain,sure; veritable,actual,absolute;indisputable; peremptory,dogmatic.

posse,n.(Colloq.)crowd, throng,multitude.

possess,v.own; have,hold,occupy;seize,take,appropriate.

possession,n.ownership, occupancy, tenure, fruition, retention,occupation.

possessor,n.owner, proprietor;occupant, tenant,holder.

possibility,n.potentiality, contingency.Antonym:impossibility.

possible,a.potential,in posse, contingent, practicable.Antonym:impossible.

possibly,adv.maybe,perhaps,perchance, peradventure, haply.

post,n.column,pillar, pilaster;position,seat,station;office, employment,station; bollard, stanchion,pile, newel, puncheon.

post,v.placard,announce;mail.

posted,a.(Colloq.) informed.

poster,n.placard, bulletin,bill.

posterior,a.later, subsequent, ensuing,succeeding;hinder,rear.

post-mortem,n.autopsy, necropsy.

postpone,v.defer,delay,put off, procrastinate, adjourn, prorogue.

postponement,n.deferring,delay, procrastination.

posture,n.attitude.

posy,n.flower, nosegay, boutonnière,bouquet.

pot,n.kettle; chamber-pot, jorden, urinal; jardinière.

potboy,n.menial,scullion.

potent,a.powerful,forcible,cogent,effective,strong.

pother,n.confusion,commotion,flutter,bustle,stir.

potter,v.trifle,pother.

potter's wheel.jigger,throw.

pouch,n.bag,sack;paunch; marsupium.

poultice,n.cataplasm.

pound,v.beat; comminute,pulverize, bray, triturate;maul, belabor; impound.

pound,n.pinfold; sixteen ounces (avoir.); twelve ounces (troy);sovereign, >.86.

pounder,n.pestle.

pour,v.decant.

pouring,n.decantation.

poverty,n.penury, indigence,need,destitution,privation, neediness, impecuniosity,pauperism;deficiency, paucity, infecundity,dearth,lack, meagerness,sterility,barrenness.Associated words: impoverish, impoverishment.

powder,n.dust, pulverulence; cosmetic,rouge; pounce; efflorescence.

powder,v.pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate.

powdery,a.friable,loose;dusty, pulverized, pulverulent,mealy.

power,n.potency,might, cogency,efficacy,force; armipotence, omnipotence;influence,sway,command,domination,authority;faculty,endowment,gift.

powerful,a.mighty,potent, drastic,efficacious,intense,strong, dynamic, puissant,effective, omnipotent, armipotent, stentorian,invincible,cogent,commanding.

powerless,a.impotent. Seeweak.

pox,n.syphilis.

practicability,n.feasibility.

practical,a.pragmatical.Antonyms: impractical,Utopian, chimerical.

practice,n.custom,usage, habit;exercise,application,drill, rehearsal.

practice,v.exercise,apply,do,train,drill, rehearse.

praise,n.commendation, laudation, approbation, encomium,panegyric,eulogy,applause,laud, acclaim, éclat,plaudit, compliment, acclamation, puff,flattery;worship,homage, glorification; pæan.Antonyms:condemnation, dispraise, disapprobation,disparagement,denunciation, animadversion,stricture.

praise,v.laud,extol,commend,eulogize, panegyrize, applaud;magnify, glorify.Antonyms:condemn, denounce,disparage, deprecate, criticize.

praiser,n.eulogist, panegyrist, extoller, encomiast, lauder.

praiseworthy,a.laudable,commendable.Antonyms: illaudable,unpraiseworthy, indign.

prance,v.cavort.

prank,n.trick,antic,frolic,caper.

prankish,a.playful,frolicsome,sportive, mischievous, gamesome.

prate,v.babble,gabble, clatter, chatter, prattle. Seetalk.

prate,n.chatter,gabble,babble,twaddle.

pray,v.invoke, supplicate, entreat,implore,beg,petition,intercede.

pray against.deprecate.

prayer,n.invocation, orison,collect,suffrage, supplication, obsecration; litany, rogation, rosary, euchologion, secreta; entreaty,intercession.

preach,v.exhort.

preacher,n.homilist, exhorter, predicant, pulpiteer;missionary, evangelist,revivalist.

preaching,n.sermon, homily, exhortation.Associated words: homiletics, homiletic.

precarious,a.uncertain,insecure, unassured, doubtful

preceding,a.foregoing.

precept,n.commandment,maxim,rule,adage, behest, injunction.

precious,a.costly,expensive;valuable;dear, beloved, adored, idolized.

precious stone.jewel,gem. Seestone.

precise,a.exact;formal, punctilious,particular,prim, prudish.

precision,n.exactness,accuracy; formalness, prudery.

predatory,a.predaceous, plundering.

predestination,n.foreordination, foreordainment.

predict,v.prophesy,foretell, prognosticate,forebode,portend,augur,presage, vaticinate.

prediction,n.prophecy,soothsaying, divination,augury, prognostication.

predominant,a.dominant,overruling, ascendant,supreme.

preface,n.prologue, prelude. Seeintroduction.

prejudice,n.prejudgment,bias;harm, mischief, detriment.

preposterous,a.absurd,ridiculous, irrational,inconsistent,foolish.


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