presage,n.omen,augury, auspice, portent;foreknowledge, premonition.present,n.gift,donation, largess, gratuity, douceur.preserve,v.conserve.--n.compote.press,n.pressure,urgency.press,v.squeeze,crowd, compress;urge,crowd;express; embrace,hug,clasp;oppress, enjoin, constrain.pressed together.compact, serried,crowded.pressing,a.urgent, importunate, exigent.pretend,v.claim;simulate,feign,affect.pretense,n.assumption,claim, pretension;simulation,affectation; pretext,feint,subterfuge.pretty,a.comely,fair; personable, considerable.Antonyms:plain,homely, uncomely,ugly.prevent,v.thwart,hinder,obstruct, preclude, obviate,forestall, intercept, avert,parry,deter,frustrate.prevention,n.obstruction, thwarting, interruption,hindrance, preclusion, obviation, interception.preventive,a.deterrent, prophylactic, obviating.--n.prophylactic.previous,a.former,foregoing,antecedent,prior,anterior.prey,n.spoil,loot,plunder,booty;victim,quarry, captive;depredation,ravage, spoliation.preying upon others.predatory.prick,n.goad,spur,gad;sting,compunction,qualm;puncture.prick,v.puncture,pierce,perforate;goad,spur,incite;sting,wound,hurt.pricking,a.poignant,sharp,piercing, stinging.prickle,n.thorn,spine, barb.prickly,a.thorny, spiny, brambly, briery.pride,n.self-esteem, self-respect;haughtiness,arrogance,hauteur, superciliousness, contumely,conceit,vanity, priggishness, lordliness, imperiousness.Antonyms:humility,shame,self-abasement,modesty,lowliness.priestly,a.sacerdotal.priestly garments.vestments,canonicals. Seecanonicals.prim,a.formal,precise,demure, prudish.prime minister.premier.primer,n.hornbook.primitive,a.pristine, primordial, primeval, primal;antique,quaint,old-fashioned;original,radical, primary.principal,a.leading,chief,cardinal, paramount,main, foremost.printing,n.typography; (for the blind) Braille.prior,a.previous,former, antedecent,anterior.priority,n.antecedence, anteriority, precedence.prison,n.penitentiary, bridewell,jail, house ofcorrection, clink, bastille.--v.imprison, incarcerate.Associated words: mittimus,commit, commitment,turnkey,warden,remand, prisoner,convict.privacy,n.retirement,seclusion;retreat,solitude,concealment,secrecy,secret.private,a.personal, individual;secret,secluded,covert,sequestered,hidden, unrevealed.privates,n. pl.genitals. Seesexual organs.privation,n.deprivation,degradation;destitution,poverty,need;absence.privilege,n.liberty,right, franchise, prerogative, immunity,advantage.privy,n.water-closet,backhouse, jakes.prize,n.meed, guerdon, palm, trophy, laurels,reward, premium, sweepstakes.prize,v.value,esteem.prize-fighter,n.pugilist.prize-fighting,n.pugilism.probability,n.likelihood, verisimilitude, credibleness.probable,a.likely, credible,reasonable.probe,v.investigate,examine.proboscis,n.snout,trunk; haustellum (sucking proboscis).procession,n.parade, cavalcade,cortège,train,retinue,file.proclaim,v.Seeannounce.procure,v.get,obtain, acquire.prod,n.goad.prodigal,a.wasteful,extravagant,lavish, profuse.profane,v.violate,desecrate;debase,prostitute,defile.profane,a.unconsecrated,secular; unsanctified,unholy; blasphemous, irreverent, impious,sacrilegious.profess,v.acknowledge, avow,admit;claim,pretend.profession,n.acknowledgment, avowal; vocation,business,calling.proficient,a.expert,adept, skilled.profit,n.gain, emolument, dividend.Associated words: pernor, fructuary,exploit,exploitation.profitable,a.remunerative,lucrative, gainful,beneficial.Antonyms: Seeunprofitable.profound,a.abysmal,deep;abstruse,recondite.Antonym:shallow.progress,n.progression,advancement,improvement.prohibit,v.Seeforbid.prominent,a.protuberant;conspicuous,salient;eminent,distinguished.promiscuous,a.indiscriminate.promise,n.pledge,word, parole,plight,betrothal, troth,vow,assurance,covenant.promise,v.pledge,covenant, assure,plight.promote,v.advance,forward;exalt,elevate,raise,aggrandize; brevet.promotion,n.preferment,exaltation,advancement, furtherance,aggrandizement; brevet.prompt,a.quick, expeditious, ready; punctual,timely.pronunciation,n.orthoëpy;utterance,articulation, enunciation.Associated words: diacritical marks, macron, breve, diæresis, orthoëpic, orthoëpist, cacoëpy.proof,n.verification, corroboration,attestation, certification,confirmation.Antonyms:disproof,refutation.prop,n.buttress,stay,support,brace, fulcrum,shore, stanchion.prop,v.buttress,brace,stay,support, sustain, shore up.proper,a.appropriate,meet,suitable,seemly, condign, appertinent, conformable, consistent, apposite; decorous, conventional,formal,sedate,demure.Antonyms:improper,inappropriate,unsuitable.property,n.attribute, trait; estate,wealth, chattels,goods,resources,assets,inheritance.prophecy,n.prediction,foretelling, divination,soothsaying, prognostication,augury, vaticination.prophesy,v.prognosticate,foretell,divine,augur,predict, vaticinate.prophet,n.prognosticator, vaticinator,soothsayer, diviner, oracle,seer, python.prophetess,n.sibyl, pythoness.prophetic,a.prognostic, predictive, fatidical, oracular, divinatory, vaticinal.prosperity,n.weal,success, well-being.Antonyms:adversity, reverses,disaster.prostitute,n.harlot,whore, strumpet,courtesan.prostitution,n.harlotry, socialevil,whoredom;perversion,misuse, profanation.prosy,a.prosaic,dull,tiresome,tedious, uninteresting, jejune.protect,v.shield,defend,guard, fortify,screen,shelter, befriend.protection,n.defense,shield,shelter, tutelage,refuge,bulwark, coverture,safeguard.protector,n.defender,guardian,patron.proud,a.arrogant,vain,haughty,overbearing, supercilious, cavalier,overweening,disdainful,imperious,lordly, magisterial, contumelious.Antonyms:meek,humble.proud flesh.granulation,fungus.provable,a.demonstrable.prove,v.verify, corroborate,substantiate, demonstrate.Antonyms:disprove,refute.proverb,n.aphorism,maxim,saw,adage. Seesaying.provide,v.supply,furnish; stipulate,covenant,agree;cater, purvey.provider,n.furnisher,caterer,purveyor, provisor.provoke,v.incite,stimulate, instigate,rouse;exasperate,displease,aggravate,offend.prowess,n.bravery, intrepidity,valor.prudence,n.discretion,caution.prudent,a.discreet,cautious, circumspect, provident.Antonyms: imprudent,incautious.pry,n.lever;leverage.--v.prize; gaze,inspect.puberty,n.Associated words: puberal, pubescence, pubescent, hebetic, impuberal.publish,v.promulgate,proclaim,circulate,blazon,announce.Antonyms:suppress,withhold.publisher's inscription.colophon, impress, imprint.pucker,v.crease, corrugate, cockle, purse,wrinkle.pucker,n.crease, corrugation, cockle,wrinkle; (Colloq.)confusion,bother,perplexity.puckery,a.astringent.puddle,n.pool, plashet, plash.puerile,a.childish,silly,trifling.puke,v.vomit.pull,v.draw,tug, haul, tow,drag;pluck,jerk,twitch.pulverize,v.triturate, comminute, levigate, bray.pump,v.interrogate,question,quiz.pun,n.paragram.punch,v.push,poke;pierce,bore,perforate,puncture.puncture,v.prick,perforate,pierce.pungent,a.pricking, stinging;poignant,sharp, excruciating,severe.punish,v.chastise,castigate,chasten,discipline.punishment,n.chastisement,castigation, scourging,discipline,penalty, visitation,retaliation,retribution, infliction.Antonyms: immunity, impunity,acquittal, exoneration.Associated words: penal, penology, punitive, penologist, penological, reprieve, commute, commutation, Nemesis, connivance.punning,n.paronomasia.puny,a.undeveloped,small, undersized, diminutive,stunted, atrophied,feeble.pup,n.puppy, whelp.pupil,n.scholar; learner,disciple, catechumen,neophyte,tyro,novice, probationer.pupilage,n.nonage,minority.puppy,n.pup, whelp;coxcomb,dandy,fop.purchasable,a.venal.purchase,v.buy.pure,a.chaste,virtuous,innocent, undefiled, unpolluted, inviolated,unspotted, immaculate,virgin, incorrupt, impeccable, inviolable;unadulterated, unalloyed,unsophisticated,simple,refined,genuine, uncontaminated.Antonyms: Seeimpure.purge,n.physic, purgative,cathartic.purification,n.depuration, expurgation, defecation,refinement,cleansing.purificator,n.mundatory.purify,v.cleanse,refine, expurgate,sublime, clarify.purity,n.chastity.Antonyms: Seeimpurity.purport,n.meaning,signification, import.--v.mean,intend,signify, import.purpose,n.aim,object,design, intent,goal,view,drift.purpose,v.intend,design, contemplate.purveyor,n.caterer,provider; procurer,pimp, bawd,pander.pus,n.matter, purulence.Associated words: purulent,maturate,maturation, suppurate, suppuration, indigested,fester.push,v.shove, impel.push,n.shove.push,n.(Colloq.)energy, spiritedness,enterprise, aggressiveness; (Slang)crowd,gang,posse.pushing,a.enterprising,energetic,intrusive,forward,officious,obtrusive, aggressive.pusillanimous,a.Seecowardly.pussy,a.(Colloq.) pursy,fleshy.put back.replace,restore, reinstate;retard,impede,delay,hinder.put between.interpose.put down.deposit;crush,quell,suppress,repress, vanquishoverthrow;reduce,lower.put in.insert, inject, interpolate, interpose, thrust in, interject, interlard.put-off,n.shift,evasion,subterfuge,ruse,parry.put off.discard, doff;delay, defer,postpone, procrastinate.put out.eject,oust,remove, evict,dispossess, dislodge;extend, protrude; extinguish;issue,publish;dislocate;displease,offend,anger.putter,v.potter,pother,trifle, fribble,dally, dawdle.putting back.hindering,delay, retardation;replacement,restoration, reinstatement.putting in.insertion,injection, interpolation.putting in practice.application.putting off.delay, deferment,postponement, procrastination.putting on.investing, investiture; assumption, arrogation; instigation,incitement.putting out.ejection, eviction,dispossession,expulsion,ousting; extinguishment, extinction;dislocation.put to flight.rout.put-up,a.(Colloq.) arranged, predetermined.puzzle,v.mystify,pose,nonplus,perplex,bewilder,confuse.puzzle,n.enigma, conundrum,intricacy,maze,crux,riddle, rebus, poser;confusion,quandary,perplexity,nonplus,bewilderment.
presage,n.omen,augury, auspice, portent;foreknowledge, premonition.
present,n.gift,donation, largess, gratuity, douceur.
preserve,v.conserve.--n.compote.
press,n.pressure,urgency.
press,v.squeeze,crowd, compress;urge,crowd;express; embrace,hug,clasp;oppress, enjoin, constrain.
pressed together.compact, serried,crowded.
pressing,a.urgent, importunate, exigent.
pretend,v.claim;simulate,feign,affect.
pretense,n.assumption,claim, pretension;simulation,affectation; pretext,feint,subterfuge.
pretty,a.comely,fair; personable, considerable.Antonyms:plain,homely, uncomely,ugly.
prevent,v.thwart,hinder,obstruct, preclude, obviate,forestall, intercept, avert,parry,deter,frustrate.
prevention,n.obstruction, thwarting, interruption,hindrance, preclusion, obviation, interception.
preventive,a.deterrent, prophylactic, obviating.--n.prophylactic.
previous,a.former,foregoing,antecedent,prior,anterior.
prey,n.spoil,loot,plunder,booty;victim,quarry, captive;depredation,ravage, spoliation.
preying upon others.predatory.
prick,n.goad,spur,gad;sting,compunction,qualm;puncture.
prick,v.puncture,pierce,perforate;goad,spur,incite;sting,wound,hurt.
pricking,a.poignant,sharp,piercing, stinging.
prickle,n.thorn,spine, barb.
prickly,a.thorny, spiny, brambly, briery.
pride,n.self-esteem, self-respect;haughtiness,arrogance,hauteur, superciliousness, contumely,conceit,vanity, priggishness, lordliness, imperiousness.Antonyms:humility,shame,self-abasement,modesty,lowliness.
priestly,a.sacerdotal.
priestly garments.vestments,canonicals. Seecanonicals.
prim,a.formal,precise,demure, prudish.
prime minister.premier.
primer,n.hornbook.
primitive,a.pristine, primordial, primeval, primal;antique,quaint,old-fashioned;original,radical, primary.
principal,a.leading,chief,cardinal, paramount,main, foremost.
printing,n.typography; (for the blind) Braille.
prior,a.previous,former, antedecent,anterior.
priority,n.antecedence, anteriority, precedence.
prison,n.penitentiary, bridewell,jail, house ofcorrection, clink, bastille.--v.imprison, incarcerate.Associated words: mittimus,commit, commitment,turnkey,warden,remand, prisoner,convict.
privacy,n.retirement,seclusion;retreat,solitude,concealment,secrecy,secret.
private,a.personal, individual;secret,secluded,covert,sequestered,hidden, unrevealed.
privates,n. pl.genitals. Seesexual organs.
privation,n.deprivation,degradation;destitution,poverty,need;absence.
privilege,n.liberty,right, franchise, prerogative, immunity,advantage.
privy,n.water-closet,backhouse, jakes.
prize,n.meed, guerdon, palm, trophy, laurels,reward, premium, sweepstakes.
prize,v.value,esteem.
prize-fighter,n.pugilist.
prize-fighting,n.pugilism.
probability,n.likelihood, verisimilitude, credibleness.
probable,a.likely, credible,reasonable.
probe,v.investigate,examine.
proboscis,n.snout,trunk; haustellum (sucking proboscis).
procession,n.parade, cavalcade,cortège,train,retinue,file.
proclaim,v.Seeannounce.
procure,v.get,obtain, acquire.
prod,n.goad.
prodigal,a.wasteful,extravagant,lavish, profuse.
profane,v.violate,desecrate;debase,prostitute,defile.
profane,a.unconsecrated,secular; unsanctified,unholy; blasphemous, irreverent, impious,sacrilegious.
profess,v.acknowledge, avow,admit;claim,pretend.
profession,n.acknowledgment, avowal; vocation,business,calling.
proficient,a.expert,adept, skilled.
profit,n.gain, emolument, dividend.Associated words: pernor, fructuary,exploit,exploitation.
profitable,a.remunerative,lucrative, gainful,beneficial.Antonyms: Seeunprofitable.
profound,a.abysmal,deep;abstruse,recondite.Antonym:shallow.
progress,n.progression,advancement,improvement.
prohibit,v.Seeforbid.
prominent,a.protuberant;conspicuous,salient;eminent,distinguished.
promiscuous,a.indiscriminate.
promise,n.pledge,word, parole,plight,betrothal, troth,vow,assurance,covenant.
promise,v.pledge,covenant, assure,plight.
promote,v.advance,forward;exalt,elevate,raise,aggrandize; brevet.
promotion,n.preferment,exaltation,advancement, furtherance,aggrandizement; brevet.
prompt,a.quick, expeditious, ready; punctual,timely.
pronunciation,n.orthoëpy;utterance,articulation, enunciation.Associated words: diacritical marks, macron, breve, diæresis, orthoëpic, orthoëpist, cacoëpy.
proof,n.verification, corroboration,attestation, certification,confirmation.Antonyms:disproof,refutation.
prop,n.buttress,stay,support,brace, fulcrum,shore, stanchion.
prop,v.buttress,brace,stay,support, sustain, shore up.
proper,a.appropriate,meet,suitable,seemly, condign, appertinent, conformable, consistent, apposite; decorous, conventional,formal,sedate,demure.Antonyms:improper,inappropriate,unsuitable.
property,n.attribute, trait; estate,wealth, chattels,goods,resources,assets,inheritance.
prophecy,n.prediction,foretelling, divination,soothsaying, prognostication,augury, vaticination.
prophesy,v.prognosticate,foretell,divine,augur,predict, vaticinate.
prophet,n.prognosticator, vaticinator,soothsayer, diviner, oracle,seer, python.
prophetess,n.sibyl, pythoness.
prophetic,a.prognostic, predictive, fatidical, oracular, divinatory, vaticinal.
prosperity,n.weal,success, well-being.Antonyms:adversity, reverses,disaster.
prostitute,n.harlot,whore, strumpet,courtesan.
prostitution,n.harlotry, socialevil,whoredom;perversion,misuse, profanation.
prosy,a.prosaic,dull,tiresome,tedious, uninteresting, jejune.
protect,v.shield,defend,guard, fortify,screen,shelter, befriend.
protection,n.defense,shield,shelter, tutelage,refuge,bulwark, coverture,safeguard.
protector,n.defender,guardian,patron.
proud,a.arrogant,vain,haughty,overbearing, supercilious, cavalier,overweening,disdainful,imperious,lordly, magisterial, contumelious.Antonyms:meek,humble.
proud flesh.granulation,fungus.
provable,a.demonstrable.
prove,v.verify, corroborate,substantiate, demonstrate.Antonyms:disprove,refute.
proverb,n.aphorism,maxim,saw,adage. Seesaying.
provide,v.supply,furnish; stipulate,covenant,agree;cater, purvey.
provider,n.furnisher,caterer,purveyor, provisor.
provoke,v.incite,stimulate, instigate,rouse;exasperate,displease,aggravate,offend.
prowess,n.bravery, intrepidity,valor.
prudence,n.discretion,caution.
prudent,a.discreet,cautious, circumspect, provident.Antonyms: imprudent,incautious.
pry,n.lever;leverage.--v.prize; gaze,inspect.
puberty,n.Associated words: puberal, pubescence, pubescent, hebetic, impuberal.
publish,v.promulgate,proclaim,circulate,blazon,announce.Antonyms:suppress,withhold.
publisher's inscription.colophon, impress, imprint.
pucker,v.crease, corrugate, cockle, purse,wrinkle.
pucker,n.crease, corrugation, cockle,wrinkle; (Colloq.)confusion,bother,perplexity.
puckery,a.astringent.
puddle,n.pool, plashet, plash.
puerile,a.childish,silly,trifling.
puke,v.vomit.
pull,v.draw,tug, haul, tow,drag;pluck,jerk,twitch.
pulverize,v.triturate, comminute, levigate, bray.
pump,v.interrogate,question,quiz.
pun,n.paragram.
punch,v.push,poke;pierce,bore,perforate,puncture.
puncture,v.prick,perforate,pierce.
pungent,a.pricking, stinging;poignant,sharp, excruciating,severe.
punish,v.chastise,castigate,chasten,discipline.
punishment,n.chastisement,castigation, scourging,discipline,penalty, visitation,retaliation,retribution, infliction.Antonyms: immunity, impunity,acquittal, exoneration.Associated words: penal, penology, punitive, penologist, penological, reprieve, commute, commutation, Nemesis, connivance.
punning,n.paronomasia.
puny,a.undeveloped,small, undersized, diminutive,stunted, atrophied,feeble.
pup,n.puppy, whelp.
pupil,n.scholar; learner,disciple, catechumen,neophyte,tyro,novice, probationer.
pupilage,n.nonage,minority.
puppy,n.pup, whelp;coxcomb,dandy,fop.
purchasable,a.venal.
purchase,v.buy.
pure,a.chaste,virtuous,innocent, undefiled, unpolluted, inviolated,unspotted, immaculate,virgin, incorrupt, impeccable, inviolable;unadulterated, unalloyed,unsophisticated,simple,refined,genuine, uncontaminated.Antonyms: Seeimpure.
purge,n.physic, purgative,cathartic.
purification,n.depuration, expurgation, defecation,refinement,cleansing.
purificator,n.mundatory.
purify,v.cleanse,refine, expurgate,sublime, clarify.
purity,n.chastity.Antonyms: Seeimpurity.
purport,n.meaning,signification, import.--v.mean,intend,signify, import.
purpose,n.aim,object,design, intent,goal,view,drift.
purpose,v.intend,design, contemplate.
purveyor,n.caterer,provider; procurer,pimp, bawd,pander.
pus,n.matter, purulence.Associated words: purulent,maturate,maturation, suppurate, suppuration, indigested,fester.
push,v.shove, impel.
push,n.shove.
push,n.(Colloq.)energy, spiritedness,enterprise, aggressiveness; (Slang)crowd,gang,posse.
pushing,a.enterprising,energetic,intrusive,forward,officious,obtrusive, aggressive.
pusillanimous,a.Seecowardly.
pussy,a.(Colloq.) pursy,fleshy.
put back.replace,restore, reinstate;retard,impede,delay,hinder.
put between.interpose.
put down.deposit;crush,quell,suppress,repress, vanquishoverthrow;reduce,lower.
put in.insert, inject, interpolate, interpose, thrust in, interject, interlard.
put-off,n.shift,evasion,subterfuge,ruse,parry.
put off.discard, doff;delay, defer,postpone, procrastinate.
put out.eject,oust,remove, evict,dispossess, dislodge;extend, protrude; extinguish;issue,publish;dislocate;displease,offend,anger.
putter,v.potter,pother,trifle, fribble,dally, dawdle.
putting back.hindering,delay, retardation;replacement,restoration, reinstatement.
putting in.insertion,injection, interpolation.
putting in practice.application.
putting off.delay, deferment,postponement, procrastination.
putting on.investing, investiture; assumption, arrogation; instigation,incitement.
putting out.ejection, eviction,dispossession,expulsion,ousting; extinguishment, extinction;dislocation.
put to flight.rout.
put-up,a.(Colloq.) arranged, predetermined.
puzzle,v.mystify,pose,nonplus,perplex,bewilder,confuse.
puzzle,n.enigma, conundrum,intricacy,maze,crux,riddle, rebus, poser;confusion,quandary,perplexity,nonplus,bewilderment.