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Ppace,n.amble,rack.pacifiable,a.placable,appeasable, conciliable.pacify,v.appease,quiet,calm,mollify, propitiate, tranquilize.pack,n.bundle, bale,parcel,package;multitude,number,quantity;gang; shook.pack,v.compress, stow,truss;load, encumber.package,n.bundle, packet, bale,parcel,pack, budget,truss, ceroon.pact,n.compact,covenant, concordat. Seeagreement.pad,n.cushion,bolster; saddle-cloth, housing.padlock,n.Associated words:shackle, staple, hasp.pagan,n.Seeheathen.page,n.footboy, buttons (Colloq.); folio.page number.folio.pail,n.bucket; piggin.pain,v.hurt, torture,rack;distress,grieve,afflict, aggrieve.pain,n.punishment,penalty;suffering, ache,smart, throe,rack, agony, torture,distress,qualm, discomfort, pang, excruciation, paroxysm, gripe, twinge,cramp, travail, stitch, crick,anguish; heartache, misery, dolor.Antonyms:ease,comfort,relief, solace.Associated words: anodyne, anæsthetic, analgesic, dolorific, doloriferous, surcease, anæsthetize.painful,a.distressing, agonizing, excruciating, dolorous, racking; toilsome,arduous,difficult.painstaking,a.diligent,particular,precise,scrupulous.Antonyms:slovenly,negligent.paint,n.pigment; cosmetic,rouge.paint,v.delineate,portray, lim,depict,picture,sketch.painting,n.Associated words: easel, palette, grisaille, artist,art, atelier,studio.pair,n.two,brace,couple,span,team,yoke,set.pal,n.(Slang)partner,mate,confederate,associate,accomplice.palace,n.mansion,castle, pretorium.Associated words: palatine, palatial.palaver,n.cajolery, flummery; conference,debate,talk.pale,a.pallid, wan,colorless,ghastly, blanched, cadaverous, etiolate,ashy;dim,faint, indistinct,obscure.Antonyms:ruddy, buxom, flushed, blowzed.pale,n.picket;boundary,limit,confine,fence;inclosure.paleness,n.pallidness, pallor, wanness, colorlessness, etiolation.pall,v.cloy, sate,satiate,surfeit,glut.palled,a.surfeited, satiated.palliate,v.excuse, apologize for, glossover, extenuate;moderate,mitigate,temper.palliation,n.extenuation, glossingover,excuse,apology;moderation,mitigation,alleviation.palliative,a.lenitive,mitigative, palliatory, apologetic, extenuating.pamper,v.overfeed, feed luxuriously;indulge,gratify,spoil,cocker.pamphlet,n.brochure,booklet,tract.pan,n.basin, chafer.panacea,n.cure-all, catholicon,relief, solace, nepenthe.pancake,n.griddlecake, flapjack, fritter.pander,n.bawd,pimp, procurer,whoremonger.panegyric,n.eulogy, encomium. Seepraise.panic,n.consternation,terror,alarm.panic-stricken,a.panic-struck, alarmed, dismayed, terrified, appalled.pansy,n.heart's-ease, love-in-idleness.pant,n.gasp, gasping.pant,v.gasp;long, hunger,yearn,thirst.panther,n.puma, cougar, jaguar.panting,n.anhelation, gasping;longing, hunger,desire,thirst.pantry,n.buttery,larder, ambry.pants,n. pl.(Colloq.)trousers,breeches, pantaloons; drawers;knickerbockers, skilts, smallclothes, kneebreeches; overalls; chaparejos, chapareras (leather breeches).paper,n.document;essay,dissertation,article;journal, newspaper, periodical, gazette, courant.Associated words: papyrus,parchment, papeterie,tablet, stationer, stationery, papier-mâché, portfolio.papery,a.chartaceous.par,n.equality, equivalence.parade,n.pomp,display, ostentation,show;procession, pageant, cavalcade; promenade.--v.display, flaunt, show off.paradise,n.garden of Eden; Elysium; Heaven.paragon,n.model,pattern.parallel,a.like,similar,equal, analogous.paralysis,n.palsy.paralyze,v.benumb,deaden,stun, unnerve.paralyzed person.paralytic.paraphernalia,n.equipments, accouterments, ornaments.parasite,n.hanger-on,toady,sycophant,fawner,flunky; zoōparasite, entozoa.parcel,n.bundle,package;collection,lot;tract,plot,piece.parch,v.torrefy.parchment,n.vellum, pell, palimpsest.pardon,n.absolution,remission, amnesty,forgiveness, condonation.Antonyms:retribution,vengeance,retaliation, implacability,penalty.pardon,v.absolve, remit,forgive, condone.pardonable,a.venial,excusable.Antonyms:unpardonable,inexcusable.pare,v.peel.parentage,n.extraction,descent,pedigree,ancestry,family, birth, lineage.parish,n.Associated words: parochial, parochialism, parishioner, parochialize.parry,v.ward off, avert,prevent;avoid,evade, elude.parson,n.Seeclergyman.parsonage,n.rectory; manse;living,benefice.part,n.portion, fraction,division,piece, constituent, installment,element,section, subdivision; quarter,region,district;share,portion,lot,allotment,assignment,duty, participation,function; rôle,character;clause,section, paragraph,chapter,passage,division.part,v.divide,sever, disunite, dissever, sunder, dissociate,disconnect,detach,separate; intervene;apportion,share, meteout,allot,distribute.partable,a.partible,separable.Antonyms: impartible, indivisible.partake,v.share, participate in.partaker,n.participant, participator,sharer.partaking,n.participation.parted,a.separated, divided, severed, disunited,isolated, detached,riven,cleft, sundered.partial,a.warped, biased, prejudiced;imperfect,incomplete.Antonyms: Seeimpartial.partiality,n.bias,favoritism; predilection,inclination,fondness, predisposition,bent.partible,a.separable,divisible, detachable, dissoluble, severable.Antonym: impartible.particle,n.Seebit;atom,molecule, monad.particular,a.special,especial,specific;minute,precise, detailed, circumstantial; individual,separate, sole,single;characteristic,distinctive, individual, personal,peculiar;fastidious,finical,scrupulous,precise,strict.Antonyms: indiscriminate,slatternly,promiscuous,general.particular,n.detail.particulars,n. pl.details,minutiæ.parting,a.farewell, valedictory.parting,n.division, disunion, severance,separation; leave-taking,farewell.partisan,a.factionary.partition,n.division,distribution,apportionment,allotment.partner,n.copartner, coadjutor; colleague,associate,confederate,accessory,ally,accomplice,partaker, confrère.partnership,n.copartnership, cahoot (Slang).parts,n. pl.talents, gifts, faculties, endowments; regions, districts,quarters.party,n.clique,faction,set,circle,ring, cabal,coterie,junto;function,reception, salon, soirée, levee, matinée, drawing-room;company,squad,detachment,troop;partaker, participant; person, somebody.party-colored,a.variegated.party man.partisan.pass,v.elapse,lapse; transmit, deliver,hand;go,move, proceed,advance;disappear,vanish, recede, depart; pass by,omit, pretermit;overstep, overpass; transude.pass,n.passageway,defile,passage;thrust, passado,lunge, allonge;condition,plight, predicament,state, conjuncture,situation;passport,safe-conduct.passable,a.navigable, traversable,penetrable;tolerable,mediocre,middling,so-so,ordinary,fair.Antonyms:impassable,impervious,impenetrable.passage,n.transit; fare;clause,sentence, paragraph; enactment; corridor,hall; gangway; slype;pass,defile.passing,a.exceeding,surpassing;transient,momentary, transitory,fleeting, impermanent.passing,adv.exceedingly, surpassingly.passion,n.suffering,pain, agony; emotion,ardor,feeling, pathos;wrath,fury,anger;love, infatuation, transport.passionate,a.irascible, quick-tempered,choleric,excitable,waspish;ardent,fervid,vehement, impassioned,fervent.passionless,a.impassive,phlegmatic, stoical,unemotional, dispassionate,apathetic.passive,a.inactive,quiet, inert, receptive, quiescent,patient,unresisting,submissive.pass over.traverse.passport,n.pass,safe-conduct; sealetter.password,n.countersign,watchword, sesame.past,n.Associated words: preterist, preterition, pretermission, preteritive, preterit, aorist, aoristic, retrospect, retrospective, retrospection, antiquary,antiquity,antiquarian,quondam,antecedent,antecedence, antecedents.past,a.bygone, elapsed; preterite, preterit.pastime,n.amusement,sport,diversion,recreation, divertisement,entertainment,play,fun.pastor,n.Seeclergyman.pat,a.suitable,fit,convenient,timely,pertinent,appropriate.patch,n.clout;tract,plot,parcel.--v.mend,repair, vamp, revamp.patent,a.evident,obvious,manifest,apparent.path,n.footway, runway,course,passage,route, avenue, trottoir,trail; towpath, heelpath, berm.pathetic,a.plaintive,pitiable,piteous,mournful,sad.pathless,a.untrodden, unexplored, trackless,impenetrable.patience,n.long-suffering, fortitude,resignation,submission, sufferance;indulgence, leniency,forbearance; persistence,diligence,perseverance.Antonyms: impatience, restiveness,resistance.patient,a.uncomplaining,submissive,resigned,passive,long-suffering,indulgent;diligent.patriotism,n.amor patriæ.Antonyms: incivism, chauvinism.patron,n.supporter, promoter,defender,guardian, benefactor;customer.patronizing,a.condescending.pattern,n.model, exemplar,original, prototype, archetype;specimen,example;copy,reproduction; delineator, protractor.Associated word: exemplary.pattern,v.model,copy,imitate,follow.paunch,n.abdomen.pauperism,n.penury, indigence.pauperize,v.impoverish.pause,n.intermission,suspension,break;hesitation;break, cæsura.pause,v.stop,hesitate, desist,waver, intermit.pawn,v.pledge, impawn.pay,v.compensate, remunerate,recompense,requite, indemnify,reward, commute;retaliate,punish; liquidate, defray,settle,discharge; beprofitable; disburse (payout).Antonyms:repudiate, protest, bilk,defraud.pay,n.compensation,remuneration,recompense,requital, emolument, salary,wages,fee,tip, honorarium,stipend,reward,hire,allowance, perquisite.payable,a.due,unpaid, outstanding; remunerable.pay back.reimburse,refund,restore,repay,requite, indemnify;retaliate.paying,a.profitable,lucrative, gainful,remunerative.paying back.reimbursement, refunding,restitution,requital, indemnification,restoration,repayment;retaliation,requital, reprisal,retribution.paymaster,n.purser.payment,n.paying, compensation, remuneration liquidation,discharge,reparation,settlement,recompense, defrayment,amends;retaliation,retribution, payingback.Antonyms: nonpayment, protest,repudiation, default, defalcation, appropriation.peace,n.concord,amity,harmony; tranquillity,quietness,repose,calmness,serenity;reconciliation, compromise, pacification; armistice,truce.peaceable,a.amicable, inoffensive; tranquil,serene, undisturbed, placid,peaceful,quiet.Antonyms:bellicose,belligerent,contentious,rebellious, pugnacious.peaceably,adv.amicably.peaceful,a.amicable, tranquil,peaceable, halcyon.peacemaker,n.mediator,intercessor, pacificator, make-peace,arbitrator, intermediary.peacemaking,a.pacificatory, conciliatory, intercessory, propitiatory,mediatorial, irenic, intercessional.peacemaking,n.mediation, pacification,reconciliation,intercession, propitiation, pacation, compromise,intervention, arbitration, negotiation, irenics, irenicon.peace-offering,n.atonement,reparation,amends.

pace,n.amble,rack.

pacifiable,a.placable,appeasable, conciliable.

pacify,v.appease,quiet,calm,mollify, propitiate, tranquilize.

pack,n.bundle, bale,parcel,package;multitude,number,quantity;gang; shook.

pack,v.compress, stow,truss;load, encumber.

package,n.bundle, packet, bale,parcel,pack, budget,truss, ceroon.

pact,n.compact,covenant, concordat. Seeagreement.

pad,n.cushion,bolster; saddle-cloth, housing.

padlock,n.Associated words:shackle, staple, hasp.

pagan,n.Seeheathen.

page,n.footboy, buttons (Colloq.); folio.

page number.folio.

pail,n.bucket; piggin.

pain,v.hurt, torture,rack;distress,grieve,afflict, aggrieve.

pain,n.punishment,penalty;suffering, ache,smart, throe,rack, agony, torture,distress,qualm, discomfort, pang, excruciation, paroxysm, gripe, twinge,cramp, travail, stitch, crick,anguish; heartache, misery, dolor.Antonyms:ease,comfort,relief, solace.Associated words: anodyne, anæsthetic, analgesic, dolorific, doloriferous, surcease, anæsthetize.

painful,a.distressing, agonizing, excruciating, dolorous, racking; toilsome,arduous,difficult.

painstaking,a.diligent,particular,precise,scrupulous.Antonyms:slovenly,negligent.

paint,n.pigment; cosmetic,rouge.

paint,v.delineate,portray, lim,depict,picture,sketch.

painting,n.Associated words: easel, palette, grisaille, artist,art, atelier,studio.

pair,n.two,brace,couple,span,team,yoke,set.

pal,n.(Slang)partner,mate,confederate,associate,accomplice.

palace,n.mansion,castle, pretorium.Associated words: palatine, palatial.

palaver,n.cajolery, flummery; conference,debate,talk.

pale,a.pallid, wan,colorless,ghastly, blanched, cadaverous, etiolate,ashy;dim,faint, indistinct,obscure.Antonyms:ruddy, buxom, flushed, blowzed.

pale,n.picket;boundary,limit,confine,fence;inclosure.

paleness,n.pallidness, pallor, wanness, colorlessness, etiolation.

pall,v.cloy, sate,satiate,surfeit,glut.

palled,a.surfeited, satiated.

palliate,v.excuse, apologize for, glossover, extenuate;moderate,mitigate,temper.

palliation,n.extenuation, glossingover,excuse,apology;moderation,mitigation,alleviation.

palliative,a.lenitive,mitigative, palliatory, apologetic, extenuating.

pamper,v.overfeed, feed luxuriously;indulge,gratify,spoil,cocker.

pamphlet,n.brochure,booklet,tract.

pan,n.basin, chafer.

panacea,n.cure-all, catholicon,relief, solace, nepenthe.

pancake,n.griddlecake, flapjack, fritter.

pander,n.bawd,pimp, procurer,whoremonger.

panegyric,n.eulogy, encomium. Seepraise.

panic,n.consternation,terror,alarm.

panic-stricken,a.panic-struck, alarmed, dismayed, terrified, appalled.

pansy,n.heart's-ease, love-in-idleness.

pant,n.gasp, gasping.

pant,v.gasp;long, hunger,yearn,thirst.

panther,n.puma, cougar, jaguar.

panting,n.anhelation, gasping;longing, hunger,desire,thirst.

pantry,n.buttery,larder, ambry.

pants,n. pl.(Colloq.)trousers,breeches, pantaloons; drawers;knickerbockers, skilts, smallclothes, kneebreeches; overalls; chaparejos, chapareras (leather breeches).

paper,n.document;essay,dissertation,article;journal, newspaper, periodical, gazette, courant.Associated words: papyrus,parchment, papeterie,tablet, stationer, stationery, papier-mâché, portfolio.

papery,a.chartaceous.

par,n.equality, equivalence.

parade,n.pomp,display, ostentation,show;procession, pageant, cavalcade; promenade.--v.display, flaunt, show off.

paradise,n.garden of Eden; Elysium; Heaven.

paragon,n.model,pattern.

parallel,a.like,similar,equal, analogous.

paralysis,n.palsy.

paralyze,v.benumb,deaden,stun, unnerve.

paralyzed person.paralytic.

paraphernalia,n.equipments, accouterments, ornaments.

parasite,n.hanger-on,toady,sycophant,fawner,flunky; zoōparasite, entozoa.

parcel,n.bundle,package;collection,lot;tract,plot,piece.

parch,v.torrefy.

parchment,n.vellum, pell, palimpsest.

pardon,n.absolution,remission, amnesty,forgiveness, condonation.Antonyms:retribution,vengeance,retaliation, implacability,penalty.

pardon,v.absolve, remit,forgive, condone.

pardonable,a.venial,excusable.Antonyms:unpardonable,inexcusable.

pare,v.peel.

parentage,n.extraction,descent,pedigree,ancestry,family, birth, lineage.

parish,n.Associated words: parochial, parochialism, parishioner, parochialize.

parry,v.ward off, avert,prevent;avoid,evade, elude.

parson,n.Seeclergyman.

parsonage,n.rectory; manse;living,benefice.

part,n.portion, fraction,division,piece, constituent, installment,element,section, subdivision; quarter,region,district;share,portion,lot,allotment,assignment,duty, participation,function; rôle,character;clause,section, paragraph,chapter,passage,division.

part,v.divide,sever, disunite, dissever, sunder, dissociate,disconnect,detach,separate; intervene;apportion,share, meteout,allot,distribute.

partable,a.partible,separable.Antonyms: impartible, indivisible.

partake,v.share, participate in.

partaker,n.participant, participator,sharer.

partaking,n.participation.

parted,a.separated, divided, severed, disunited,isolated, detached,riven,cleft, sundered.

partial,a.warped, biased, prejudiced;imperfect,incomplete.Antonyms: Seeimpartial.

partiality,n.bias,favoritism; predilection,inclination,fondness, predisposition,bent.

partible,a.separable,divisible, detachable, dissoluble, severable.Antonym: impartible.

particle,n.Seebit;atom,molecule, monad.

particular,a.special,especial,specific;minute,precise, detailed, circumstantial; individual,separate, sole,single;characteristic,distinctive, individual, personal,peculiar;fastidious,finical,scrupulous,precise,strict.Antonyms: indiscriminate,slatternly,promiscuous,general.

particular,n.detail.

particulars,n. pl.details,minutiæ.

parting,a.farewell, valedictory.

parting,n.division, disunion, severance,separation; leave-taking,farewell.

partisan,a.factionary.

partition,n.division,distribution,apportionment,allotment.

partner,n.copartner, coadjutor; colleague,associate,confederate,accessory,ally,accomplice,partaker, confrère.

partnership,n.copartnership, cahoot (Slang).

parts,n. pl.talents, gifts, faculties, endowments; regions, districts,quarters.

party,n.clique,faction,set,circle,ring, cabal,coterie,junto;function,reception, salon, soirée, levee, matinée, drawing-room;company,squad,detachment,troop;partaker, participant; person, somebody.

party-colored,a.variegated.

party man.partisan.

pass,v.elapse,lapse; transmit, deliver,hand;go,move, proceed,advance;disappear,vanish, recede, depart; pass by,omit, pretermit;overstep, overpass; transude.

pass,n.passageway,defile,passage;thrust, passado,lunge, allonge;condition,plight, predicament,state, conjuncture,situation;passport,safe-conduct.

passable,a.navigable, traversable,penetrable;tolerable,mediocre,middling,so-so,ordinary,fair.Antonyms:impassable,impervious,impenetrable.

passage,n.transit; fare;clause,sentence, paragraph; enactment; corridor,hall; gangway; slype;pass,defile.

passing,a.exceeding,surpassing;transient,momentary, transitory,fleeting, impermanent.

passing,adv.exceedingly, surpassingly.

passion,n.suffering,pain, agony; emotion,ardor,feeling, pathos;wrath,fury,anger;love, infatuation, transport.

passionate,a.irascible, quick-tempered,choleric,excitable,waspish;ardent,fervid,vehement, impassioned,fervent.

passionless,a.impassive,phlegmatic, stoical,unemotional, dispassionate,apathetic.

passive,a.inactive,quiet, inert, receptive, quiescent,patient,unresisting,submissive.

pass over.traverse.

passport,n.pass,safe-conduct; sealetter.

password,n.countersign,watchword, sesame.

past,n.Associated words: preterist, preterition, pretermission, preteritive, preterit, aorist, aoristic, retrospect, retrospective, retrospection, antiquary,antiquity,antiquarian,quondam,antecedent,antecedence, antecedents.

past,a.bygone, elapsed; preterite, preterit.

pastime,n.amusement,sport,diversion,recreation, divertisement,entertainment,play,fun.

pastor,n.Seeclergyman.

pat,a.suitable,fit,convenient,timely,pertinent,appropriate.

patch,n.clout;tract,plot,parcel.--v.mend,repair, vamp, revamp.

patent,a.evident,obvious,manifest,apparent.

path,n.footway, runway,course,passage,route, avenue, trottoir,trail; towpath, heelpath, berm.

pathetic,a.plaintive,pitiable,piteous,mournful,sad.

pathless,a.untrodden, unexplored, trackless,impenetrable.

patience,n.long-suffering, fortitude,resignation,submission, sufferance;indulgence, leniency,forbearance; persistence,diligence,perseverance.Antonyms: impatience, restiveness,resistance.

patient,a.uncomplaining,submissive,resigned,passive,long-suffering,indulgent;diligent.

patriotism,n.amor patriæ.Antonyms: incivism, chauvinism.

patron,n.supporter, promoter,defender,guardian, benefactor;customer.

patronizing,a.condescending.

pattern,n.model, exemplar,original, prototype, archetype;specimen,example;copy,reproduction; delineator, protractor.Associated word: exemplary.

pattern,v.model,copy,imitate,follow.

paunch,n.abdomen.

pauperism,n.penury, indigence.

pauperize,v.impoverish.

pause,n.intermission,suspension,break;hesitation;break, cæsura.

pause,v.stop,hesitate, desist,waver, intermit.

pawn,v.pledge, impawn.

pay,v.compensate, remunerate,recompense,requite, indemnify,reward, commute;retaliate,punish; liquidate, defray,settle,discharge; beprofitable; disburse (payout).Antonyms:repudiate, protest, bilk,defraud.

pay,n.compensation,remuneration,recompense,requital, emolument, salary,wages,fee,tip, honorarium,stipend,reward,hire,allowance, perquisite.

payable,a.due,unpaid, outstanding; remunerable.

pay back.reimburse,refund,restore,repay,requite, indemnify;retaliate.

paying,a.profitable,lucrative, gainful,remunerative.

paying back.reimbursement, refunding,restitution,requital, indemnification,restoration,repayment;retaliation,requital, reprisal,retribution.

paymaster,n.purser.

payment,n.paying, compensation, remuneration liquidation,discharge,reparation,settlement,recompense, defrayment,amends;retaliation,retribution, payingback.Antonyms: nonpayment, protest,repudiation, default, defalcation, appropriation.

peace,n.concord,amity,harmony; tranquillity,quietness,repose,calmness,serenity;reconciliation, compromise, pacification; armistice,truce.

peaceable,a.amicable, inoffensive; tranquil,serene, undisturbed, placid,peaceful,quiet.Antonyms:bellicose,belligerent,contentious,rebellious, pugnacious.

peaceably,adv.amicably.

peaceful,a.amicable, tranquil,peaceable, halcyon.

peacemaker,n.mediator,intercessor, pacificator, make-peace,arbitrator, intermediary.

peacemaking,a.pacificatory, conciliatory, intercessory, propitiatory,mediatorial, irenic, intercessional.

peacemaking,n.mediation, pacification,reconciliation,intercession, propitiation, pacation, compromise,intervention, arbitration, negotiation, irenics, irenicon.

peace-offering,n.atonement,reparation,amends.


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