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Pacific.Appeasing, reconciling, tranquil, mild, calm, peaceful, conciliatory.
Ant.Harsh, irritating, exasperating, quarrelsome, turbulent, tumultuous, warlike.
Pacification.Conciliation, compromise, reconcilement, adjustment, reconciliation.
Ant.Warfare, fighting, hostilities, war.
Pact.Agreement, league, compact, covenant, bargain, stipulation, alliance, bond.
Ant.Understanding, promise, parole, honor.
Pæan.Jubilation.
Ant.Dirge.
Pagan,a.Gentile, heathen, idolater.
Ant.Christian, believer.
Paganism.Heathenism, polytheism, pantheism.
Ant.Christianity, Christendom.
Pageant.Spectacle, exhibition, display, show, ceremony, procession, parade.
Ant.Illusion, mockery, fantasmagoria, dream.
Pageantry.Pomp, parade, display, show, spectacle, splendor, magnificence.
Pain,n.Agony, ache, distress, suffering, torture, anguish, torment, pang, throe, paroxysm, twinge, woe, grief.
Ant.Ease, peace, rapture, enjoyment, relief, solace, comfort, delight.
Pain,v.Hurt, grieve, afflict, disquiet, trouble, distress, agonize, torment, torture.
Ant.Please, delight, rejoice, charm, refresh.
Painful.Disquieting, troublesome, afflictive, distressing, laborious, grievous, toilsome, arduous, difficult.
Ant.Pleasant, pleasurable, acceptable, agreeable, grateful, desirable, delectable, delicious.
Painstaking.Careful, diligent, attentive, faithful, laborious.
Ant.Neglectful, heedless, unmindful, disregardful, improvident, thoughtless, careless.
Paint.Color, picture, depict, delineate, sketch, draw, portray.
Ant.Misrepresent, caricature, daub.
Pair.Two, couple, span, brace, yoke.
Ant.One, several, many.
Pale.Pallid, white, wan, colorless, dim, sallow.
Ant.Ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, brilliant.
Palliate.Cover, conceal, extenuate, hide, veil, screen, cloak, gloss over, apologize for, mitigate.
Ant.Alleviate; aggravate, heighten, increase, intensify.
Palm.Laurels, bays, prize, trophy, crown.
Ant.Shame, blot, stigma, brand.
Palpable.Perceptible, obvious, plain, gross, material, corporeal, manifest, evident, patent, distinct.
Ant.Immaterial, intangible, ethereal, impalpable, indistinct, dubious, imperceptible.
Paltry.Contemptible, worthless, mean, vile, pitiful, trifling.
Ant.Valuable, estimable, admirable, worthy, grand, excellent, magnificent.
Panegyric.Eulogy, encomium, praise, laudation, commendation.
Ant.Satire, sarcasm, tirade, stricture, invective, philippic.
Pang.Agony, anguish, distress, paroxysm, throe.
Ant.Pleasure, delight, refreshment, enjoyment, gratification.
Parable.Fable, allegory, apologue, similitude.
Ant.History, fact, narrative.
Parade,n.Ostentation, display, show, pomp, pageant, spectacle, procession.
Ant.Modesty, humility, retirement, simplicity, plainness, seclusion, suppression.
Paradise.Bliss, heaven, Eden, ecstasy, Elysium.
Ant.Purgatory, hell, torture, misery, torment.
Paradox.Contradiction, ambiguity, absurdity, enigma, mystery.
Ant.Axiom, postulate, precept, truism, proposition.
Parallel.Correspondent, correlative, analogous, concurrent, equidistant.
Ant.Different, opposed, divergent, irrelative, incongruous.
Paralyze.Deaden, benumb, unnerve, destroy, impair, enfeeble, prostrate, debilitate.
Ant.Nerve, strengthen, restore, invigorate.
Paramount.Supreme, preëminent, chief, superior, principal.
Ant.Minor, inferior, secondary, subordinate.
Parasite.Flatterer, sycophant, courtier.
Ant.Calumniator, traducer, detractor.
Pardon,n.Absolution, mercy, forgiveness, forbearance, remission, acquittal, indulgence.
Ant.Penalty, punishment, vengeance, retribution, retaliation.
Pardon,v.Condone, forgive, absolve, excuse, overlook, remit, pass over or by, acquit.
Ant.Convict, castigate, condemn, chastise, correct, punish, doom, sentence, scourge, visit upon, recompense, chasten.
Pardonable.Excusable, forgivable, venial.
Ant.Inexcusable, unpardonable.
Parentage.Descent, extraction, lineage, birth, stock, pedigree.
Parsimonious.Avaricious, frugal, sparing, close, stingy, penurious, niggardly, illiberal.
Ant.Liberal, profuse, unsparing, extravagant.
Part,n.Fraction, fragment, section, atom, segment, element, piece, portion, instalment, constituent, component, ingredient, member, particle, share, subdivision.
Ant.Whole, mass, bulk, entirety, quantity, totality.
Partake.Share, participate.
Ant.Yield, forfeit, forego, relinquish.
Partial.Biased, restricted, specific, limited, imperfect, incomplete, unfair, unjust, warped, interested, inequitable.
Ant.Unrestricted, universal, general, equitable, just, unbiased, impartial.
Particle.Atom, corpuscle, iota, grain, jot, mite, molecule, element, whit, tittle, scrap, shred, scintilla.
Ant.Mass, quantity, sum, entirety, sum total, whole, aggregate, total.
Particular,n.Detail, point, feature.
Ant.Whole, subject, case.
Particular,a.Sole, single, individual, respective, appropriate, personal, singular, important, peculiar, especial, specific, precise, critical, circumstantial.
Ant.Universal, general, comprehensive, indiscriminate, abstract, inaccurate, inexact, undiscriminating.
Parting.Separation, leave-taking, farewell, dividing, division, disruption, detachment.
Ant.Union, attachment.
Partisan.Adherent, follower, supporter, disciple.
Ant.Opponent, antagonist, adversary.
Partition.Division, distribution, separation, allotment, apportionment; compartment, interspace, barrier.
Ant.Combination, inclusion, comprehension, collection, union.
Partly.In part, somewhat, partially, not wholly.
Ant.Altogether, entirely, completely, to the full extent.
Partner.Associate, colleague, coadjutor, confederate, participator, partaker, comrade, mate, companion.
Ant.Rival, competitor, opponent, adversary, alien.
Partnership.Company, firm,union, connection, society, interest, house, association, participation.
Ant.Independence, disconnection, disjunction, disunion, dissociation.
Pass.Go, move, proceed, disappear, vanish, depart, take place, occur, elapse, spend, live, experience; transcend, exceed; send, transmit, deliver; utter, promise, pledge; finish.
Ant.Hold up; abide, wait, halt, continue, endure.
Passable.Navigable, current, acceptable, tolerable, admissible, moderate, traversable, mediocre.
Ant.Impassable, impenetrable, inadmissible, impervious; excellent.
Passage.Transit, conveyance, journey, way, road, path, hall, course, progress, process, vestibule, corridor.
Passible.Susceptible, sensitive, sensible, impressible.
Ant.Impassible, insusceptible, unsensitive.
Passion.Feeling, emotion, susceptibility, sentiment, ardor, excitement, desire, anger, warmth, vehemence.
Ant.Indifference, apathy, coldness, coolness, frigidity.
Passive.Quiescent, unopposing, enduring, submissive, patient, unresisting, inert, inactive, relaxed, negative.
Ant.Resistant, positive, impatient, vehement, active, alert.
Past.Gone by, elapsed, ended, spent, departed, late, accomplished.
Ant.Present; future.
Pastime.Entertainment, recreation, sport, play, amusement, diversion.
Ant.Business, work, task, labor, occupation, study.
Patent.Open, expanded, evident, apparent, manifest, public.
Ant.Ambiguous, questionable, dubious.
Paternal.Fatherly, tender, careful, hereditary.
Ant.Careless, rough, harsh; acquired, conferred, won.
Path.Footway, track, pathway, route, course, road; method.
Pathetic.Affecting, emotional, moving, pitiful, tender, touching, melting, plaintive.
Ant.Ludicrous, ridiculous, farcical, unaffecting.
Pathless.Untrodden, impenetrable, trackless.
Ant.Trodden, frequented.
Patience.Composure, calmness, leniency, fortitude, sufferance, submission, endurance, forbearance, resignation, long-suffering.
Ant.Anger, impatience, ire, passion, fury, frenzy, rage, temper, vexation, petulance, wrath, fretfulness, peevishness.
Patient.Resigned, passive, enduring, unrepining, calm, forbearing, long-suffering.
Ant.Impatient, insubmissive, malcontent, vehement, resistant.
Patrician.Noble, aristocratic, high-born, well-born.
Ant.Plebeian, churlish, ordinary, peasant.
Patrimony.Heritage, inheritance, estate.
Pattern.Archetype, exemplar, specimen, sample, design, mold.
Ant.Caricature, misrepresentation, monstrosity, perversion.
Paucity.Scantiness, deficiency, fewness, lack, want, rarity.
Ant.Fulness, number, frequency, abundance, quantity.
Pause,n.Stop, cessation, interruption,suspension, hesitation, suspense, doubt.
Ant.Continuance, continuity, perseverance, progress, progression, advancement.
Pause,v.Stop, cease, intermit, wait, stay, tarry, demur, hesitate.
Ant.Continue, proceed, persist, persevere, advance.
Pay,n.Earnings, stipend, salary, wages, allowance, retainer, remuneration, payment, compensation, hire, fee, requital, honorarium.
Pay,v.Recompense, requite, satisfy, compensate, discharge, remunerate, fulfil, expend, liquidate, disburse.
Ant.Deprive, defraud, retain, exact, hoard, invest.
Payment.Pay, compensation, satisfaction, content, salary, reward, wages, recompense, requital, return.
Peace.Quiet, calm, repose, tranquillity, stillness, silence, harmony, amity, concord, reconciliation, order, pacification.
Ant.Noise, disturbance, disorder, war, strife, discord, variance, tumult, agitation, hostility.
Peaceable.Peaceful, pacific, undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, mild, serene, still.
Ant.Warlike, quarrelsome, hostile, savage, fierce, violent, restless.
Peasant.Countryman, rustic, swain, laborer, villager.
Ant.Citizen, townsman.
Peculiar.Special, especial, individual, particular, appropriate, unusual, singular, strange, rare.
Ant.General, universal, ordinary, public, common.
Peculiarity.Individuality, singularity, idiosyncrasy, distinctiveness, specialty, characteristic, particularity.
Ant.Universality, generality, uniformity, homogeneity, community.
Pedigree.Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, birth, parentage.
Ant.Ancestor, founder, origin; plebeianism; extinction.
Peer.Equal, match, mate, comrade, associate; nobleman.
Ant.Superior; subordinate.
Peerless.Unmatched, matchless, unequaled, unique, superlative, paramount.
Ant.Ordinary, mediocre, commonplace.
Peevish.Querulous, cross, testy, ill-tempered, captious, discontented, petulant, irritable, ill-natured, irascible.
Ant.Good-natured, easy, genial, mild, complaisant, gentle.
Penal.Punitive, retributive, corrective.
Ant.Preventive, reparatory; honorary, remunerary.
Penalty.Retribution, forfeiture, fine, punishment, amercement, mulct.
Ant.Reward, wages, guerdon, prize, honorarium, remuneration, compensation.
Pendent.Pendulous, overhanging, hanging, suspended, depending.
Ant.Supported, sustaining, propped.
Penetrate.Enter, pierce, comprehend, discern, understand, perforate, permeate, fathom.
Ant.Glance off, be tangent to, find impermeable; misunderstand, mistake; float.
Penetration.Discernment, sagacity, acuteness, discrimination, sharpness, observation, insight.
Ant.Obtuseness, shortsightedness;stupidity, shallowness, dulness.
Penitence.Repentance, contrition, remorse, sorrow, regret, compunction.
Ant.Self-approval, gratulation; obduracy, hardheartedness.
Penitent,Penitential. Repentant, contrite, doing penance.
Ant.Impenitent, obdurate, hardhearted.
Pensive.Thoughtful, sad, wistful, meditative, dreamy, sober; serious, mournful, melancholy, solemn, reflective.
Ant.Joyous, glad, happy, gay, care-free, thoughtless, unreflecting.
Penurious.Covetous, parsimonious, stingy, avaricious, niggardly, sordid.
Ant.Liberal, bountiful, generous, prodigal.
Penury.Want, privation, indigence, poverty, destitution, beggary, need.
Ant.Wealth, abundance, affluence, luxury, competence.
People.Nation, race, population, state, tribe, community, commonwealth.
Perceivable,Perceptible. Discernible, distinguishable, cognizable, observable.
Ant.Imperceptible, indistinguishable, insensible, inappreciable.
Perceive.Comprehend, apprehend, conceive, understand.
Ant.Ignore, lose, miss, fail of, overlook, misconceive, misapprehend.
Perception.Discernment, apprehension, recognition, understanding, comprehension, feeling, sensation, sense.
Ant.Conception, concept, imagination, idea, notion; misunderstanding.
Percolate.Filter, strain, exude, drain, ooze.
Ant.Flow, rush, stream, run, disgorge.
Percussion.Shock, clash, collision, concussion, encounter.
Ant.Recoil, rebound, reverberation.
Perdition.Loss, ruin, destruction, overthrow, wreck, demolition.
Ant.Restoration, recovery, rescue, salvation.
Peremptory.Decisive, positive, absolute, final, authoritative, arbitrary, express, dogmatical, determined, resolute.
Ant.Hortatory, mild, entreative, expostulatory, suggestive.
Perennial.Perpetual, unceasing, never failing, enduring, continual, constant, permanent, uninterrupted.
Ant.Occasional, intermittent, periodic, uncertain; perishing, ephemeral, transient, fleeting.
Perfect.Finished, complete, entire, faultless, consummate, accurate, ideal, finished, absolute, completed, correct, immaculate, sinless, blameless, holy, undefiled, stainless, spotless, unblemished.
Ant.Imperfect, bad, deficient, blemished, faulty, corrupt, poor, inferior, incomplete, perverted, worthless, spoiled, insufficient, meager, defective, short, scant, marred, defaced, corrupted, deformed, fallible, ruined.
Perfection.Excellence, completeness, faultlessness, maturity, wholeness, consummation, perfectness.
Ant.Defect, imperfection, incompleteness, blemish.
Perfectly.Thoroughly, exquisitely,completely, faultlessly, entirely, fully, wholly, exactly, accurately.
Ant.Imperfectly, faultily, partially, inaccurately.
Perfidious.False, treacherous, faithless, disloyal, dishonest, untrustworthy.
Ant.True, loyal, stanch, upright, faithful, honest, trustworthy.
Perform.Complete, accomplish, execute, do, discharge, fulfil; represent, act, play, enact, consummate, achieve.
Ant.Spoil, injure, harm, ruin, mar; fail of, misconduct.
Performance.Completion, consummation, execution, accomplishment, achievement, work, production, act, action, deed, exploit, feat.
Ant.Failure, defeat, omission, abortion, undoing, nonperformance.
Perfume.Odor, redolence, balminess, fragrance, smell, aroma, scent.
Ant.Stench, stink, fume.
Perfunctory.Mechanical, careless, listless, indifferent.
Ant.Animated, spirited, assiduous, careful, ardent, zealous, interested.
Perhaps.By chance, peradventure, perchance, maybe, haply, possibly.
Ant.Certainly, inevitably.
Peril.Hazard, risk, jeopardy, danger, venture, insecurity, liability.
Ant.Safety, assurance, certainty, security.
Period.Time, cycle, age, epoch, limit, end, conclusion; era, duration, date, term, continuance, termination, conclusion, bound.
Ant.Eternity, infinity, perpetuity, endlessness, everlasting.
Periodical.Recurring, regular, stated, recurrent, systematic, calculable, serial.
Ant.Indeterminate, eccentric, fitful, spasmodic, irregular.
Permanent.Enduring, abiding, changeless, constant, durable, steadfast, unchangeable, immutable, invariable, fixed, unchanging, stable, lasting, persistent, perpetual.
Ant.Transient, brief, fleeting, evanescent, passing, transitory, momentary, temporary, ephemeral.
Permission.Authority, allowance, consent, liberty, leave, license, permit, authorization.
Ant.Hindrance, opposition, objection, denial, prevention, prohibition, refusal, resistance.
Pernicious.Mischievous, baneful, destructive, noisome, deleterious, harmful, hurtful, poisonous, noxious, pestilential, unhealthful, unwholesome, detrimental, deadly, evil, foul, injurious, insalubrious, pestiferous, perverting, ruinous.
Ant.Helpful, invigorating, salutary, advantageous, good, favorable, life-giving, rejuvenating, useful, serviceable, beneficent, wholesome, beneficial, healthful.
Perpetual.Continual, endless, unceasing, unfailing, incessant, constant, eternal, everlasting, perennial, permanent, enduring.
Ant.Periodic, transient, recurrent, temporary, occasional, casual, momentary.
Perplex.Entangle, involve, complicate, embarrass, puzzle, bewilder, confuse, distract, annoy, confound, trouble, worry, disturb, pester, bother, mystify.
Ant.Enlighten, clear, explicate,simplify, elucidate, illumine, unfold, explain, manifest, calm, quiet, control, please, instruct, solve, illustrate, make intelligible, account for.
Perplexity.Confusion, bewilderment, disturbance, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, astonishment, amazement.
Ant.Composure, calmness; discernment, insight.
Perseverance.Persistency, tenacity, steadfastness, steadiness, constancy, pertinacity, indefatigableness, resolution.
Ant.Fitfulness, caprice, instability, variableness, irregularity; indecision, vacillation, wavering, irresoluteness.
Perspicacity.Acuteness, keenness, discernment, penetration, perspicaciousness, insight, sagacity, astuteness, distinctness, explicitness.
Ant.Dulness, stupefaction, obtuseness, hebetude, stolidity, inobservance, insensibility.
Perspicuity.Plainness, lucidity, clearness, explicitness, intelligibility, transparency, perspicuousness.
Ant.Obscurity, turbidness, unintelligibility, incomprehensibility, indefiniteness, doubtfulness, mysticism, confusion.
Persuade.Dispose, allure, entice, urge, move, influence, prevail upon, coax, bring over, incline, convince, lead, induce, incite, win over, impel.
Ant.Deter, discourage, restrain, hinder, repel, dissuade, hold back.
Pertinent.Apposite, relevant, suitable, appropriate, proper, fit, adapted.
Ant.Unrelated, unsuitable, impertinent, incongruous, alien, unconnected, discordant, inharmonious.
Pertness.Impertinence, boldness, forwardness, sauciness, flippancy, impudence, briskness, liveliness, smartness, sprightliness.
Ant.Diffidence, humility, modesty, shyness, bashfulness, demureness.
Perverse.Obstinate, contrary, fractious, froward, intractable, petulant, wilful, wayward, ungovernable, stubborn, factious, untoward.
Ant.Compliant, genial, accommodating, governable, kind, obliging, complaisant, amenable.
Petition,n.Prayer, supplication, entreaty; solicitation, application, suit, appeal, address.
Ant.Protest, claim, expostulation, demand, injunction, dictation, exaction, dissension, dissent.
Philanthropy.Love, good will, charity, benevolence, humanity, public-spiritedness.
Ant.Misanthropy, ill will, selfishness.
Philosopher.Student, theorist, speculator, teacher, master, savant, schoolman, doctor; adept.
Ant.Learner, pupil, beginner; ignoramus, dunce.
Philosophical.Rational, wise, temperate, calm, cool, reasonable, sound, collected, composed, sedate, tranquil, Platonic.
Ant.Popular, crude, loose, inaccurate, illogical, irrational, unsound, unscientific, thoughtless, hotheaded, impulsive.
Physical.Material, natural, corporal, sensible, visible, tangible, bodily, corporeal.
Ant.Mental, spiritual, immaterial, unsubstantial, hyperphysical, intangible, moral, unreal, intellectual, invisible.
Picturesque.Graphic, vivid, artistic,beautiful, scenic, pictorial, graceful, comely, seemly.
Ant.Unseemly, ugly, inartistic, ungraceful, tame, flat, insipid.
Piety.Sanctity, godliness, holiness, religion, reverence, devotion, grace.
Ant.Impiety, sacrilege, sinfulness, ungodliness, hypocrisy, formalism, sanctimoniousness.
Piquant.Tart, sharp, pungent, stimulating, biting, racy, stinging, cutting, severe.
Ant.Flat, tame, dull, insipid.
Pique.Resentment, umbrage, irritation, displeasure, grudge, offense.
Ant.Delight, gratification, pleasure, satisfaction, contentment, approval, complacency.
Piteous.Sorrowful, mournful, affecting, doleful, lamentable, woful, rueful, sad, pitiable, pitiful.
Ant.Joyous, glad, merry, happy, cheerful, comfortable, desirable, pleasant, agreeable, delectable.
Pitiful.Lamentable, mournful, base, contemptible, piteous, pathetic, pitiable, touching, sorrowful, woful, wretched, despicable, moving, paltry.
Ant.Exalted, glorious, helpful, great, grand, sublime, superior, beneficent, commanding, august, dignified, noble, lofty, mighty, superb.
Pity.Sympathy, mercy, tenderness, condolence, compassion, commiseration.
Ant.Cruelty, severity, mercilessness, sternness, hardness, rigor, inhumanity, brutality, barbarity, harshness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, hardheartedness, ferocity, truculence.
Placid.Pleased, contented, unruffled, undisturbed, peaceful, serene, tranquil, quiet, gentle, collected, calm, composed, passionless.
Ant.Discontent, disturbed, distressed, anxious, distracted, perplexed, distrait; vehement, wild, passionate, impulsive, agitated, ruffled, excited, impassioned.
Plain.Artless, undisguised, sincere, frank, honest, ingenuous, candid, unembellished, simple, downright, blunt, distinct, apparent, manifest, open, clear, evident, visible, obvious, unmistakable, conspicuous, level, flat, smooth; easy, natural, homely, ugly; simple, frugal.
Ant.Unnatural, pretended, affected, assumed, feigned, artificial, insincere, vain, pretentious, conceited; ornate, ornamented, decorated, embellished; involved, obscure, hidden, invisible, inconspicuous, uneven, undulating, rugged, broken, ambiguous, abrupt, obstructed, uncertain, enigmatical, abstruse; beautiful, sophisticated, artful.
Plant,v.Seed, set, sow, seed down, set out.
Ant.Eradicate, uproot, extirpate, weed out, root up.
Plausible.Specious, seeming, pretending, fair-spoken, passable, pretentious, ostensible, apparent; colorable, feasible.
Ant.Genuine, transparent, true, sterling, veritable, unmistakable, authentic, sincere, unaffected.
Plead.Advocate, ask, beg, urge, argue, solicit, entreat, implore, press.
Ant.Grant, bestow, answer.
Pleasant.Kindly, obliging, attractive, pleasing, pleasurable, agreeable, kind, good-natured.
Ant.Disagreeable, gloomy, glum, harsh, hateful, repulsive, unpleasant, repellent, offensive, unkind, forbidding, dreary, arrogant, austere, grim, ill-natured, ill-humored, repelling.
Pleasure.Satisfaction, comfort, solace, joy, gladness, delight, will, choice, purpose, command, kindness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, self-indulgence, voluptuousness.
Ant.Suffering, affliction, pain, sorrow, sadness, distress, misery, compulsion, force, coercion; mourning, depression, dejection, melancholy, misfortune, poverty, want.
Plenitude.Fulness, abundance, completeness, plenty, repletion, plethora; luxury, affluence, exuberance, wealth, richness, profusion, amplitude, enough, supply, sufficiency.
Ant.Want, need, scarcity, scantiness, dearth, insufficiency, restriction, poverty, partiality, stint, reserve, narrowness, penury, impecuniosity.
Plentiful.Bountiful, generous, large, abundant, adequate, copious, enough, full, profuse, rich, sufficient, complete, exuberant, plenteous, replete, teeming, affluent, ample, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, overflowing, abounding.
Ant.Deficient, drained, impoverished, scanty, insufficient, small, sparing, stingy, straitened, poor, scant, exhausted, inadequate, mean, miserly, narrow, niggardly, scarce, short, scrimped.
Plot.Intrigue, conspiracy, cabal, contrivance, scheme, stratagem, project, combination, machination; story.
Ant.Blunder, botch; misarrangement, miscontrivance.
Poet.Bard, author of poems, singer, rimester, rimer, versifier.
Poetical.Metrical, rhythmical, lyric, rimed, versified; imaginative, fictitious, creative.
Ant.Prosaic, unpoetical, unrimed, unversified, unrhythmic; commonplace, matter-of-fact, unimaginative, realistic; mathematical, historical.
Poetry.Meter, rime, numbers, poesy, song, verse, poem, metrical composition.
Ant.Prose, prosaic speech, prosaic writing.
Poignant.Pricking, piercing, sharp, pungent; pointed, keen, satirical.
Ant.Blunt, dull, obtuse, insipid, pointless, vapid, inexpressive.
Poisonous.Venomous, baneful, corrupting, noxious, pestilential, malignant, virulent, pestiferous, deleterious, mephitic.
Ant.Salubrious, wholesome, healthful, beneficial, sanative, genial, remedial, hygienic.
Polite.Courteous, civil, courtly, obliging, gracious, polished, accomplished, complaisant, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred.
Ant.Awkward, clownish, unmannerly, uncouth, boorish, blunt, impertinent, brusk, bluff, impolite, insolent, coarse, ill-bred, ill-behaved, rude, rustic, impudent, ill-mannered, untutored, uncivil, untaught, discourteous, unpolished, insulting.
Politeness.Courtesy, civility, gentility, refinement, courtliness, elegance, urbanity, good breeding, decorum, complaisance, affability.
Ant.Rudeness, arrogance, incivility, churlishness, ungraciousness,insolence, sauciness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption.
Poor.Needy, indigent, destitute; lean, emaciated; feeble, dejected; shabby, mean; unfavorable, uncomfortable; barren; sterile; inadequate, insignificant, insufficient; meek.
Ant.Rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent; splendid, costly, valuable, estimable; fruitful, abundant, luxuriant, productive, prolific; copious, abounding, ample, well-supplied, comfortable, favorable; adequate, sufficient; important, significant, arrogant, self-assertive.
Popular.Cheap, common, ordinary, inferior; familiar, plain, easy, comprehensible; favorite, liked, approved, accepted, accredited; current, prevalent, general, prevailing; pertaining to the people, vulgar, plebeian; mediocre.
Ant.Unpopular, exclusive, aristocratic, snobbish; special, excellent, unique, superior, eminent; selfish, narrow, illiberal, uncharitable; sole, only, scientific, restricted, esoteric; odious, detested.
Position.Situation, station, assertion, place, posture, locality, site; attitude; state, condition, circumstances; principle, doctrine, proposition, dictum, affirmation, thesis; rank.
Positive.Real, actual, absolute, explicit, definite, confident, certain, dogmatic; defined, precise, clear; veritable, substantial, true; indisputable, incontrovertible; indubitable; decisive, unconditional, imperative, unequivocal, settled, assured, express.
Ant.Negative, denying, indirect, disavowing, disclaiming, privative; relative; unreal, fictitious, imaginative, contingent, dependent, implied, conditional, dubious, unsubstantial, indefinite, equivocal.
Possession.Control, ownership, tenure, retention, management, occupation; (pl.) property, estate, wealth, dominion.
Ant.Dispossession, resignation, surrender, abandoning, renouncing.
Potent.Powerful, mighty, puissant, strong, able, efficient, efficacious, forcible, cogent, influential, effective, active, energetic.
Ant.Impotent, powerless, weak, feeble, infirm; inefficient, incapable, incompetent, incapacitated.
Potential.Possible, implicit, undeveloped, virtual, immanent, inherent, intrinsic.
Ant.Actual, explicit, real, objective, developed, express, determinate, positive, clear, definite.
Poverty.Distress, beggary, indigence, destitution, pauperism, penury, privation, want, need, mendicancy.
Ant.Wealth, riches, affluence, luxury, comfort.
Power.Ability, competency, capacity, faculty, aptitude, dexterity, efficiency, might, talent, energy, skill, strength, readiness, capability, cleverness, expertness, efficacy, force, qualification, cogency, susceptibility.
Ant.Feebleness, weakness, helplessness, impotence, incompetence, inability, inaptitude, dulness, awkwardness, imbecility, incapacity, inefficiency, unskilfulness, maladroitness, stupidity.
Practice,n.Usage, habit, custom; performance, application,system; manner, method, mode, experience.
Ant.Theory, speculation, assumption, ideal, conjecture, abstraction.
Practice,v.Do, perform, exercise, carry out, execute; teach, train; habituate, try; apply, use; pursue.
Ant.Abandon, misuse, disuse, neglect, disregard, slight, omit, pass over.
Praise,n.Applause, approval, cheering, compliment, acclaim, adulation, acclamation, approbation, cheers, plaudit, eulogy, encomium, flattery, laudation, panegyric, sycophancy.
Ant.Abuse, blame, censure, contempt, reproach, ignominy, slander, scorn, obloquy, animadversion, condemnation, denunciation, disapprobation, disparagement, vituperation, reproof, disapproval, repudiation, hissing, vilification.
Praise,v.Laud, eulogize, celebrate, magnify, glorify; honor, commend; applaud, extol, compliment.
Ant.Decry, blame, censure, reprove, disparage, depreciate, discredit, traduce, condemn.
Pray.Ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, invoke, petition, supplicate, request, importune, bid, plead, call upon, conjure.
Precarious.Doubtful, dubious, hazardous, perilous, risky, insecure, uncertain, unsettled, unsteady, unstable, unassured.
Ant.Firm, settled, stable, sure, certain, real, undoubted, unquestionable, actual, assured, immutable, incontestable, undeniable, infallible, strong, steady.
Precaution.Foresight, prudence, forethought, providence, wariness, care.
Ant.Thoughtlessness, improvidence, carelessness, imprudence.
Precedent,n.Example, antecedent, case, instance, pattern, authority, warrant.
Precept.Commandment, law, injunction, mandate, rule, direction, principle, maxim; doctrine, dogma; order; instruction.
Ant.Hint, suggestion, allusion, insinuation, prompting, impulse, instigation.
Precise.Accurate, exact, correct, definite, scrupulous, punctilious, particular, nice, formal; explicit, terse.
Ant.Inaccurate, inexact, incorrect, heedless, careless, incautious, implicit, ambiguous, circumlocutory, loose, vague, informal, unceremonious.
Predatory.Plundering, pillaging, ravaging, rapacious, marauding.
Ant.Protecting, guarding, watching, keeping, sheltering, shielding, saving.
Predestination.Fate, necessity, foreknowledge, foreordination.
Ant.Choice, freedom, free will, independence, uncertainty, accident, chance, free agency.
Prediction.Prophecy, prognostication, foreboding, divination, augury, soothsaying, vaticination, foretelling, presage.
Ant.Reminiscence, recollection, report; history, narration, account.
Preface.Introduction, proem, preamble, prologue, exordium, prelude.
Ant.Sequel, postscript, appendix, peroration, epilogue, conclusion.
Prefer.Choose, elect, select, desire, pick out, fancy, single out, fix upon; elevate, advance,promote; offer, proffer, present, address.
Ant.Reject, discard, decline, refuse, repudiate; degrade, depress; postpone, defer, withhold.
Prejudice.Bias, partiality, unfairness, preconception, prepossession, presumption.
Ant.Certainty, evidence, proof, conviction, conclusion, demonstration, reason, reasoning.
Preliminary.Prior, introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, previous, precedent, antecedent.
Ant.Subsequent, following, consequent, appended, succeeding.
Premium.Reward, remuneration, recompense, prize, bonus, bounty, guerdon, meed, bribe, douceur, enhancement, gratuity.
Ant.Penalty, fine, mulct, amercement, forfeiture, depredation, decline, fall, loss.
Preposterous.Irrational, foolish, monstrous, absurd, perverted, extravagant, ridiculous, exorbitant.
Ant.Reasonable, moderate, right, just, due, fair, judicious, mediocre, commonplace.
Presence.Person, personality, individuality, port, mien, appearance, nearness, immediacy; vicinity, neighborhood.
Ant.Absence, distance, remoteness, separation; society, world; temperament, character.
Preservation.Security, safety, maintenance, conservation, integrity, protection, care, guardianship, watch and ward, soundness.
Ant.Exposure, abandonment, impairment, peril, damage, injury.
Presumption.Assumption, arrogance, effrontery, audacity, assurance; presupposition, hypothesis, guess, conjecture, belief, opinion, judgment, understanding, concession, condition.
Ant.Modesty, deference, diffidence, bashfulness, hesitation; proof, deduction, demonstration, verification, certainty, fact.
Pretend.Claim, represent, allege, simulate, feign, profess; counterfeit.
Ant.Verify, substantiate, refute, detect, expose, unmask, test.
Pretense.Disguise, excuse, affectation, mask, show, pretension, semblance, wile, trick, subterfuge, simulation, ruse, assumption, pretext, seeming, dissimulation, air, cloak, color.
Ant.Candor, sincerity, ingenuousness, frankness, honesty, truth, openness, reality, simplicity, guilelessness, fact, actuality.
Prevalence.Success, superiority, predominance, preponderance; influence, force, power, strength, efficacy; universality, extension, acceptation, custom, operation.
Ant.Decay, desuetude, disappearance, evanescence, subordination, collapse, destruction, abolition, subsidence, subjection, diminution.
Previous.Antecedent, before, earlier, precedent, preliminary, introductory, prior, preceding, front, forward, former, foregoing, anterior.
Ant.After, concluding, following, consequent, later, posterior, latter, succeeding, subsequent, hindmost, hinder, hind.
Price.Expense, outlay, worth, expenditure, value, charge, cost.
Pride.Arrogance, insolence, reserve, haughtiness, self-esteem, presumption, superciliousness, vanity, ostentation, conceit, self-respect, self-exaltation, disdain, vainglory, self-conceit, self-complacency.
Ant.Humility, lowliness, modesty, self-distrust, meekness, self-abasement.
Primary.First, fundamental, primitive, original, preparatory; chief, principal, pristine; elementary, leading.
Ant.Secondary, posterior, subsequent, later, following; unimportant, subordinate, inferior; supplemental, auxiliary.
Prime,n.Perfection, culmination, apex, zenith; dawn, opening, youth, spring, beginning; cream, flower.
Ant.Wane, winter, evening; decadence, decay.
Primeval.Immemorial, original, old, primal, patriarchal, native, primitive, pristine, uncreated, ancient, aboriginal, autochthonic, indigenous, prime, primary, primordial.
Ant.Foreign, fresh, late, modern, new, novel, recent, exotic, adventitious.
Principal.Highest, most important, chief, main; leading, foremost, preëminent, capital, essential; primary, first.
Ant.Subordinate, inferior, secondary, auxiliary, supplemental, minor, dependent, subservient, ancillary.
Principle.Source, cause, origin; faculty, endowment; postulate, truth, maxim, axiom; rule, law; element; doctrine, dogma, opinion; ground, motive, reason; integrity, rectitude, uprightness, probity, virtue, worth, honor.
Ant.Result, sequence, development, issue; application, action, operation, exercise, manifestation, exhibition; iniquity, immorality.
Prize.Trophy, honor, reward, premium, guerdon, palm, laurels; capture; gain, advantage; spoil, plunder, booty.
Ant.Loss, failure, fine, forfeiture; brand, stigma, infamy.
Probation.Examination, trial, ordeal, test, assay, proof, experiment.
Ant.License, irresponsibility, non-probation.
Proclaim.Publish, announce, declare, promulgate, herald, advertise, enunciate, utter, blaze abroad, report, make known.
Ant.Silence, repress, suppress, conceal, secrete; retract, recall.
Prodigal,a.Extravagant, profuse, lavish, bountiful, wasteful, squandering.
Ant.Economical, thrifty, saving, frugal; close, miserly, niggardly.
Profession.Avowal, declaration, claim; occupation, vocation, employment; law, theology, or medicine; assertion, acknowledgment; representation, pretense, protestation.
Ant.Denial, concealment, suppression; retraction, recantation, disavowal; leisure, fad, hobby, avocation; trade, business.
Proficient.Expert, adept, skilful, skilled, competent, conversant, qualified, practiced, accomplished, finished, trained.
Ant.Unskilled, inexpert, awkward, ignorant, backward, inconversant, incompetent, untrained, unpracticed, inept.
Profit.Gain, advantage, benefit, emolument, improvement, proceeds, utility, usefulness, returns, value, receipts, avail, expediency, good, service.
Ant.Damage, destruction, harm, hurt, loss, injury, waste, ruin, detriment, disadvantage.
Profitable.Lucrative, beneficial, useful, advantageous, productive, desirable, gainful, remunerative.
Ant.Useless, vain, fruitless, unproductive, unremunerative, unprofitable, undesirable, disadvantageous, detrimental, unbeneficial.
Profound.Deep, descending; thorough; fathomless, abysmal; mysterious, abstruse, occult, obscure, recondite; complete; penetrating, intimate, intense, philosophical.
Ant.Superficial, shallow, commonplace, external, slight, apparent, obvious, incomplete; surface.
Progress.Advance, advancement, attainment, increase, improvement, proficiency, progression, growth, development.
Ant.Delay, check, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage, falling off, relapse, decline, falling back.
Prohibit.Forbid, hinder, inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent, debar, disallow.
Ant.Allow, empower, let, license, order, require, sanction, authorize, command, direct, enjoin, permit, warrant, suffer, tolerate, put up with, give permission, give consent, consent to.
Prolific.Fertile, fruitful, productive, generating, teeming, active.
Ant.Barren, sterile, unproductive, unfruitful, effete.
Prolix.Long, diffuse, tiresome, prolonged, protracted; wordy, verbose, prosaic, rambling, discursive; tedious, wearisome.
Ant.Condensed, terse, concise, brief, laconic, curt, epigrammatic.
Prominent.Projecting, manifest, protuberant, conspicuous; eminent, distinguished, famous, celebrated, important, main, principal, leading, characteristic.
Ant.Receding, hollowed, concave, indented, engraved; insignificant, secondary, unimportant, minor, indistinguishable, indistinct, subordinate, inconspicuous, trivial, immaterial, unessential.
Promote.Encourage, forward, foster, push, advance, aid, assist, foment, excite, further, help, raise, urge forward, urge on, elevate, exalt.
Ant.Abase, allay; hinder, prevent, foil, frustrate.
Prompt.Ready, quick, agile, alert, brisk, nimble, expeditious; willing, hasty, inclined, disposed, responsive, unhesitating.
Ant.Dilatory, slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, inactive, sluggish, unready, unresponsive, procrastinating, behindhand, backward.
Pronounce.Deliver, speak, utter, articulate, enunciate; declare, affirm; propound, assert, express.
Ant.Mispronounce, gabble, mumble; silence, suppress; deny, retract.
Propagate.Increase, diffuse, disseminate, promote; spread, extend, generate, promulgate, circulate.
Ant.Strangle, stifle, extinguish, suppress, repress, check,hush up; contract, diminish, reduce; contradict, deny.
Proper.Own, individual, peculiar, particular; right, fit, decent; personal, constitutional, special, specific; suitable, appropriate, seemly, legitimate; decent, respectable.
Ant.Common, universal, general; unfitting, inappropriate, unsuitable, unseemly, indecent, wrong, improper, unbecoming, unbefitting.
Propitiation.Expiation, satisfaction, atonement, reconciliation.
Ant.Reprobation, retribution, vengeance, wrath, alienation, estrangement, curse, penalty, punishment, offense, condemnation, chastisement.
Propitious.Auspicious, kind, benign, gracious, friendly, benignant, clement, kindly, favorable, merciful.
Ant.Adverse, antagonistic, hostile, repellent, unfriendly, unpropitious, unfavorable, ill-disposed, forbidding, inauspicious.
Proportion.Ratio, symmetry, relation, harmony, share, lot; equality, similarity; adjustment, distribution; arrangement, adaptation.
Ant.Disproportion, disparity, disorder, incongruity, discrepancy, absurdity, contrariety.
Proposal.Bid, offer, overture, proposition.
Ant.Acceptance, denial, refusal, rejection, repulse, disapproval.
Proposition.Proposal, statement, offer, declaration; overture, suggestion, proffer, tender; position, thesis, dictum, assertion, affirmation, doctrine.
Ant.Withdrawal, recantation, abjuration, disavowal, revocation.
Prosperity.Thrift, weal, welfare, happiness, well-being, success, good fortune.
Ant.Woe, misfortune, ill luck, failure, adversity, calamity, reverses, affliction, distress, disaster, misery.
Protest,v.Assert, aver, attest, testify; affirm, declare; asseverate, avow, profess; expostulate, remonstrate, repudiate, deprecate, denounce.
Ant.Retract, withdraw, abjure, revoke; coincide, sanction, agree, endorse, subscribe, acquiesce.
Protract.Defer, continue, delay, extend, elongate, lengthen, procrastinate, postpone, prolong, draw out.
Ant.Abbreviate, contract, conclude, hasten, hurry, reduce, shorten, abridge, curtail, limit.
Proud.Arrogant, haughty, presumptuous, lordly; worthy, admirable, grand, splendid, magnificent, ostentatious; lofty, supercilious, imperious, boastful, elated, imposing, vainglorious.
Ant.Humble, unassuming, unobtrusive, meek, lowly, mild, submissive, unpretending, deferential, affable, unpresuming, mean.
Proverb.Axiom, byword, dictum, adage, aphorism, maxim, motto, precept, truism, saying, saw, apothegm.
Provide.Prepare, supply, afford, contribute, furnish; engage, bargain, agree; stipulate; procure.
Ant.Neglect, withhold, refuse, mismanage, appropriate, overlook; divert, alienate, misuse; fail, disappoint.
Provocation.Vexation, incitement,stimulus, incentive; affront, insult, offense, indignity.
Ant.Pacification, mitigation, assuagement; deference, compliment, homage, honor, respect.
Prowess.Heroism, valor, gallantry, bravery, courage, intrepidity.
Ant.Fear, effeminacy, timidity, cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity.
Prudence.Discretion, frugality, forethought, judgment, judiciousness, providence, care, caution, foresight, wisdom, consideration, carefulness, circumspection.
Ant.Folly, heedlessness, prodigality, recklessness, indiscretion, wastefulness, improvidence, imprudence, thoughtlessness, rashness.
Prudent.Cautious, considerate, judicious, provident; circumspect, sagacious, wise, discreet; frugal, economical, thrifty.
Ant.Reckless, inconsiderate, improvident, wasteful, extravagant, lavish, prodigal; indiscreet, unwise; foolish, rash, imprudent, audacious.
Public.Common, general, popular, social, open; notorious.
Ant.Private, individual, secret, domestic, secluded, close, personal.
Punctilious.Exact, particular, precise, careful, nice, scrupulous, conscientious; punctual, ceremonious.
Ant.Careless, slovenly, unscrupulous; informal, unceremonious.
Puny.Small, feeble, inferior, petty; weak, diminutive, undeveloped, dwarfed, stunted, undersized, tiny.
Ant.Large, great, robust, developed, fine, vigorous; colossal, gigantic.
Pupil.Learner, disciple, student, novice, ward, tyro.
Ant.Teacher, master, proficient, scholar, adept; guardian.
Purchase,v.Buy, obtain, procure, secure, acquire, bargain for, barter for, get.
Ant.Exchange, sell, barter, dispose of, put to sale.
Pure.Innocent, unsullied, spotless, unspotted, stainless, true, guiltless, incorrupt, clean, genuine, chaste, guileless, classic, classical, holy, immaculate, virtuous, real, sheer, mere, simple, unmixed, unpolluted, unadulterated, unmingled, undefiled, unblemished, uncorrupted, unstained, untainted, untarnished, upright, perfect.
Ant.Impure, indecent, polluted, foul, tainted, unchaste, immodest, lewd, obscene, indelicate, defiled, dirty, filthy, gross, mixed, stained, sullied, unclean, tarnished, adulterated.
Purpose,n.Design, end, intention, aim, scope, meaning, object, plan, intention, purport, effect, project.
Ant.Lot, chance, accident, haphazard, casualty, fate.
Put.Deposit, place, set, lay; cause, produce, propose, state; attach, attribute, assign; assume, suppose; entice, constrain.
Ant.Remove, raise, withdraw, displace, transpose, transfer, change.
Putrid.Decayed, decomposed, rotten, stinking, putrefied, foul, offensive.
Ant.Clean, sweet, wholesome, fragrant, pure, healthful, fresh.