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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. See agreement.
pad, n. cushion, bolster; saddle-cloth, housing.
padlock, n. Associated words: shackle, staple, hasp.
pagan, n. See heathen.
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, gloss over, extenuate; moderate, mitigate, temper.
palliation, n. extenuation, glossing over, 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. See praise.
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.
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; zoō parasite, 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. See clergyman.
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, mete out, 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: See impartial.
partiality, n. bias, favoritism; predilection, inclination, fondness, predisposition, bent.
partible, a. separable, divisible, detachable, dissoluble, severable. Antonym: impartible.
particle, n. See bit; 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; sea letter.
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. See clergyman.
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; be profitable; 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, paying back. 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.