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paint, n. pigment; cosmetic, rouge.
paint, v. delineate, portray, lim, depict, picture, sketch.
painting, n. a.s.sociated Words: easel, palette, grisaille, artist, art, atelier, studio.
pair, n. two, brace, couple, span, team, yoke, set.
pal, n. (Slang) partner, mate, confederate, a.s.sociate, accomplice.
palace, n. mansion, castle, pretorium. a.s.sociated 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, c.o.c.ker.
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, wh.o.r.emonger.
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. b.u.t.tery, larder, ambry.
pants, n. pl (Colloq.) trousers, breeches, pantaloons; drawers; knickerbockers, skilts, smallclothes, kneebreeches; overalls; chaparejos, chapareras (leather breeches).
paper, n. doc.u.ment; essay, dissertation, article; journal, newspaper, periodical, gazette, courant. a.s.sociated Words: papyrus, parchment, papeterie, tablet, stationer, stationery, papier-mache, 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, a.n.a.logous.
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.
