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patent, a. evident, obvious, manifest, apparent.
path, n. footway, runway, course, pa.s.sage, route, avenue, trottoir, trail; towpath, heelpath, berm.
pathetic, a. plaintive, pitiable, piteous, mournful, sad.
pathless, a. untrodden, unexplored, trackless, impenetrable.
patience, n. long-suffering, fort.i.tude, resignation, submission, sufferance; indulgence, leniency, forbearance; persistence, diligence, perseverance. Antonyms: impatience, restiveness, resistance.
patient, a. uncomplaining, submissive, resigned, pa.s.sive, long-suffering, indulgent; diligent.
patriotism, n. _amor patriae_. 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. a.s.sociated 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, caesura.
pause, v. stop, hesitate, desist, waver, intermit.
p.a.w.n, v. pledge, imp.a.w.n.
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. reimburs.e.m.e.nt, refunding, rest.i.tution, 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.
peach, v. (Colloq.) tell on, betray.
peac.o.c.k, n. bird of Juno, Pavo. a.s.sociated word: pavonine.
peak, n. apex, pinnacle, summit, crest, spire, point, top, crown, finial.
peaked, a. pointed; (Cottoq.) sickly, thin, pale, emaciated.
peal, v. resound, reverberate, echo, boom.
peal, n. reverberation, resounding.
peanut, n. groundnut, earthnut, goober.
pear cider. perry.
pearl, n. margarite; jewel, gem; baroque pearl; nacre (mother-of-pearl).
pearl-producing, a. margaritiferous.
pearly, a. nacreous, pearlaceous, pellucid, iridescent.
pear-shaped, a. pyriform.
peart, a. (Colloq.) lively, active, smart, brisk.
peasant, n. rustic, swain, hind.
pease, n. pl. legumes, pulse; hastings. a.s.sociated Word: leguminous.
pea-shaped, a. pisiform.
peck at. carp at, nag, tease, importune, twit.
