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privation, n. deprivation, degradation; dest.i.tution, poverty, need; absence.
privilege, n. liberty, right, franchise, prerogative, immunity, advantage.
privy, n. water-closet, backhouse, jakes.
prize, n. meed, guerdon, palm, trophy, laurels, reward, premium, sweepstakes.
prize, v. value, esteem.
prize-fighter, n. pugilist.
prize-fighting, n. pugilism.
probability, n. likelihood, verisimilitude, credibleness.
probable, a. likely, credible, reasonable.
probe, v. investigate, examine.
proboscis, n. snout, trunk; haustellum (sucking proboscis).
procession, n. parade, cavalcade, cortege, train, retinue, file.
proclaim, v. See announce.
procure, v. get, obtain, acquire.
prod, n. goad.
prodigal, a. wasteful, extravagant, lavish, profuse.
profane, v. violate, desecrate; debase, prost.i.tute, defile.
profane, a. unconsecrated, secular; unsanctified, unholy; blasphemous, irreverent, impious, sacrilegious.
profess, v. acknowledge, avow, admit; claim, pretend.
profession, n. acknowledgment, avowal; vocation, business, calling.
proficient, a. expert, adept, skilled.
profit, n. gain, emolument, dividend. a.s.sociated Words: pernor, fructuary, exploit, exploitation.
profitable, a. remunerative, lucrative, gainful, beneficial.
Antonyms: See unprofitable.
profound, a. abysmal, deep; abstruse, recondite. Antonym: shallow.
progress, n. progression, advancement, improvement.
prohibit, v. See forbid.
prominent, a. protuberant; conspicuous, salient; eminent, distinguished.
promiscuous, a. indiscriminate.
promise, n. pledge, word, parole, plight, betrothal, troth, vow, a.s.surance, covenant.
promise, v. pledge, covenant, a.s.sure, plight.
promote, v. advance, forward; exalt, elevate, raise, aggrandize; brevet.
promotion, n. preferment, exaltation, advancement, furtherance, aggrandizement; brevet.
prompt, a. quick, expeditious, ready; punctual, timely.
p.r.o.nunciation, n. orthoepy; utterance, articulation, enunciation.
a.s.sociated Words: diacritical marks, macron, breve, diaeresis, orthoepic, orthoepist, cacoepy.
proof, n. verification, corroboration, attestation, certification, confirmation. Antonyms: disproof, refutation.
prop, n. b.u.t.tress, stay, support, brace, fulcrum, sh.o.r.e, stanchion.
prop, v. b.u.t.tress, brace, stay, support, sustain, sh.o.r.e up.
proper, a. appropriate, meet, suitable, seemly, condign, appertinent, conformable, consistent, apposite; decorous, conventional, formal, sedate, demure. Antonyms: improper, inappropriate, unsuitable.
property, n. attribute, trait; estate, wealth, chattels, goods, resources, a.s.sets, inheritance.
prophecy, n. prediction, foretelling, divination, soothsaying, prognostication, augury, vaticination.
prophesy, v. prognosticate, foretell, divine, augur, predict, vaticinate.
prophet, n. prognosticator, vaticinator, soothsayer, diviner, oracle, seer, python.
prophetess, n. sibyl, pythoness.
prophetic, a. prognostic, predictive, fatidical, oracular, divinatory, vaticinal.
prosperity, n. weal, success, well-being. Antonyms: adversity, reverses, disaster.
prost.i.tute, n. harlot, wh.o.r.e, strumpet, courtesan.
prost.i.tution, n. harlotry, social evil, wh.o.r.edom; perversion, misuse, profanation.
prosy, a. prosaic, dull, tiresome, tedious, uninteresting, jejune.
protect, v. s.h.i.+eld, defend, guard, fortify, screen, shelter, befriend.
