~Preservative~, _a._ Conservative, preservatory.
~Preservatory~, _a._ Preservative.
~Preserve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield,
uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over.
~2.~ Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.
~Preserve~, _n._ ~1.~ Sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM.
~2.~ Enclosure (_for game_).
~Preserver~, _n._ ~1.~ Saviour, protector, defender, guardian.
~2.~ Preservative, means of preservation.
~Preside~, _v. n._ Command, rule, be at the head, act as chief, have
the control, hold the reins, act as president.
~Presignify~, _v. a._ Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur,
betoken.
~Press~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush.
~2.~ Constrain, compel, force, drive.
~3.~ Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate.
~Press~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bear heavily.
~2.~ Hasten, hurry, push, rush.
~3.~ Crowd, throng, force a way.
~Press~, _n._ ~1.~ Printing-press.
~2.~ Literature, literary publications.
~3.~ Crowd, throng, multitude.
~4.~ Urgency, pressure, hurry.
~Pressing~, _a._ Urgent, importunate.
~Pressure~, _n._ ~1.~ Compressing, squeezing, crushing force.
~2.~ Influence, constraining force.
~3.~ Urgency, press, hurry.
~Presumable~, _a._ Probable, reasonable, likely, credible, that stands
to reason.
~Presume~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe.
~2.~ Venture, dare, make bold.
~Presume~, _v. a._ Consider, deem, think, believe, suppose, take for
granted.
~Presumption~, _n._ ~1.~ Opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture,
guess.
~2.~ Arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass,
CHEEK.
~3.~ Probability, ground for believing.
~Presumptive~, _a._ Grounded on probable evidence.
~Presumptive evidence~, (_Law._) Circumstantial evidence.
~Presumptuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Arrogant, bold, forward, presuming.
~2.~ Venturesome, rash, over-confident, fool-hardy.
~Presuppose~, _v. a._ Imply, assume, suppose, take for granted.
~Pretence~, _n._ [Written also _Pretense_.] ~1.~ Show (_to conceal a
thing to be done_), false appearance, mask, color, simulation,
affectation, cant, PRETEXT, clap-trap.
~2.~ Subterfuge, evasion, excuse.
~Pretend~, _v. a._ Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.
~Pretend~, _v. n._ Make believe, make a show, profess falsely.
~Pretension~, _n._ ~1.~ Claim, demand.
~2.~ Show, assumption, profession, PRETENCE, make-believe.
~3.~ Conceit, pretentiousness, pertness, priggery.
~Pretentious~, _a._ [_Recent._] Assuming, conceited, vain, pert,
flippant, priggish, coxcomical, dashing.
~Pretentiousness~, _n._ Assumption, conceit, PRETENSION.
~Preternatural~, _a._ Irregular (_as being aside from the ordinary
course of nature, but not necessarily_ SUPERNATURAL _or miraculous_),
abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange.
~Pretext~, _n._ Show (_to conceal a thing done_), appearance,
affectation, simulation, mask, color, PRETENCE.
~Pretty~, _a._ Beautiful (_without dignity or grandeur_), HANDSOME,
elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair.
~Pretty~, _ad._ Moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree.
~Prevail~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Predominate, preponderate, succeed, prosper,
have the superiority, gain the advantage, be in the ascendant, get the
upper hand, have one's own way, carry it, carry all before one, carry
the day, win the day, gain the day, win the palm.
~2.~ Obtain, rage, have influence, have sway, have currency, be in
vogue, be rife, be the rage.
~Prevailing~, _a._ ~1.~ Effectual, dominant, predominant, efficacious,
preponderating.
~2.~ Received (_at the present time_), current, established, ordinary,
usual, PREVALENT, widely extended, most general.
~Prevail on~, Persuade (_by argument_), influence, induce.
~Prevail upon~, Persuade (_by argument_), influence, induce.
~Prevail with~, Persuade (_by an appeal to the feelings_), influence,
induce.
~Prevalence~, _n._ ~1.~ Superiority, success, predominance,
preponderance, prosperity.
~2.~ Influence, efficacy, power, force, strength.
~3.~ Universality, wide extension, general reception.
~Prevalent~, _a._ ~1.~ Superior, victorious, predominant, successful.
~2.~ Powerful, efficacious, effectual.
~3.~ Received (_generally_), established, current, ordinary, usual,
PREVAILING, widely extended, most general.
~Prevaricate~, _v. n._ Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade
the truth, EQUIVOCATE (_by loose or indefinite expressions_).
~Prevarication~, _n._ Equivocation, cavil, quibble.
~Prevent~, _v. a._ Obstruct, HINDER, stop, impede, thwart, intercept,
interrupt, obviate, preclude, frustrate, forefend, avert.
~Prevention~, _n._ Obstruction, stoppage, hinderance, interruption.
~Preventive~, _a._ Prophylactic.
~Preventive~, _n._ Prophylactic.
~Previous~, _a._ Antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior,
foregoing.
~Previously~, _ad._ Before, antecedently, beforehand.
~Prevision~, _n._ Foresight, foreknowledge, prescience.
~Prey~, _n._ Plunder (_to satisfy the appetite_), spoil, BOOTY,
pillage, rapine, ravin.
~Prey on~ (~or upon~), ~1.~ Plunder, pillage, rob, despoil.
~2.~ Devour, feed upon.
~3.~ Waste, corrode.
~Price~, _n._ ~1.~ Value (_in money_), charge, expense, cost.
~2.~ Estimation, worth.
~3.~ Recompense, reward.
~Priceless~, _a._ Invaluable, inestimable.
~Prick~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce (_with a small hole_), perforate, puncture.
~2.~ Spur, goad, incite, impel, urge, rouse, arouse, stimulate, drive.
~3.~ Sting, wound, pain, hurt.
~Prick~, _v. n._ Spur, ride, gallop, hasten.
~Prick~, _n._ ~1.~ Goad, point.
~2.~ Puncture.
~Pricked~, _a._ Acid, sour, tart, sharp.
~Prickleback~, _n._ Stickleback.
~Prickly pear~, _n._ Indian fig.
~Prick up the ears~, Listen, attend, hear.
~Pride~, _n._ ~1.~ Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency,
self-sufficiency, conceit.
~2.~ Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption,
insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, HAUTEUR, presumption.
~3.~ Elevation (_of character_), dignity, self-respect.
~4.~ Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, lustre, brightness,
effulgence, glory.
~Pride one's self on~, Boast, take pride in, rate highly, glory in,
pique one's self on, plume one's self on, stand upon.
~Priest~, _n._ Clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson,
ecclesiastic, churchman.
~Priestly~, _a._ Sacerdotal.
~Prig~, _n._ Puppy, coxcomb; conceited, pert, saucy, or pragmatical
fellow.
~Priggery~, _n._ Pertness, conceit, sauciness, coxcombry.
~Priggish~, _a._ Conceited, pert, saucy, coxcomical.
~Prim~, _a._ Formal, stiff, precise, starch, starched, strait-laced,
in buckram.
~Primacy~, _n._ Primateship.
~Prima facie~, [L.] At first sight, on the first view.
~Primary~, _a._ ~1.~ Primitive, aboriginal, original, primordial,
primeval, pristine, first.
~2.~ Chief, principal, leading.
~3.~ Elementary, lowest.
~Primate~, _n._ Archbishop, metropolitan.
~Primateship~, _n._ Primacy.
~Prime~, _a._ ~1.~ First, original, primitive, primal, primeval,
primordial, pristine, aboriginal.
~2.~ Highest, chief, principal, best, capital, first-rate.
~Prime~, _n._ ~1.~ Beginning, opening, first part, earliest stage.
~2.~ Youth, spring of life, early days.
~3.~ Perfection, flower, greatest beauty, health or strength, best days.
~Primitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Primeval, primal, prime, primordial, original,
aboriginal, pristine, primary, first.
~2.~ Radical, underived.
~Prime minister~, _n._ Premier.
~Primeval~, _a._ Original, PRIMITIVE.
~Primitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Original, primeval, primal, primordial,
aboriginal, prime, primary pristine, first.
~2.~ Radical, underived.
~Primness~, _n._ Stiffness, formality.
~Primordial~, _a._ Original, PRIMITIVE.
~Prince~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereign, ruler, monarch, potentate.
~2.~ Sovereign's son (_especially the eldest son_).
~Princely~, _a._ ~1.~ Royal, regal, imperial, exalted, august, grand,
stately, dignified.
~2.~ Munificent, beneficent, generous, liberal, bounteous, bountiful,
noble.
~Princess~, _n_. ~1.~ Female ruler.
~2.~ Sovereign's daughter.
~3.~ Prince's wife.
~Principal~, _n._ Chief, main, first, highest, supreme, leading,
cardinal, most considerable, most important.
~Principal~, _n_. ~1.~ Chief, head, leader, chief actor.
~2.~ Master, head master.
~3.~ Employer, constituent.
~4.~ Capital sum (_placed at interest_).
~Principally~, _a._ Chiefly, mainly, especially, particularly, above
all.
~Principle~, _n._ ~1.~ Origin, source, cause, spring, mainspring,
fountain, groundwork, prime mover, fountain-head.
~2.~ Element, substratum, fundamental or primordial substance.
~3.~ Postulate, axiom, law, elementary proposition, fundamental truth.
~4.~ Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, maxim, rule.
~5.~ Ground, motive, reason.
~6.~ Integrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, honesty, virtue,
righteousness, incorruptibility, goodness, trustworthiness,
trustiness, worth, honor.
~Prink~, _v. n._ Spruce, dress finically.
~Print~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impress, imprint, stamp.
~2.~ Make an impress or impression of.
~Print~, _n._ ~1.~ Impression, impress, mark, stamp.
~2.~ Engraving.
~3.~ Newspaper, journal.
~4.~ Calico, printed cotton cloth.
~Printing~, _n._ Typography.
~Prior~, _a._ Former, preceding, previous, anterior, antecedent,
precedent, foregoing, precursory.
~Priority~, _n._ Antecedence, anteriority, precedence.
~Priory~, _n._ Convent, monastery, cloister, abbey.
~Prismatic Spectrum~, Solar spectrum.
~Prison~, _n._ Jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of
correction, DUNGEON.
~Prisoner~, _n._ Captive.
~Pristine~, _a._ Primitive, primary, original, aboriginal, primeval,
primordial, first.
~Prithee~, [For _I pray thee_.] Pray, please, do, vouchsafe, be so
good as, have the goodness, be good enough, I beseech you.
~Privacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Secrecy, concealment.
~2.~ Retreat, retirement, seclusion, solitude.
~Private~, _n._ ~1.~ Secluded, retired, sequestered, isolated.
~2.~ Individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular.
~3.~ Secret, privy, CLANDESTINE, close.
~4.~ Confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated.
~Private~, _n._ Common soldier.
~Private parts~, Genitals, sexual organs.
~Privation~, _n._ ~1.~ Deprivation, loss, BEREAVEMENT.
~2.~ Poverty, destitution, want, need, penury, necessity, distress.
~3.~ Absence, negation.
~Privilege~, _n._ Prerogative, right, claim, advantage, immunity,
franchise, liberty, favor.
~Privity~, _n._ Knowledge, cognizance, private concurrence.
~Privy~, _a._ ~1.~ Individual, special, private, personal, peculiar,
particular.
~2.~ Secret, clandestine.
~3.~ Cognizant of, acquainted with.
~Privy~, _n._ Necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet.
~Prize~, _n._ ~1.~ Reward, premium, trophy.
~2.~ Capture.
~Prize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Estimate, rate, appraise.
~2.~ Esteem, value highly.
~Pro and con~, For and against.
~Probability~, _n._ Likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair
chance, favorable chance.
~Probable~, _a._ Likely, presumable, credible, reasonable, to be
expected, that stands to reason.
~Probably~, _ad._ Apparently, to all appearance, in all probability.
~Probation~, _n._ ~1.~ Novitiate.
~2.~ Moral trial.
~Probationer~, _n._ Novice.
~Probe~, _v. a._ Scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift,
look into.
~Probity~, _n._ Integrity, uprightness, honesty, worth, rectitude,
virtue, goodness, righteousness, trustworthiness, trustiness,
principle, sincerity, truthfulness, veracity, honor, justice, equity,
fairness, incorruptibility.
~Problem~, _n._ Question (_to be solved_), enigma, puzzle, riddle,
moot point, point in dispute, point to be solved or settled, question
at issue, vexed question.
~Problematical~, _a._ Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, questionable,
disputable, enigmatical, puzzling, unsettled.
~Proboscis~, _n._ Snout, trunk.
~Procedure~, _n._ ~1.~ Conduct, practice, course, process, management,
course of action, mode of operation.
~2.~ Act, transaction, deed, action, performance, proceeding, measure,
step.
~Proceed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Progress, advance, go or pass on, move
forward, make progress, get on, push on, go ahead, get ahead, make
headway, get forward, get along, hold or keep one's course.
~2.~ Arise, spring, come, issue, emanate, originate, flow, follow,
result, ensue, accrue, come out, go forth, be derived, be caused, take
rise, be owing, be due.
~3.~ Act, conduct one's self, take steps, take measures, set to work,
go about any thing.
~Proceeding~, _n._ Act, deed, transaction, action, measure,
performance, step, procedure.
~Proceeds~, _n. pl._ Product, produce, income, yield, receipts,
returns, avails.
~Process~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, progress.
~2.~ Operation, procedure, proceeding, action, performance, step,
transaction, measure, conduct, management, series of measures, mode of
operation.
~3.~ (_Law._) Suit, trial, action, case.
~4.~ (_Anat._) Projection, protuberance.
~Procession~, _n._ Train, CORTÈGE, turnout, retinue, CAVALCADE.
~Proclaim~, _v. a._ Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, advertise,
trumpet, broach, cry, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise
abroad, give notice of, make proclamation of.
~Proclaimer~, _n._ Promulgator.
~Proclamation~, _n._ ~1.~ Announcement, publication, promulgation,
advertisement.
~2.~ Edict, decree, ordinance, ban.
~Proclivity~, _n._ Inclination, tendency, proneness, propensity, bias,
disposition, leaning, bent, aptitude, predisposition, direction,
determination, bearing, drift, turn.
~Procrastinate~, _v. a._ Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, put off,
stave off, lay over, let lie over.
~Procrastinate~, _v. n._ Delay, wait, lag, loiter, be dilatory.
~Procrastination~, _n._ Dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness,
slowness.
~Procreant~, _a._ Productive.
~Procreate~, _v. a._ Generate, engender, beget, breed, produce,
propagate, bring into being.
~Procreation~, _n._ Generation, begetting, production.
~Procreator~, _n._ Generator, father, sire, begetter.
~Procurement~, _n._ Management, contrivance, agency, intervention,
procuration.
~Procurer~, _n._ Pimp, pander, bawd.
~Procumbent~, _a._ Prone, lying down, prostrate.
~Procuration~, _n._ ~1.~ Agency, PROCUREMENT.
~2.~ Authority as an agent, authority to act for another.
~Procurator~, _n._ (_Law._) Agent, proxy, attorney, deputy,
representative.
~Procure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Get, acquire, obtain, earn, win, achieve,
gain, provide, furnish.
~2.~ Contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about.
~Prodigal~, _a._ Wasteful, lavish, extravagant, profuse, too liberal.
~Prodigal~, _n._ Spendthrift, waster, squanderer.
~Prodigality~, _n._ Wastefulness, extravagance, excess, profusion,
lavishness, unthriftiness, squandering.
~Prodigious~, _a._ ~1.~ Marvellous, wonderful, portentous, amazing,
astonishing, surprising, astounding, strange, startling,
extraordinary, uncommon, wondrous, miraculous, very strange, unheard of.
~2.~ Enormous, monstrous, huge.
~Prodigy~, _n._ ~1.~ Marvel, portent, wonder, miracle.
~2.~ Monster, monstrosity, mooncalf, unnatural product.
~Produce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exhibit, show, bring forward, bring out, bring
into view, hold up to view, bring to light.
~2.~ Beget, procreate, engender, generate, propagate, breed, bring
into being.
~3.~ Cause, occasion, originate, make, create, effect, give rise to.
~4.~ Yield, bear, furnish, supply, give, afford, impart, render, bestow.
~5.~ Extend, protract, prolong, draw out, lengthen.
~Produce~, _n._ ~1.~ PRODUCT.
~2.~ Agricultural products.
~Product~, _n._ ~1.~ Produce, yield, proceeds, returns.
~2.~ Result, effect, work, fruit, production, performance.
~Production~, _n._ ~1.~ Produce, product, fruit, work, performance.
~2.~ Prolongation, extension, lengthening.
~Productive~, _a._ Fertile, generative, prolific, fruitful.
~Proem~, _n._ Preface, introduction, prelude, exordium, prolegomena,
preliminary remarks.
~Proemial~, _a._ Introductory, prefatory, preliminary, precursory.
~Profanation~, _n._ Desecration, pollution, misuse, abuse.
~Profane~, _a._ ~1.~ Irreverent, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked,
sacrilegious, impious.
~2.~ Unhallowed, impure, polluted.
~3.~ Secular, not sacred.
~Profane~, _v. a._ Desecrate, pollute, defile, abuse.
~Profaneness~, _n._ PROFANITY.
~Profanity~, _n._ ~1.~ Irreverence, profaneness, blasphemy.
~2.~ Profane language.
~Profess~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Avow, acknowledge, own, confess, declare,
affirm, avouch, aver, allege.
~2.~ Pretend, lay claim to.
~Profession~, _n._ ~1.~ Declaration, avowal, claim.
~2.~ Employment (_that requires a learned education_), calling,
occupation, business, AVOCATION.
~Proffer~, _v. a._ Tender, offer, volunteer.
~Proffer~, _n._ Tender, offer, proposal.
~Proficiency~, _n._ ~1.~ Advancement, improvement, progress.
~2.~ Skill, accomplishment, acquirement, mastery.
~Proficient~, _a._ Skilled, skilful, conversant, competent, well-
versed, qualified, practised, trained, accomplished, able,
thoroughbred, finished, good, at home, AU FAIT.
~Proficient~, _n._ Adept, expert, dab, master-hand, DABSTER, capital
hand, good hand.
~Profile~, _n._ ~1.~ Side-face.
~2.~ Outline, contour.
~Profit~, _n._ ~1.~ Gain, produce, emolument, return, avails.
~2.~ Advantage, benefit, service, weal, interest, welfare, behoof,
behalf, account, utility.
~Profitless~, _a._ Useless, worthless, fruitless, bootless,
unprofitable, valueless, of no use.
~Profligate~, _a._ Depraved, corrupt, dissolute, corrupted, very
wicked, graceless, very vicious, shameless, abandoned.
~Profligate~, _n._ Debauchee, rake, libertine, man of pleasure.
~Profound~, _a._ ~1.~ Deep.
~2.~ Penetrating, sagacious, skilled, not superficial.
~3.~ Lively, vivid, strong, deep-felt.
~4.~ Lowly, humble, submissive.
~Profundity~, _n._ Depth, deepness.
~Profuse~, _a._ ~1.~ Lavish, prodigal, improvident, extravagant,
wasteful, too liberal, too bountiful.
~2.~ Exuberant, over-abounding, in profusion.
~Profuseness~, _n._ PROFUSION.
~Profusion~, _n._ ~1.~ Lavishness, excess, prodigality, extravagance,
waste.
~2.~ Abundance, exuberance.
~Prog~, _n._ [_Low._] Victuals, FOOD.
~Progenitor~, _n._ Ancestor, forefather.
~Progeny~, _n._ Offspring, children, issue, descendants, race, breed,
stock, lineage.
~Prognosis~, _n._ (_Med._) Prophasis.
~Prognostic~, _a._ Foreshowing, foretokening.
~Prognostic~, _n._ Sign, token, presage, omen, indication, augury,
foreboding, prognostication.
~Prognosticate~, _v. a._ Foretell, predict, foretoken, betoken,
prophesy, foreshow, foreshadow, indicate, portend, augur.
~Prognostication~, _n._ ~1.~ PROGNOSTIC.
~2.~ Augury, prediction, vaticination, prophecy, indication.
~Programme~, _n._ Order of exercises.
~Progress~, _n._ ~1.~ Advancement, advance, progression, proficiency.
~2.~ Growth, increase, improvement.
~Progress~, _v. n._ Advance, proceed, go on, get on, go ahead, get
ahead, get forward, get along, make head, make headway, work one's
way, make one's way, make progress.
~Progression~, _n._ Advancement, advance, progress.
~Progressive~, _a._ ~1.~ Advancing, proceeding.
~2.~ Improving.
~Prohibit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hinder, prevent, debar, preclude, restrain.
~2.~ Forbid, inhibit, disallow, interdict.
~Prohibition~, _n._ Interdiction, interdict, inhibition, disallowance,
embargo.
~Prohibitive~, _a._ PROHIBITORY.
~Prohibitory~, _a._ Restrictive, prohibiting, prohibitive.
~Project~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, cast, throw out.
~2.~ Scheme, devise, contrive, frame, plan, plot, concoct, brew.
~3.~ Delineate (_as a sphere upon a plane_).
~Project~, _v. n._ Protrude, jut, bulge, jut out, stand out, be
prominent.
~Project~, _n._ Plan, scheme, contrivance, devise, design, proposal.
~Projectile~, _n._ Missile.
~Projection~, _n._ ~1.~ Propulsion, throwing.
~2.~ Planning, designing, contriving.
~3.~ Prominence, protuberance, bulge, process.
~4.~ Plan, delineation, map.
~Projector~, _n._ Schemer, designer, planner.
~Prolegomena~, _n. pl._ Introduction, preface, prelude, prologue,
preamble, proem, preliminary remarks.
~Prolétaire~, _n._ [Fr.] Laboring class, proletariat.
~Proletarian~, _a._ [_Rare._] Mean, vulgar, vile, plebeian.
~Proletariat~, _n._ PROLÉTAIRE, laboring class.
~Proletary~, _n._ Churl, peasant, rustic, clodhopper, countryman,
ploughman, lout, clown, boor, hind, laboring man.
~Prolific~, _a._ Fruitful, fertile, productive, generative, teeming.
~Prolix~, _a._ ~1.~ Diffuse, wordy, verbose, loose, long, long-spun,
spun-out, long-winded, discursive, rambling, not concise.
~2.~ Tiresome, tedious, uninteresting, wearisome.
~Prolixity~, _n._ Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious length.
~Prolixness~, _n._ Prolixity.
~Prolocutor~, _n._ Speaker, spokesman.
~Prologue~, _n._ Introduction (_to a play_), preface.
~Prolong~, _v. a._ Lengthen, protract, extend, continue, draw out.
~Prolongation~, _n._ Extension, protraction, lengthening.
~Promenade~, _n._ Walk, stroll.
~Promenade~, _v. n._ Take a walk.
~Prominence~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, projection, bulge, process.
~2.~ Conspicuousness, eminence, distinction, celebrity.
~Prominent~, _a._ ~1.~ Protuberant, projecting.
~2.~ Conspicuous, eminent, celebrated, distinguished, famous.
~Promiscuous~, _a._ Mixed, mingled, miscellaneous, indiscriminate,
confused.
~Promise~, _n._ ~1.~ Word, engagement, assurance, pledge.
~2.~ Promising character.
~Promise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pledge, engage, covenant, assure.
~2.~ Give expectation of, excite a hope of.
~Promise~, _v. n._ Engage, agree, stipulate, bargain, be sworn, pledge
one's self, plight one's word, pass one's word, give assurance, make
an agreement, tie one's self.
~Promising~, _a._ Encouraging, giving ground of hope.
~Promissory note~, Note of hand.
~Promontory~, _n._ Headland, foreland, cape.
~Promote~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Forward, advance, further, encourage, help,
assist.
~2.~ Elevate, exalt, raise, prefer.
~Promotion~, _n._ ~1.~ Furtherance, encouragement, advancement.
~2.~ Elevation, preferment.
~Prompt~, _a._ ~1.~ Ready, quick, apt.
~2.~ Early, timely, punctual.
~Prompt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Incite, induce, stimulate, impel, engage,
incline, dispose, urge, set on, draw on.
~2.~ Put in mind, give the cue to.
~3.~ Dictate, suggest, hint.
~Promptitude~, _n._ PROMPTNESS.
~Promptness~, _n._ Readiness, quickness, alacrity, alertness,
promptitude.
~Promulgate~, _v. a._ Publish, announce, proclaim, declare, advertise,
trumpet, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give
notice of, make promulgation of.
~Promulgation~, _n._ Announcement, advertisement, publication,
declaration.
~Prone~, _a._ ~1.~ Prostrate (_with the face downwards_), recumbent,
lying, flat.
~2.~ Sloping, inclining.
~3.~ Disposed, inclined, tending.
~Proneness~, _n._ Disposition, tendency, proclivity, inclination,
bias, bent, propensity, aptness, turn, leaning, predisposition.
~Pronounce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Utter (_with proper accent and tone_),
speak, enunciate, ARTICULATE.
~2.~ Declare, affirm.
~3.~ Deliver (_as an oration_).
~Pronunciamento~, _n._ Proclamation, announcement, declaration,
manifesto.
~Proof~, _n._ ~1.~ Test, trial, essay, experiment, ordeal.
~2.~ Demonstration, certification, attestation, satisfactory evidence.