Antonyms for pet
pɛtpet

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1. pet

   To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.

   See synonyms for AFFRONT.

   Synonyms:
   caress, coddle, court, embrace, flatter, fondle, kiss, pamper

   Preposition:
   Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. petnoun

   Antonyms:
   horror, bugbear, aversion, scarecrow

   Synonyms:
   darling, fondling, favorite, cosset, jewel, minion, idol

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Caress
   • Irritability

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. petnoun

   a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

   Antonyms:
   unloved

   Synonyms:
   favourite, ducky, positron emission tomography, dearie, favorite, deary, darling

2. darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, duckynoun

   a special loved one

   Antonyms:
   unloved

   Synonyms:
   positron emission tomography, deary, favorite, darling, dearie, ducky, front-runner, favourite

3. petnoun

   a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

   Antonyms:
   unloved

   Synonyms:
   favourite, ducky, positron emission tomography, dearie, favorite, deary, darling

4. positron emission tomography, PETadjective

   using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

   Antonyms:
   unloved

   Synonyms:
   favourite, ducky, positron emission tomography, favorite, dearie, deary, darling

5. favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentverb

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   "the favored child"

   Antonyms:
   unloved

6. petverb

   stroke or caress gently

   "pet the lamb"

   Antonyms:
   unloved

7. petverb

   stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

   Antonyms:
   unloved

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1. petadjective

   Synonyms:
   favorite, petted, cade

2. petnoun

   Synonyms:
   fondling, darling, favorite, cosset, tiff

3. petverb

   Synonyms:
   humor, coddle, fondle, cosset, caress, indulge

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PET

   Synonyms:
   PET scan, positron emission transaxial tomography Imaging

How to use pet in a sentence?

1. Frances Hayter:

   We don't have kids, so abandoning our pet was a pretty serious decision.

2. Billy Graham:

   A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

3. Annette Edwards:

   A man in America wanted him brought over. He wanted to bring him over as a pet.

4. Van Sickle:

   There was no indication to think that this home was anything other than a typical pet friendly home.

5. Jared Koerten:

   The trend is called 'pet humanization,' or treating them like your own children, people don't want to give their pets anything they wouldn't eat themselves.

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