Synonyms for pat
pæt

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1. pat, rap, tap(noun)

   the sound made by a gentle blow

   Synonyms:
   strike, wiretap, rap, tap, belt, spigot, knock, water faucet, hydrant, blame, whang, whack, rap music, hip-hop, dab, water tap

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

2. tap, pat, dab(adj)

   a light touch or stroke

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, splatter, strike, splash, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tap

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

3. glib, pat, slick(adj)

   having only superficial plausibility

   "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

   Synonyms:
   silky, smooth-tongued, cunning, slick, glib-tongued, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxy

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

4. pat(verb)

   exactly suited to the occasion

   "a pat reply"

   Synonyms:
   glib, slick

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

5. chuck, pat(verb)

   pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

   Synonyms:
   cat, puke, toss, throw up, chuck, sick, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, spue, upchuck, purge, spew, barf, ditch, be sick, retch, honk, dab, regorge

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

6. dab, pat(adverb)

   hit lightly

   "pat him on the shoulder"

   Synonyms:
   dab, swob, chuck, swab

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

7. pat(adverb)

   completely or perfectly

   "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat"

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pat(a.)

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] fit, apt, pertinent, suitable, appropriate

2. pat(n.)

   Synonyms:
   rap, dab, tap, hit, light blow

3. pat(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   rap, dab, tap, strike lightly, hit

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. pat(a)

   Synonyms:
   suitable, fit, convenient, timely, pertinent, appropriate

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "pat":

   even, well, patricia, eight, tap, viii

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1. List of known nicknames for "Pat":

   Pat Jr.

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How to use pat in a sentence?

1. Frank Abrams:

   This is completely unknown, that Pat Garrett and Billy are in a picture together, this is amazing, everybody is excited.

2. Mark Thomsen:

   No one suspected him of committing a crime, there wasn't a basis for (the pat-down).

3. Tim Moore:

   The Charlotte City Council has gone against all common sense and has created a major public safety issue by opening all bathrooms and changing rooms to the general public, i join my conservative colleagues and Pat McCrory in exploring legislative intervention to correct this radical course.

4. Yoshihiro Okumura:

   Now that the Fed hints a December hike and Japan's economic data was strong, there are growing views that the BOJ may stand pat tomorrow.

5. Kate Andersen Brower:

   Pat Nixon was completely in the bunker during Watergate, which dragged on for two years. She stopped reading the newspapers at the height of the barrage and blamed others, in this case Republicans, for trying to bring her husband down, at one point the West Wing staff cut off her newspapers in an effort to shield her from the headlines. But she knew exactly what was going on and she defended her husband until the end.

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