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Synonyms for pat
pæt
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Princeton's WordNet
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 tapAntonyms:
implausible, inappropriatetap, pat, dab(adj)
a light touch or stroke
Synonyms:
water tap, wiretap, spigot, splatter, strike, splash, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tapAntonyms:
implausible, inappropriateglib, 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, foxyAntonyms:
implausible, inappropriatepat(verb)
exactly suited to the occasion
"a pat reply"
Antonyms:
implausible, inappropriatechuck, 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, regorgeAntonyms:
inappropriate, implausibledab, pat(adverb)
hit lightly
"pat him on the shoulder"
Synonyms:
dab, swob, chuck, swabAntonyms:
inappropriate, implausiblepat(adverb)
completely or perfectly
"he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat"
Antonyms:
inappropriate, implausible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pat(a.)
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] fit, apt, pertinent, suitable, appropriatepat(n.)
Synonyms:
rap, dab, tap, hit, light blowpat(v. a.)
Synonyms:
rap, dab, tap, strike lightly, hit
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pat(a)
Synonyms:
suitable, fit, convenient, timely, pertinent, appropriate
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Pat":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#157 | well | |
#270 | even | |
#1760 | cat | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2439 | eight | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4121 | belt | |
#4358 | sick | |
#4535 | pat | |
#5857 | rap | |
#6367 | chuck | |
#6828 | tap | |
#7199 | blame | |
#7282 | patricia | |
#8385 | viii | |
#9810 | knock | |
#11503 | splash | |
#14579 | sleek | |
#14874 | toss | |
#15831 | ditch | |
#15835 | slick | |
#15928 | tricky | |
#17639 | dab | |
#18996 | silky | |
#21908 | purge | |
#23246 | sly | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27214 | glib | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#30664 | vomit | |
#31695 | whack | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#38443 | puke | |
#42659 | wiretap | |
#43571 | swab | |
#47302 | silken | |
#48054 | hydrant | |
#48777 | wily | |
#49534 | spigot | |
#49599 | spew | |
#53287 | honk | |
#53814 | splatter | |
#54814 | barf | |
#108569 | satiny | |
#116093 | regurgitate | |
#146144 | whang | |
#154506 | disgorge | |
#175654 | retch | |
#234056 | upchuck |
How to use pat in a sentence?
This is completely unknown, that Pat Garrett and Billy are in a picture together, this is amazing, everybody is excited.
No one suspected him of committing a crime, there wasn't a basis for (the pat-down).
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.
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.
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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