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Synonyms for pat
pætpat
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Princeton's WordNet
pat, rap, tapnoun
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, dabadjective
a light touch or stroke
Synonyms:
water tap, wiretap, spigot, splatter, strike, splash, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tapAntonyms:
implausible, inappropriateglib, pat, slickadjective
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, inappropriatepatverb
exactly suited to the occasion
"a pat reply"
Antonyms:
implausible, inappropriatechuck, patverb
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, patadverb
hit lightly
"pat him on the shoulder"
Synonyms:
dab, swob, chuck, swabAntonyms:
inappropriate, implausiblepatadverb
completely or perfectly
"he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat"
Antonyms:
inappropriate, implausible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
patadjective
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] fit, apt, pertinent, suitable, appropriatepatnoun
Synonyms:
rap, dab, tap, hit, light blowpatverb
Synonyms:
rap, dab, tap, strike lightly, hit
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
patadjective
Synonyms:
suitable, fit, convenient, timely, pertinent, appropriate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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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?
Pat Healy Really, it's only a side thing for my true passion. Mary And what's that Pat Healy I work with retards. Mary Isn't that a little politically incorrect Pat Healy Yeah, maybe, but hell, no one's gonna tell me who I can and can't work with.
Former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer:
On Nov. 14, partly because the president had already contacted me twice, I sent him a note asking him not to get involved in these questions [posed by the review board], the next day, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone called me and said the president would remain involved. Shortly thereafter, I received a second call from Cipollone, who said the president would order me to restore Gallagher to the rank of chief.
Longtime Democratic operative Katie McGinty:
We need partners in Washington to help solve problems, not make them worse, unfortunately, Sen. Pat Toomey has become part of that Washington mess and has left middle class families out and behind.
Obviously, it was an opportunity that was missed, pat made an unbelievable play that put me in the position to extend the lead. I am always confident at the free throw line. I have always been very successful in clutch moments at the free throw line. Tonight, I was just unsuccessful.
We all believe in him, pat is a leader of the team and everybody knows that and respects him for it and that's why we're here.
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