| particularised | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularized |
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| particularistic | (adjective) relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.) | - |
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| particularized | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularised |
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| particulate | (adjective) composed of distinct particles | - |
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| partisan | (adjective) devoted to a cause or party | Synonyms: partizan |
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| partitive | (adjective) indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts | - |
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| (adjective) (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole | - |
| (adjective) serving to separate or divide into parts | Synonyms: separative |
| partizan | (adjective) devoted to a cause or party | Synonyms: partisan |
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| parturient | (adjective) of or relating to or giving birth | - |
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| (adjective) giving birth | - |
| parve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: pareve |
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| parvenu | (adjective) of or characteristic of a parvenu | Synonyms: parvenue |
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| (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart |
| parvenue | (adjective) of or characteristic of a parvenu | Synonyms: parvenu |
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| (adjective) characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart |
| paschal | (adjective) of or relating to Passover or Easter | - |
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| pass | (adjective) of advancing the ball by throwing it | Synonyms: passing |
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| passable | (adjective) able to be passed or traversed or crossed | - |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: adequate, fair to middling, tolerable |
| passant | (adjective) in walking position with right foreleg raised | - |
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| passe | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passee |
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| passee | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe |
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| passerine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds | - |
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| passing | (adjective) of advancing the ball by throwing it | Synonyms: pass |
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| (adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | Synonyms: casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial |
| (adjective) lasting a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory |
| (adjective) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily | - |
| passionate | (adjective) having or expressing strong emotions | - |
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| passionless | (adjective) not passionate | - |
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| (adjective) unmoved by feeling | Synonyms: emotionless |
| passive | (adjective) lacking in energy or will | Synonyms: inactive |
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| (adjective) expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb | - |
| (adjective) peacefully resistant in response to injustice | Synonyms: peaceful |
| past | (adjective) earlier than the present time; no longer current | - |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: preceding, retiring |
| pasted | (adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste | Synonyms: glued |
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| pastel | (adjective) lacking in body or vigor | - |
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| (adjective) delicate and pale in color | - |
| pastelike | (adjective) resembling paste in color; pallid | Synonyms: pasty |
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| pasteurised | (adjective) having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation | Synonyms: pasteurized |
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| pasteurized | (adjective) having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation | Synonyms: pasteurised |
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| pastoral | (adjective) of or relating to a pastor | - |
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| (adjective) relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle | Synonyms: bucolic |
| (adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic | Synonyms: arcadian, bucolic |
| pasty | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous |
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| (adjective) resembling paste in color; pallid | Synonyms: pastelike |
| pat | (adjective) exactly suited to the occasion | - |
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| (adjective) having only superficial plausibility | Synonyms: glib, slick |
| patched | (adjective) mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch | - |
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| (adjective) having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | Synonyms: spotted, spotty |
| patchy | (adjective) irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc. | - |
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| patellar | (adjective) near or relating to the patella or kneecap | - |
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| patelliform | (adjective) shaped like a dish or pan | Synonyms: dish-shaped, dished |
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| patent | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, plain, unmistakable |
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| (adjective) (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage | - |
| patented | (adjective) (of devices and processes) protected by patent | - |
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| paternal | (adjective) characteristic of a father | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: maternal, parental |
| (adjective) belonging to or inherited from one's father | - |
| (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, agnatic |
| paternalistic | (adjective) benevolent but sometimes intrusive | - |
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| pathetic | (adjective) inspiring mixed contempt and pity | Synonyms: pitiable, pitiful |
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| (adjective) inspiring scornful pity | Synonyms: ridiculous, silly |
| (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
| pathless | (adjective) lacking pathways | Synonyms: roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden |
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| pathogenic | (adjective) able to cause disease | Synonyms: infective, morbific |
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| pathologic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of pathology | Synonyms: pathological |
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| (adjective) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | Synonyms: diseased, morbid, pathological |
| pathological | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of pathology | Synonyms: pathologic |
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| (adjective) caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition | - |
| (adjective) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | Synonyms: diseased, morbid, pathologic |
| patient | (adjective) enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance | - |
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| patriarchal | (adjective) characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank | - |
| patriarchic | (adjective) (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line | - |
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| patricentric | (adjective) centered upon the father | - |
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| patrician | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, blue, gentle |
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| (adjective) befitting a person of noble origin | - |
| patrilineal | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilinear |
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| patrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilineal |
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| patrimonial | (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: ancestral, hereditary, transmissible |
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| patriotic | (adjective) inspired by love for your country | Synonyms: loyal |
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| patristic | (adjective) of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers | Synonyms: patristical |
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| patristical | (adjective) of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers | Synonyms: patristic |
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| patronised | (adjective) having patronage or clients | Synonyms: patronized |
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| patronising | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, condescending, patronizing |
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| patronized | (adjective) having patronage or clients | Synonyms: patronised |
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| patronizing | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, condescending, patronising |
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| patronless | (adjective) having little patronage or few clients | Synonyms: unpatronised, unpatronized |
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| patronymic | (adjective) of or derived from a personal or family name | - |
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| patterned | (adjective) having patterns (especially colorful patterns) | - |
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| paunchy | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: abdominous, potbellied |
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| paved | (adjective) covered with a firm surface | - |
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| pawky | (adjective) cunning and sly | - |
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| payable | (adjective) subject to or requiring payment especially as specified | Synonyms: collectable, collectible |
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| paying | (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary |
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| (adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: gainful, paid |
| peripatetic | (adjective) of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy | Synonyms: Aristotelean, Aristotelian, Aristotelic |
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| (adjective) traveling especially on foot | Synonyms: wayfaring |
| postmenopausal | (adjective) subsequent to menopause | - |
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| postpaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: prepaid |
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| postpartum | (adjective) occurring immediately after birth | Synonyms: postnatal |
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| premenopausal | (adjective) prior to menopause | - |
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| prepackaged | (adjective) prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale | Synonyms: prepacked |
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| prepacked | (adjective) prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale | Synonyms: prepackaged |
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| prepaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: postpaid |
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| preparative | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparatory, propaedeutic |
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| preparatory | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparative, propaedeutic |
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| prepared | (adjective) made ready or fit or suitable beforehand | - |
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| (adjective) equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources | - |
| (adjective) having made preparations | Synonyms: disposed, fain, inclined |
| prepupal | (adjective) of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages | - |
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| primiparous | (adjective) of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once | - |
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| principal | (adjective) most important element | Synonyms: chief, main, master, primary |
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| propaedeutic | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparative, preparatory |
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| propagandist | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandistic |
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| propagandistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandist |
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| propagative | (adjective) characterized by propagation or relating to propagation | - |
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| prototypal | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypal, archetypical, prototypic, prototypical |
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| psychopathic | (adjective) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder | Synonyms: psychopathologic, psychopathological |
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| psychopathologic | (adjective) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder | Synonyms: psychopathic, psychopathological |
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| psychopathological | (adjective) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder | Synonyms: psychopathic, psychopathologic |
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| pupal | (adjective) of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage | - |
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| quadripartite | (adjective) involving four parties | Synonyms: four-party |
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| radiopaque | (adjective) not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation | Synonyms: radio-opaque |
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| rampageous | (adjective) displaying raging violence; often destructive | - |
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| rampant | (adjective) (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth | - |
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| (adjective) rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | Synonyms: rearing |
| (adjective) unrestrained and violent | - |
| rapacious | (adjective) excessively greedy and grasping | Synonyms: ravening, voracious |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| rattlepated | (adjective) lacking sense or discretion | Synonyms: rattlebrained, scatterbrained, scatty |
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| repand | (adjective) having a slightly undulating margin | - |
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| reparable | (adjective) capable of being repaired or rectified | Synonyms: rectifiable |
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| repayable | (adjective) subject to repayment | - |
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| riparian | (adjective) of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream | - |
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