| preexisting | (adjective) existing previously or before something | Synonyms: pre-existent, pre-existing, preexistent |
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| prestigious | (adjective) exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige | - |
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| (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: esteemed, honored, honoured |
| prestissimo | (adjective) (of tempo) as fast as possible | - |
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| pristine | (adjective) immaculately clean and unused | - |
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| (adjective) completely free from dirt or contamination | - |
| probabilistic | (adjective) of or relating to or based on probability | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism | - |
| prognostic | (adjective) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | Synonyms: predictive, prognosticative |
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| prognosticative | (adjective) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | Synonyms: predictive, prognostic |
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| propagandistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandist |
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| psycholinguistic | (adjective) of or relating to the psychology of language | - |
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| pugilistic | (adjective) of or relating to pugilism or pugilists | - |
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| qabalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, sibylline |
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| questionable | (adjective) subject to question | - |
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| (adjective) able to be refuted | Synonyms: confutable, confutative, refutable |
| questioning | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitive, speculative, wondering |
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| (adjective) marked by or given to doubt | Synonyms: doubting, sceptical, skeptical |
| (adjective) perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) | Synonyms: quizzical |
| rationalistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism | - |
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| realistic | (adjective) aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism | - |
| (adjective) representing what is real; not abstract or ideal | Synonyms: naturalistic |
| relativistic | (adjective) relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism | - |
| resistible | (adjective) capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated | - |
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| resistive | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance | - |
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| (adjective) disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | Synonyms: insubordinate, resistant |
| restive | (adjective) impatient especially under restriction or delay | - |
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| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, uptight |
| revivalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterizing revivalism | - |
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| ritualistic | (adjective) of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism | - |
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| robustious | (adjective) noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | Synonyms: boisterous, rambunctious, rumbustious, unruly |
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| romanticistic | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts | Synonyms: romantic, romanticist |
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| rumbustious | (adjective) noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | Synonyms: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, unruly |
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| rustic | (adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial | Synonyms: bumpkinly, hick, unsophisticated |
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| (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: agrestic |
| (adjective) characteristic of rural life | Synonyms: countrified, countryfied |
| sadistic | (adjective) deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another | - |
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| sadomasochistic | (adjective) of or relating to sadomasochism | - |
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| sarcastic | (adjective) expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds | - |
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| scholastic | (adjective) of or relating to schools | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism | - |
| sciolistic | (adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish | Synonyms: dilettante, dilettanteish, dilettantish |
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| sensationalistic | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: scandalmongering, yellow |
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| shamanistic | (adjective) of or relating to shamanism | Synonyms: shamanist |
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| simplistic | (adjective) characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity | - |
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| slapstick | (adjective) characterized by horseplay and physical action | - |
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| socialistic | (adjective) advocating or following the socialist principles | Synonyms: socialist |
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| sociolinguistic | (adjective) of or relating to sociolinguistics | - |
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| sophistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to sophists | - |
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| (adjective) plausible but misleading | Synonyms: sophistical |
| sophistical | (adjective) plausible but misleading | Synonyms: sophistic |
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| sophisticated | (adjective) having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire | - |
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| (adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate | Synonyms: advanced |
| (adjective) intellectually appealing | - |
| spastic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by spasm | - |
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| (adjective) suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
| (adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm | Synonyms: convulsive, spasmodic |
| specialistic | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of specialists | - |
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| (adjective) showing focused training | - |
| spiritualistic | (adjective) of or relating to or connected with spiritualism | Synonyms: spiritualist |
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| statistical | (adjective) of or relating to statistics | - |
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| sticking | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking out |
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| sticky | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, viscid, viscous |
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| (adjective) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment | Synonyms: awkward, embarrassing, unenviable |
| (adjective) covered with an adhesive material | - |
| (adjective) hot or warm and humid | Synonyms: muggy, steamy |
| (adjective) moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body | - |
| stiff | (adjective) having a strong physiological or chemical effect | Synonyms: potent, strong |
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| (adjective) rigidly formal | Synonyms: buckram, starchy |
| (adjective) not moving or operating freely | - |
| (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet |
| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| (adjective) strong, vigorous | - |
| (adjective) incapable of or resistant to bending | Synonyms: rigid |
| stifled | (adjective) held in check with difficulty | Synonyms: smothered, strangled, suppressed |
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| stifling | (adjective) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | Synonyms: sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry |
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| stigmatic | (adjective) not astigmatic | Synonyms: anastigmatic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) | Synonyms: anastigmatic |
| (adjective) pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata | - |
| still | (adjective) not sparkling | Synonyms: noneffervescent |
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| (adjective) used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion | - |
| (adjective) (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | Synonyms: placid, quiet, smooth, tranquil, unruffled |
| (adjective) marked by absence of sound | Synonyms: silent, soundless |
| (adjective) not in physical motion | Synonyms: inactive, motionless, static |
| (adjective) free from noticeable current | - |
| stillborn | (adjective) (of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn | - |
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| (adjective) failing to accomplish an intended result | Synonyms: abortive, unsuccessful |
| stilly | (adjective) (poetic) still or calm | - |
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| stilted | (adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: artificial, contrived, hokey |
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| stimulant | (adjective) that stimulates | Synonyms: stimulating |
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| stimulated | (adjective) emotionally aroused | Synonyms: aroused, stirred, stirred up |
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| stimulating | (adjective) rousing or quickening activity or the senses | - |
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| (adjective) making lively and cheerful | Synonyms: exhilarating |
| (adjective) that stimulates | Synonyms: stimulant |
| stimulative | (adjective) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | - |
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| stinging | (adjective) (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character | Synonyms: cutting, edged |
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| stingless | (adjective) without a sting | - |
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| stingy | (adjective) unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.) | Synonyms: ungenerous |
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| (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy |
| stinking | (adjective) very bad | Synonyms: crappy, icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinky |
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| (adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, foul, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly |
| stinky | (adjective) having an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling |
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| (adjective) very bad | Synonyms: crappy, icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking |
| stinting | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing |
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| stipendiary | (adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance | - |
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| (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried |
| (adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation | Synonyms: compensated, remunerated, salaried |
| stippled | (adjective) having a pattern of dots | Synonyms: dotted, flecked, specked, speckled |
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| stipulatory | (adjective) constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement | Synonyms: agreed upon |
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| stirred | (adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | Synonyms: affected, moved, touched |
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| (adjective) set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend | - |
| (adjective) emotionally aroused | Synonyms: aroused, stimulated, stirred up |
| stirring | (adjective) exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions | Synonyms: soul-stirring |
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| (adjective) capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement | Synonyms: rousing |
| stitched | (adjective) fastened with stitches | Synonyms: sewed, sewn |
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| stochastic | (adjective) being or having a random variable | - |
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| stylistic | (adjective) of or relating to style (especially in the use of language) | - |
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| substitutable | (adjective) capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent | Synonyms: commutable |
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| (adjective) (of words) interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression | - |
| substitute | (adjective) artificial and inferior | Synonyms: ersatz |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, alternative |
| (adjective) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | Synonyms: utility |
| suggestible | (adjective) susceptible or responsive to suggestion | - |
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| suggestive | (adjective) tending to suggest or imply | Synonyms: implicative |
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| (adjective) tending to suggest something improper or indecent | - |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, significative |
| supernaturalistic | (adjective) of or relating to supernaturalism | Synonyms: supernaturalist |
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| superstitious | (adjective) showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance | - |
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| surrealistic | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal |
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| syllogistic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of syllogism | - |
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| syncretistic | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical |
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| (adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical |
| syncretistical | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistic |
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| (adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistic |
| synergistic | (adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) | Synonyms: interactive |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism | - |
| (adjective) working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect | Synonyms: synergetic |
| telegnostic | (adjective) obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms | - |
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| testicular | (adjective) of or involving the testes | - |
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| testimonial | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting testimony | - |
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| (adjective) expressing admiration or appreciation | - |
| theistic | (adjective) of or relating to theism | Synonyms: theist, theistical |
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| theistical | (adjective) of or relating to theism | Synonyms: theist, theistic |
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| thermoplastic | (adjective) having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled | - |
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| totalistic | (adjective) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life | Synonyms: totalitarian |
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| traditionalistic | (adjective) adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices | - |
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| transvestic | (adjective) receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex | Synonyms: transvestite |
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| transvestite | (adjective) receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex | Synonyms: transvestic |
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| tribadistic | (adjective) of female homosexual behavior that attempts to simulate heterosexual behavior | - |
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| trophoblastic | (adjective) of or relating to the trophoblast | - |
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| trusting | (adjective) inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust | Synonyms: trustful |
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| tsaristic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a czar | Synonyms: czarist, czaristic, tsarist, tzarist |
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| twisting | (adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: tortuous, twisty, voluminous, winding |
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| ultranationalistic | (adjective) fanatically patriotic | Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic |
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| unartistic | (adjective) lacking aesthetic sensibility | Synonyms: inartistic |
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| uncharacteristic | (adjective) distinctive and not typical | - |
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