| practicable | (adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | Synonyms: executable, feasible, viable, workable |
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| (adjective) usable for a specific purpose | Synonyms: operable |
| practical | (adjective) concerned with actual use or practice | - |
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| (adjective) having or put to a practical purpose or use | - |
| (adjective) guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: hard-nosed, hardheaded, pragmatic |
| (adjective) being actually such in almost every respect | Synonyms: virtual |
| practiced | (adjective) skillful after much practice | Synonyms: practised |
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| (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, expert, good, proficient, skilful, skillful |
| practised | (adjective) skillful after much practice | Synonyms: practiced |
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| praetorial | (adjective) of or relating to a Roman praetor | Synonyms: praetorian, pretorial, pretorian |
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| praetorian | (adjective) of or relating to a Roman praetor | Synonyms: praetorial, pretorial, pretorian |
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| pragmatic | (adjective) of or concerning the theory of pragmatism | Synonyms: pragmatical |
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| (adjective) concerned with practical matters | Synonyms: matter-of-fact, pragmatical |
| (adjective) guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | Synonyms: hard-nosed, hardheaded, practical |
| pragmatical | (adjective) of or concerning the theory of pragmatism | Synonyms: pragmatic |
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| (adjective) concerned with practical matters | Synonyms: matter-of-fact, pragmatic |
| praiseful | (adjective) full of or giving praise | Synonyms: laudatory, praising |
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| praiseworthy | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: applaudable, commendable, laudable |
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| praising | (adjective) full of or giving praise | Synonyms: laudatory, praiseful |
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| prandial | (adjective) of or relating to a meal | - |
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| prankish | (adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful | Synonyms: arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, puckish, wicked |
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| prayerful | (adjective) disposed to pray or appearing to pray | - |
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| preachy | (adjective) inclined to or marked by tedious moralization | - |
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| preadolescent | (adjective) of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | Synonyms: preteen |
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| preanal | (adjective) situated in front of the anus | - |
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| precancerous | (adjective) of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated | - |
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| precarious | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: parlous, perilous, touch-and-go |
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| (adjective) not secure; beset with difficulties | Synonyms: shaky |
| (adjective) affording no ease or reassurance | Synonyms: unstable |
| precast | (adjective) of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation | - |
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| precative | (adjective) expressing entreaty or supplication | Synonyms: precatory |
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| precatory | (adjective) expressing entreaty or supplication | Synonyms: precative |
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| precautional | (adjective) taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | Synonyms: precautionary |
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| precautionary | (adjective) taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure | Synonyms: precautional |
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| precedent | (adjective) preceding in time, order, or significance | - |
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| precedented | (adjective) having or supported or justified by a precedent | - |
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| precedential | (adjective) having precedence (especially because of longer service) | - |
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| preceding | (adjective) existing or coming before | - |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, retiring |
| precious | (adjective) obviously contrived to charm | Synonyms: cute |
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| (adjective) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | Synonyms: cherished, treasured, wanted |
| (adjective) of high worth or cost | - |
| (adjective) held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature | Synonyms: valued |
| precipitant | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous |
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| precipitate | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous |
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| precipitating | (adjective) bringing on suddenly or abruptly | - |
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| precipitous | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate |
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| (adjective) dangerously steep | Synonyms: abrupt, sharp |
| precise | (adjective) sharply exact or accurate or delimited | - |
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| (adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: accurate, exact |
| preclinical | (adjective) of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared | Synonyms: presymptomatic |
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| preclusive | (adjective) made impossible | Synonyms: obviating |
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| precocial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days | - |
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| precocious | (adjective) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) | - |
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| (adjective) appearing or developing early | - |
| precognitive | (adjective) foreseeing the future | Synonyms: clairvoyant, second-sighted |
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| preconceived | (adjective) (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice | - |
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| preconcerted | (adjective) previously arranged or agreed on | - |
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| preconditioned | (adjective) having already been put into a suitable condition | - |
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| precooked | (adjective) cooked partially or completely beforehand | - |
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| precooled | (adjective) cooled in advance | - |
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| precordial | (adjective) in front of the heart; involving the precordium | - |
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| precursory | (adjective) warning of future misfortune | Synonyms: premonitory |
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| predaceous | (adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | Synonyms: predacious, predatory |
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| (adjective) hunting and killing other animals for food | Synonyms: predacious |
| predacious | (adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | Synonyms: predaceous, predatory |
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| (adjective) hunting and killing other animals for food | Synonyms: predaceous |
| predatory | (adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | Synonyms: predaceous, predacious |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
| (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: marauding, raiding |
| predestinarian | (adjective) of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination | - |
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| predestinate | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: foreordained, predestined |
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| predestined | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: foreordained, predestinate |
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| predetermined | (adjective) set in advance | Synonyms: preset |
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| predicative | (adjective) of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence | - |
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| predictable | (adjective) capable of being foretold | - |
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| predictive | (adjective) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | Synonyms: prognostic, prognosticative |
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| predigested | (adjective) artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action | - |
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| predisposed | (adjective) made susceptible | - |
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| predominant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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| (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
| predominate | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, preponderant, preponderating |
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| preeminent | (adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | Synonyms: leading |
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| preemptive | (adjective) designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence | Synonyms: pre-emptive |
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| preexistent | (adjective) existing previously or before something | Synonyms: pre-existent, pre-existing, preexisting |
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| preexisting | (adjective) existing previously or before something | Synonyms: pre-existent, pre-existing, preexistent |
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| prefab | (adjective) manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere | - |
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| prefaded | (adjective) (of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means | - |
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| prefatorial | (adjective) serving as an introduction or preface | Synonyms: introductory, prefatory |
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| prefatory | (adjective) serving as an introduction or preface | Synonyms: introductory, prefatorial |
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| prefectural | (adjective) of or relating to a prefecture | - |
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| preferable | (adjective) more desirable than another | Synonyms: preferred |
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| preferent | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favoured, favourite, pet, preferred |
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| preferential | (adjective) manifesting partiality | Synonyms: discriminatory |
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| preferred | (adjective) more desirable than another | Synonyms: preferable |
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| (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favoured, favourite, pet, preferent |
| prefigurative | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, foreshadowing |
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| prefrontal | (adjective) anterior to a frontal structure | - |
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| pregnant | (adjective) carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life | - |
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| (adjective) filled with or attended with | Synonyms: fraught |
| (adjective) rich in significance or implication | Synonyms: meaning, significant |
| prehensile | (adjective) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object | - |
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| (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy |
| (adjective) having a keen intellect | - |
| prehistoric | (adjective) of or relating to times before written history | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistorical |
| (adjective) outdated | - |
| prehistorical | (adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistoric |
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| prejudiced | (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | Synonyms: discriminatory |
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| (adjective) emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices | - |
| prejudicial | (adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas | Synonyms: prejudicious |
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| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicious |
| prejudicious | (adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas | Synonyms: prejudicial |
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| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial |
| prelapsarian | (adjective) of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve | - |
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| preliminary | (adjective) denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important | - |
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| preliterate | (adjective) not yet having acquired the ability to read and write | - |
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| (adjective) used of a society that has not developed writing | Synonyms: nonliterate |
| premarital | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: antenuptial, prenuptial |
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| premature | (adjective) born after a gestation period of less than the normal time | - |
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| (adjective) uncommonly early or before the expected time | Synonyms: untimely |
| (adjective) too soon or too hasty | Synonyms: previous |
| premedical | (adjective) preparing for the study of medicine | - |
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| (adjective) preceding and preparing for the study of medicine | - |
| premeditated | (adjective) characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning | - |
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| premenopausal | (adjective) prior to menopause | - |
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| premenstrual | (adjective) of or relating to or occurring during the time just before menstruation | - |
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| premier | (adjective) preceding all others in time | Synonyms: premiere |
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| (adjective) first in rank or degree | Synonyms: prime |
| premiere | (adjective) preceding all others in time | Synonyms: premier |
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| premium | (adjective) having or reflecting superior quality or value; having a higher price or cost | - |
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| premonitory | (adjective) warning of future misfortune | Synonyms: precursory |
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| prenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, antepartum |
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| prenominal | (adjective) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify | Synonyms: attributive |
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| prenuptial | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: antenuptial, premarital |
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| preoccupied | (adjective) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | Synonyms: haunted, obsessed, taken up |
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| (adjective) deeply absorbed in thought | Synonyms: bemused, lost |
| preoperative | (adjective) happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation | - |
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