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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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 |
preponderant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating |
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preponderating | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant |
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prepositional | (adjective) of or relating to or formed with a preposition | - |
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prepossessing | (adjective) creating a favorable impression | - |
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preposterous | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous |
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preprandial | (adjective) preceding a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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prepubertal | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubescent |
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prepubescent | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubertal |
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