| prepupal | (adjective) of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages | - |
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| prerecorded | (adjective) recorded at one time for transmission later | - |
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| prerequisite | (adjective) required as a prior condition or course of study | - |
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| presbyopic | (adjective) able to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: farsighted |
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| prescient | (adjective) perceiving the significance of events before they occur | - |
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| prescribed | (adjective) formally laid down or imposed | Synonyms: positive |
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| (adjective) set down as a rule or guide | - |
| (adjective) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | Synonyms: official |
| (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: appointed, decreed, ordained |
| prescription | (adjective) available only with a doctor's written prescription | - |
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| prescriptive | (adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules | Synonyms: normative |
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| present | (adjective) temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration | - |
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| (adjective) being or existing in a specified place | - |
| presentable | (adjective) fit to be seen | - |
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| presentational | (adjective) of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy) | - |
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| preservable | (adjective) capable of being preserved | - |
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| preservative | (adjective) tending or having the power to preserve | - |
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| preserved | (adjective) kept intact or in a particular condition | - |
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| (adjective) prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use | - |
| preset | (adjective) set in advance | Synonyms: predetermined |
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| presidential | (adjective) befitting a president | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a president or presidency | - |
| presocratic | (adjective) before the time of Socrates | Synonyms: pre-Socratic |
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| pressed | (adjective) compacted by ironing | - |
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| pressing | (adjective) compelling immediate action | Synonyms: urgent |
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| pressor | (adjective) increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure | - |
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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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| presto | (adjective) (of tempo) very fast | - |
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| presumable | (adjective) capable of being inferred on slight grounds | Synonyms: supposable, surmisable |
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| presumptive | (adjective) affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance | - |
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| (adjective) having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance | - |
| presumptuous | (adjective) excessively forward | Synonyms: assuming, assumptive |
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| presymptomatic | (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: preclinical |
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| preteen | (adjective) of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | Synonyms: preadolescent |
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| pretend | (adjective) imagined as in a play | Synonyms: make-believe |
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| pretended | (adjective) adopted in order to deceive | Synonyms: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, put on, sham |
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| pretentious | (adjective) making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction | - |
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| (adjective) intended to attract notice and impress others | Synonyms: ostentatious |
| (adjective) (of a display) tawdry or vulgar | Synonyms: ostentatious |
| preternatural | (adjective) surpassing the ordinary or normal | Synonyms: uncanny |
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| (adjective) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | Synonyms: nonnatural, otherworldly, transcendental |
| pretorial | (adjective) of or relating to a Roman praetor | Synonyms: praetorial, praetorian, pretorian |
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| pretorian | (adjective) of or relating to a Roman praetor | Synonyms: praetorial, praetorian, pretorial |
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| pretty | (adjective) (used ironically) unexpectedly bad | - |
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| (adjective) pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing | - |
| prevailing | (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, predominant, prevalent, rife |
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| prevalent | (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, predominant, prevailing, rife |
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| prevenient | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: anticipatory |
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| preventable | (adjective) capable of being prevented | - |
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| preventative | (adjective) tending to prevent or hinder | Synonyms: preventive |
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| (adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic |
| preventive | (adjective) tending to prevent or hinder | Synonyms: preventative |
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| (adjective) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease | Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic |
| previous | (adjective) too soon or too hasty | Synonyms: premature |
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| (adjective) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | Synonyms: former, late |
| (adjective) just preceding something else in time or order | Synonyms: old |
| prewar | (adjective) existing or belonging to a time before a war | - |
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