preach | (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: advocate |
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(verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: prophesy |
preacher | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer |
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preachification | (noun) moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner | - |
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preachify | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, sermonise, sermonize |
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preaching | (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: discourse, sermon |
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(noun) a moralistic rebuke | Synonyms: sermon |
preachment | (noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic | Synonyms: homily |
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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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preamble | (noun) a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose) | - |
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(verb) make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document | - |
preanal | (adjective) situated in front of the anus | - |
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prearrange | (verb) arrange beforehand | - |
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prearrangement | (noun) something arranged in advance | - |
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preassemble | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: prefabricate |
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prebend | (noun) the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon | - |
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prebendary | (noun) a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church | - |
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precalc | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalculus |
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precalculus | (noun) a college-level algebra and trigonometry course that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus | Synonyms: precalc |
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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 |
precariously | (adverb) in a precarious manner | - |
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precariousness | (noun) extreme dangerousness | - |
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(noun) being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance | Synonyms: uncertainness, uncertainty |
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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precaution | (noun) a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | Synonyms: guard, safeguard |
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(noun) the trait of practicing caution in advance | - |
(noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, forethought |
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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precava | (noun) receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins | Synonyms: superior vena cava |
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precede | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise |
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(verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: lead |
(verb) be the predecessor of | Synonyms: come before |
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate |
(verb) come before | Synonyms: predate |
precedence | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedency, precession |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedency, priority |
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedency, priority |
precedency | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precession |
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(noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, priority |
(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, priority |
precedent | (adjective) preceding in time, order, or significance | - |
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(noun) an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | Synonyms: case in point |
(noun) (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | Synonyms: case law, common law |
(noun) a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time) | - |
(noun) a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws | Synonyms: case law, common law |
precedented | (adjective) having or supported or justified by a precedent | - |
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precedentedly | (adverb) with 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 |
precentor | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, choirmaster |
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precentorship | (noun) the position of precentor | - |
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precept | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: commandment, teaching |
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(noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: principle |
preceptor | (noun) teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) | Synonyms: don |
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preceptorship | (noun) the position of preceptor | - |
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precess | (verb) move in a gyrating fashion | - |
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precession | (noun) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
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(noun) the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone | - |
prechlorination | (noun) chlorination prior to another chemical process | - |
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precinct | (noun) a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes | - |
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preciosity | (noun) the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | Synonyms: preciousness |
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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 |
(adverb) very | Synonyms: preciously |
preciously | (adverb) very | Synonyms: precious |
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preciousness | (noun) the positive quality of being precious and beyond value | Synonyms: invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness |
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(noun) the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined | Synonyms: preciosity |
(noun) the quality possessed by something with a great price or value | Synonyms: costliness, dearness |
precipice | (noun) a very steep cliff | - |
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precipitance | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitancy | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitant | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous |
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(noun) an agent that causes a precipitate to form | - |
precipitate | (adjective) done with very great haste and without due deliberation | Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitous |
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(noun) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering | - |
(verb) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles | - |
(verb) hurl or throw violently | - |
(verb) bring about abruptly | - |
(verb) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong | - |
(verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, fall |
precipitately | (adverb) at breakneck speed | Synonyms: headlong |
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precipitateness | (noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitousness, suddenness |
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precipitating | (adjective) bringing on suddenly or abruptly | - |
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precipitation | (noun) an unexpected acceleration or hastening | - |
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(noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry |
(noun) the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height | - |
(noun) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | Synonyms: downfall |
(noun) the process of forming a chemical precipitate | - |
(noun) the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time | - |
precipitator | (noun) removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation | Synonyms: Cottrell precipitator, electrostatic precipitator |
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precipitin | (noun) an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen | - |
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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 |
precipitously | (adverb) abruptly; in a precipitous manner | - |
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(adverb) very suddenly and to a great degree | Synonyms: sharply |
precipitousness | (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: abruptness, steepness |
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(noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness |
precis | (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: abstract, outline, synopsis |
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(verb) make a summary (of) | - |
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 |
precisely | (adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | Synonyms: exactly, just, properly |
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(adverb) in a precise manner | Synonyms: exactly, incisively |
(adverb) just as it should be | Synonyms: exactly, on the button, on the dot, on the nose |
preciseness | (noun) the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | Synonyms: precision |
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(noun) clarity as a consequence of precision | Synonyms: clearcutness |
precision | (noun) the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | Synonyms: preciseness |
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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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preclude | (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent |
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(verb) make impossible, especially beforehand | Synonyms: close out, rule out |
preclusion | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: forestalling, obviation |
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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 | - |
precociously | (adverb) in a precocious manner | - |
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precociousness | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precocity |
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precocity | (noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules | Synonyms: precociousness |
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precognition | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs | Synonyms: foreknowledge |
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precognitive | (adjective) foreseeing the future | Synonyms: clairvoyant, second-sighted |
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preconceive | (verb) conceive beforehand | - |
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preconceived | (adjective) (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice | - |
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preconception | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, prepossession |
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(noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: bias, prejudice |
preconcerted | (adjective) previously arranged or agreed on | - |
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precondition | (noun) a condition that is a prerequisite | - |
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(noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | Synonyms: given, presumption |
(noun) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else | Synonyms: condition, stipulation |
(verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
preconditioned | (adjective) having already been put into a suitable condition | - |
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precook | (verb) cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | - |
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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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precordium | (noun) the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach | - |
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precursor | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, herald, predecessor |
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(noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another | Synonyms: forerunner |
(noun) a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) | - |
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 |
predaceousness | (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaciousness, rapaciousness, rapacity |
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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 |
predaciousness | (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, rapaciousness, rapacity |
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predate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: antedate, foredate |
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(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede |
(verb) come before | Synonyms: precede |
(verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: prey, raven |
predation | (noun) the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey | - |
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(noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | Synonyms: depredation |
predator | (noun) any animal that lives by preying on other animals | Synonyms: predatory animal |
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(noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, vulture |
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 |