| prom | (noun) a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year | Synonyms: promenade |
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| promenade | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: amble, perambulation, saunter, stroll |
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| (noun) a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance | - |
| (noun) a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle | - |
| (noun) a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk | Synonyms: mall |
| (noun) a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year | Synonyms: prom |
| (verb) take a leisurely walk | - |
| (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: parade, troop |
| promethazine | (noun) antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness | Synonyms: Phenergan |
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| promethium | (noun) a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium | Synonyms: atomic number 61, Pm |
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| prominence | (noun) relative importance or fame | - |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
| (noun) the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent | - |
| prominent | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, salient, spectacular, striking |
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| (adjective) conspicuous in position or importance | Synonyms: big, large |
| prominently | (adverb) in a prominent way | Synonyms: conspicuously |
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| promiscuity | (noun) indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations | Synonyms: promiscuousness, sleeping around |
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| promiscuous | (adjective) not selective of a single class or person | - |
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| (adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, light, loose, sluttish, wanton |
| promiscuously | (adverb) in a licentious and promiscuous manner | Synonyms: licentiously, wantonly |
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| (adverb) in an indiscriminate manner | Synonyms: indiscriminately |
| promiscuousness | (noun) indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations | Synonyms: promiscuity, sleeping around |
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| promise | (noun) grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | Synonyms: hope |
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| (noun) a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | - |
| (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: assure |
| (verb) promise to undertake or give | - |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate |
| (verb) give grounds for expectations | - |
| promisee | (noun) a person to whom a promise is made | - |
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| promiser | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promisor |
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| promising | (adjective) likely to turn out well in the future | Synonyms: bright, hopeful |
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| (adjective) showing possibility of achievement or excellence | - |
| promisingly | (adverb) in a manner that gives hope | - |
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| promisor | (noun) a person who makes a promise | Synonyms: promiser |
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| promissory | (adjective) relating to or having the character of a promise | - |
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| promo | (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
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| promontory | (noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | Synonyms: foreland, head, headland |
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| promote | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, push |
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| (verb) change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent | - |
| (verb) be changed for a superior chess or checker piece | - |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, further |
| promoter | (noun) someone who is an active supporter and advocate | Synonyms: booster, plugger |
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| (noun) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | Synonyms: impresario, showman |
| promotion | (noun) act of raising in rank or position | - |
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| (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: forwarding, furtherance |
| (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promo, promotional material, publicity |
| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: advancement, furtherance |
| promotional | (adjective) of or relating to serving as publicity | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to advancement | - |
| promotive | (adjective) tending to further or encourage | - |
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| promposal | (noun) The act of asking someone to go to a prom with you | - |
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| prompt | (adjective) performed with little or no delay | Synonyms: immediate, quick, straightaway |
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| (adjective) according to schedule or without delay; on time | - |
| (adjective) ready and willing or quick to act | - |
| (noun) a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) | Synonyms: prompting |
| (noun) (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command | Synonyms: command prompt |
| (verb) serve as the inciting cause of | Synonyms: inspire, instigate |
| (verb) assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned | Synonyms: cue, remind |
| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, move, propel |
| promptbook | (noun) the copy of the playscript used by the prompter | Synonyms: prompt copy |
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| prompter | (noun) a device that displays words for people to read | Synonyms: autocue |
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| (noun) someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech | Synonyms: theater prompter |
| prompting | (noun) persuasion formulated as a suggestion | Synonyms: suggestion |
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| (noun) a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) | Synonyms: prompt |
| promptitude | (noun) the characteristic of doing things without delay | Synonyms: promptness |
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| promptly | (adverb) in a punctual manner | Synonyms: pronto, readily |
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| (adverb) at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence) | Synonyms: right away |
| (adverb) with little or no delay | Synonyms: quick, quickly |
| promptness | (noun) the characteristic of doing things without delay | Synonyms: promptitude |
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| (noun) the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time | Synonyms: punctuality |
| promulgate | (verb) state or announce | Synonyms: exclaim, proclaim |
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| (verb) put a law into effect by formal declaration | - |
| promulgated | (adjective) formally made public | Synonyms: published |
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| promulgation | (noun) the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice | Synonyms: proclamation |
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| (noun) a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen | Synonyms: announcement |
| (noun) the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect | - |
| promulgator | (noun) (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) | - |
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| promycelium | (noun) the basidium of various fungi | - |
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| promythium | (noun) A section of text that comes before the story. | - |
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