Antonyms for pat
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1. pat, rap, tapnoun

   the sound made by a gentle blow

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

   Synonyms:
   strike, wiretap, rap, tap, belt, spigot, knock, water faucet, hydrant, blame, whang, whack, rap music, hip-hop, dab, water tap

2. tap, pat, dabadjective

   a light touch or stroke

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, splatter, strike, splash, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tap

3. glib, pat, slickadjective

   having only superficial plausibility

   "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

   Synonyms:
   silky, smooth-tongued, cunning, slick, glib-tongued, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxy

4. patverb

   exactly suited to the occasion

   "a pat reply"

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

   Synonyms:
   glib, slick

5. chuck, patverb

   pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

   Synonyms:
   cat, puke, toss, throw up, chuck, sick, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, spue, upchuck, purge, spew, barf, ditch, be sick, retch, honk, dab, regorge

6. dab, patadverb

   hit lightly

   "pat him on the shoulder"

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

   Synonyms:
   dab, swob, chuck, swab

7. patadverb

   completely or perfectly

   "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat"

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

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1. patadjective

   Synonyms:
   suitable, fit, convenient, timely, pertinent, appropriate

How to use pat in a sentence?

1. Kate Andersen Brower:

   Pat Nixon was completely in the bunker during Watergate, which dragged on for two years. She stopped reading the newspapers at the height of the barrage and blamed others, in this case Republicans, for trying to bring her husband down, at one point the West Wing staff cut off her newspapers in an effort to shield her from the headlines. But she knew exactly what was going on and she defended her husband until the end.

2. Bobby Brown:

   I am making decisions with Pat Brown and we are working together for the medical care of my daughter, right now we are focused on Bobbi Kristina’s medical prognosis and the criminal investigation.

3. Mark Thomsen:

   There wasn't a basis for (the pat-down).

4. Masahiro Ichikawa:

   Upbeat U.S. stocks and the yen's weakening are continuing to push the Nikkei higher, the Bank of England may have gone against expectations by standing pat on monetary policy, but it did leave the door open for a rate cut in August and spared the markets from confusion.

5. Bobbi Kristina Brown:

   It went wonderful until Pat started speaking, and I didn't like that.

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