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Antonyms for pit
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. pit

    Synonyms:
    hollow, gulf, trench, excavation

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pit, cavitynoun

    a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

    "they dug a pit to bury the body"

    Synonyms:
    fossa, stone pit, infernal region, enclosed space, quarry, cavity, cavum, dental caries, nether region, endocarp, stone, perdition, caries, colliery, tooth decay, pitfall, orchestra pit, bodily cavity

  2. pit, fossanoun

    a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, fossa cat, genus Fossa, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  3. stone, pit, endocarpnoun

    the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

    "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, gemstone, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, gem, stone, orchestra pit, rock, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  4. Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pitnoun

    (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

    "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson

    Synonyms:
    orchestra pit, hellhole, stone pit, infernal region, netherworld, sin, quarry, cavity, blaze, nether region, endocarp, underworld, fossa, the pits, colliery, perdition, stone, inferno, conflagration, pitfall, hell, snake pit, hell on earth

  5. pitnoun

    an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  6. pitnoun

    (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  7. pitnoun

    (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  8. pit, pitfallnoun

    a trap in the form of a concealed hole

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp, booby trap

  9. pit, quarry, stone pitnoun

    a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

    "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, target, fair game, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, prey, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  10. orchestra pit, pitnoun

    lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  11. colliery, pitverb

    a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

    Synonyms:
    stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

  12. pit, oppose, match, play offverb

    set into opposition or rivalry

    "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"

    Synonyms:
    rival, react, touch, mark, pock, play off, equate, match, fit, meet, couple, equalize, twin, agree, stone, oppose, equalise, counterbalance, pair, contradict, cope with, defend, fight back, equal, gibe, tally, fight, correspond, fight down, jibe, scar, controvert, mate, check

  13. scar, mark, pock, pitverb

    mark with a scar

    "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

    Synonyms:
    score, note, notice, stigmatize, punctuate, strike out, grade, set, play off, stone, nock, label, mark, differentiate, brand, cross off, pock, stigmatise, check off, match, tick, tick off, cross out, commemorate, check, denounce, oppose, distinguish, scar, tag, strike off, mark off

  14. pit, stoneverb

    remove the pits from

    "pit plums and cherries"

    Synonyms:
    oppose, mark, stone, pock, scar, play off, match, lapidate

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  1. pitnoun

    Synonyms:
    hollow, hole, excavation, cavity, abyss, parquet, quarry, endocarp, stone, putamen

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  1. cover

    cover is a verb and opposite in meaning of pit. pit means a hole dug on the surface land.

    forexample: fill, cover, cork, close

    Submitted by willaimsperry19 on June 3, 2021  

How to use pit in a sentence?

  1. Jana Kramer:

    Our entire living room looks like an amusement park. Weve got a ball pit, my husband made this shantytown out of boxes weve gotten from Amazon, which, of course, we wiped down.

  2. Cristobal Alex:

    These attacks against Secretary Castro are completely unfounded, short sighted, and only serve to pit us against each other.

  3. Glenn Hollander:

    There’s lot of expertise and a lot of history that is going to be lost, a lot of understanding of why the market is doing something, i think open-outcry died because as electronics came in the people who were afraid of them didn’t embrace them. And pit traders just got swept away like a tsunami.

  4. The Hollywood Reporter:

    The crippling economics of Broadway have long since ushered in the era of downsized casts and mini-orchestras, so the sheer spectacle value of an opulently costumed 50-member troupe, accompanied by 29 musicians in the pit, is enough to make a musical-theater lover's head explode.

  5. Asya Engovatova:

    These people were killed, and their bodies remained lying in the snow for a fairly long time, in April or May, flies started to multiply on the remains, and in late May or early June, they were buried in a pit on the homestead, which is where they probably had lived.

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