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Synonyms for pat
pætpat
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Princeton's WordNet
pat, rap, tapnoun
the sound made by a gentle blow
Synonyms:
strike, wiretap, rap, tap, belt, spigot, knock, water faucet, hydrant, blame, whang, whack, rap music, hip-hop, dab, water tapAntonyms:
implausible, inappropriatetap, pat, dabadjective
a light touch or stroke
Synonyms:
water tap, wiretap, spigot, splatter, strike, splash, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tapAntonyms:
implausible, inappropriateglib, pat, slickadjective
having only superficial plausibility
"glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
Synonyms:
silky, smooth-tongued, cunning, slick, glib-tongued, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxyAntonyms:
implausible, inappropriatepatverb
exactly suited to the occasion
"a pat reply"
Antonyms:
implausible, inappropriatechuck, patverb
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
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, regorgeAntonyms:
inappropriate, implausibledab, patadverb
hit lightly
"pat him on the shoulder"
Synonyms:
dab, swob, chuck, swabAntonyms:
inappropriate, implausiblepatadverb
completely or perfectly
"he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat"
Antonyms:
inappropriate, implausible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
patadjective
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] fit, apt, pertinent, suitable, appropriatepatnoun
Synonyms:
rap, dab, tap, hit, light blowpatverb
Synonyms:
rap, dab, tap, strike lightly, hit
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
patadjective
Synonyms:
suitable, fit, convenient, timely, pertinent, appropriate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#157 | well | |
#270 | even | |
#1760 | cat | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2439 | eight | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4121 | belt | |
#4358 | sick | |
#4535 | pat | |
#5857 | rap | |
#6367 | chuck | |
#6828 | tap | |
#7199 | blame | |
#7282 | patricia | |
#8385 | viii | |
#9810 | knock | |
#11503 | splash | |
#14579 | sleek | |
#14874 | toss | |
#15831 | ditch | |
#15835 | slick | |
#15928 | tricky | |
#17639 | dab | |
#18996 | silky | |
#21908 | purge | |
#23246 | sly | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27214 | glib | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#30664 | vomit | |
#31695 | whack | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#38443 | puke | |
#42659 | wiretap | |
#43571 | swab | |
#47302 | silken | |
#48054 | hydrant | |
#48777 | wily | |
#49534 | spigot | |
#49599 | spew | |
#53287 | honk | |
#53814 | splatter | |
#54814 | barf | |
#108569 | satiny | |
#116093 | regurgitate | |
#146144 | whang | |
#154506 | disgorge | |
#175654 | retch | |
#234056 | upchuck |
How to use pat in a sentence?
As Watergate raged on, Pat Nixon spent lots of time sequestered in her room alone in the Residence. Butlers brought her breakfast and often she would only drink the coffee. People around her grew concerned about her health because it was obvious that Watergate was taking a toll and she was losing weight.
All they keep getting is criticized, i’m not saying they should get a pat on the back … but there comes a point in time where I think Mark [Zuckerberg] and other CEOs are like, is this worth the investment?
The Water is wide and Pat Conroy has now passed over.
I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled, i apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me ... We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called.
Knowing that many gang members go to schools, if for nothing more [than] to recruit and sell drugs, they're going to be able to resolve their disputes in the classrooms, in the lunchrooms, within the school buildings itself, because now they won't even fear… a pat-down or having to go put their backpack through a metal detector, this is not focusing on what the real problem is.
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