Putnam's Word Book Part 171

pommel, v. beat, pound, maul, belabor, cudgel, thwack, club.

pomp, n. pageantry, parade, pageant.

pompous, a. stately, imposing, august; pretentious, grandiose See bombastic.

pond, n. lake (small); lagoon.

ponder, v. meditate, reflect, ruminate, think, muse.

ponderous, a. ma.s.sive, heavy, c.u.mbersome; dull, spiritless momentous, important.

pooh-pooh, v. (Colloq.) deride.

poor, a. indigent, impecunious, needy, poverty -stricken, straitened, necessitous, penniless, eleemosynary; emaciated, skinny, lean, spare, meager, bony, gaunt, thin, haggard, scrawny, angular, peaked, rawboned, pinched; inferior, mean, shabby, seedy, tacky, worthless; barren, sterile, effete infecund, inarable, exhausted, infertile; miserable, wretched, faulty, defective; despicable, contemptible, abject, sordid, sorry; unfavorable, inauspicious, unpropitious.

poorhouse, n. almshouse, infirmary.

pope, n. bishop of Rome, pontiff, _Pontifex Maximus_. a.s.sociated words: papal, papacy, paparchy, popish, see, popedom, popery, ablegate, nuncio, legate, Vatican, pontifical.

poppinjay, n. dandy, c.o.xcomb. See fop.

populace, n. commonalty, proletariat, rabble.

popular, a. approved.

popularity, n. favor, esteem, approbation, celebrity.

population, n. inhabitants.

porch, n. piazza, stoop, veranda, porte-cochere, portico.

pork, n. a.s.sociated Words: trichina, trichinosis.

porous, a. permeable, penetrable, pervious, percolable. Antonyms: imporous, compact.

porridge dish. porringer.

port, n. harbor, haven; port-hole, embrasure; larboard; deportment, carriage, bearing, demeanor.

portend, v. foretoken, bode, presage, foreshadow, augur.

portentous, a. ominous, premonitory; monstrous, prodigious.

porter, n. doorkeeper, _concierge_.

portico, n. colonnade, arcade; porch.

portion, n. part, section, piece; allotment, quota, share, contingent; inheritance; dowry.

portly, a. dignified, imposing, stately, commanding; fleshy, obese, corpulent, stout.

portray, v. delineate, depict, picture, draw, sketch, paint, describe.

portrayal, n. delineation, description, account, recital, painting, depiction.

pose, n. att.i.tude, posture (a.s.sumed).--v. att.i.tudinize; nonplus, bewilder, embarra.s.s.

position, n. situation, post; att.i.tude, posture; situation, place, job; rank, standing, status; state, condition, circ.u.mstances.

positive, a. definite, precise, unequivocal, explicit, catagorical, unmistakable; confident, certain, sure; veritable, actual, absolute; indisputable; peremptory, dogmatic.

posse, n. (Colloq.) crowd, throng, mult.i.tude.

possess, v. own; have, hold, occupy; seize, take, appropriate.

possession, n. owners.h.i.+p, occupancy, tenure, fruition, retention, occupation.

possessor, n. owner, proprietor; occupant, tenant, holder.

possibility, n. potentiality, contingency. Antonym: impossibility.

possible, a. potential, _in posse_, contingent, practicable.

Antonym: impossible.

possibly, adv. maybe, perhaps, perchance, peradventure, haply.

post, n. column, pillar, pilaster; position, seat, station; office, employment, station; bollard, stanchion, pile, newel, puncheon.

post, v. placard, announce; mail.

posted, a. (Colloq.) informed.

poster, n. placard, bulletin, bill.

posterior, a. later, subsequent, ensuing, succeeding; hinder, rear.

post-mortem, n. autopsy, necropsy.

postpone, v. defer, delay, put off, procrastinate, adjourn, prorogue.

postponement, n. deferring, delay, procrastination.

posture, n. att.i.tude.

posy, n. flower, nosegay, boutonniere, bouquet.

pot, n. kettle; chamber-pot, jorden, urinal; jardiniere.

potboy, n. menial, scullion.