Synonyms for pet
pɛtpet

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1. pet

   To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.

   See synonyms for AFFRONT.

   Synonyms:
   caress, coddle, court, embrace, flatter, fondle, kiss, pamper

   Preposition:
   Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.

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1. petnoun

   Synonyms:
   darling, fondling, favorite, cosset, jewel, minion, idol

   Antonyms:
   horror, bugbear, aversion, scarecrow

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1. petnoun

   a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

   Synonyms:
   favourite, ducky, positron emission tomography, dearie, favorite, deary, darling

   Antonyms:
   unloved

2. darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, duckynoun

   a special loved one

   Synonyms:
   positron emission tomography, deary, favorite, darling, dearie, ducky, front-runner, favourite

   Antonyms:
   unloved

3. petnoun

   a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

   Synonyms:
   favourite, ducky, positron emission tomography, dearie, favorite, deary, darling

   Antonyms:
   unloved

4. positron emission tomography, PETadjective

   using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

   Synonyms:
   favourite, ducky, positron emission tomography, favorite, dearie, deary, darling

   Antonyms:
   unloved

5. favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentverb

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   "the favored child"

   Antonyms:
   unloved

6. petverb

   stroke or caress gently

   "pet the lamb"

   Antonyms:
   unloved

7. petverb

   stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

   Antonyms:
   unloved

Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Caress
   • Irritability

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1. friend

   why i say pet is a friend is because they are our everyday companion in whatever little things we do at home which involves fun and out door activities.

   example. fetch a ball when playing soccer or tennis

   Submitted by christinemariye60 on April 13, 2019  

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1. petnoun

   Synonyms:
   fondling, darling, favorite

2. petnoun

   Synonyms:
   MIFF, angry mood, fit of peevishness

3. petadjective

   Synonyms:
   favorite, especially liked

4. petverb

   Synonyms:
   fondle, indulge, caress, make much of

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1. petadjective

   Synonyms:
   favorite, petted, cade

2. petnoun

   Synonyms:
   fondling, darling, favorite, cosset, tiff

3. petverb

   Synonyms:
   humor, coddle, fondle, cosset, caress, indulge

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1. List of paraphrases for "pet":

   tep, pets, animal, fart, toe, caress, favourite

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1. PET

   Synonyms:
   PET scan, positron emission transaxial tomography Imaging

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1. Kwon Beom-suk:

   They should have started this process a long time ago, we have too many pets in South Korea even though the pet culture has not matured yet.

2. David Lummis:

   Pet owners are really going to any lengths now keep their pets healthy and happy and so even during this pandemic. That persisted.

3. Michelle Ingram:

   At the end of the day, when the rescues are full and people aren't adopting because they're finally going on vacation or [animals] are being returned to us, you have pet overpopulation, the unfortunate consequence to that is euthanasia of highly adoptable pets.

4. Fox News:

   Knowing that your pet needs help and may not have the blood product they need — that is heartbreaking, and [it is] fixable if the community comes together.

5. Sam Baker:

   When I was a youngster, somebody gave me a white rat as a pet.