Synonyms for pit
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. pit

   Synonyms:
   hollow, gulf, trench, excavation

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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. • Christianity
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   • Disfigure
   • Enclosure
   • Excavation
   • Hole
   • Imaginary Place
   • Remove
   • Trap

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pitnoun

   Synonyms:
   excavation, hole, cavity, hollow, indentation, dent, dint, depression, dimple

2. pitnoun

   Synonyms:
   gulf, abyss

3. pitnoun

   Synonyms:
   parquet, parterre

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pitnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "pit":

   ipo, pozo, mine, hole, sky, wells, irp, cavity, nuclei, crater, excavation

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1. Amy Fochler:

   Veterans face a lot of adversity when it comes to burn pit exposure. Three things are needed for service connection, exposure and service, a current disability, and a nexus between that exposure and their disability, the Nexus piece is usually the most difficult to establish and with Chris, because the onset was in service, the VA found that there was a nexus. For most veterans, the disability manifests after service, and so, without a presumptive for conditions due to burn pit exposure, the burden is on the veteran to present evidence of a medical nexus between their current disability and their burn pit exposure. Most of the time, the VA doesn't recognize the connection.

2. Kurt Busch:

   We kind of lost control that pit stop where we came in the leader and came out third, i thought if we could keep in touch with (Jones and Larson), keep close to them, we might be able to out-pit road them at the end of the race. We got by one of them, but not the other one. But overall, good day.

3. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

   Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra... these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known... this is the only thing I can say about the matter. The utilitarian results do not interest me.

4. Brad Fiscus:

   Whoever sent that must not know me very well. That's for a beagle, but I'm a pit bull,'.

5. Casino:

   Ace In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.