Patient—resigned, composed, enduring, calm, passive, an invalid.
Peaceable—quiet, mild, gentle.
Peevish—fretful, disagreeable, petulant, cross, captious, irritable.
Penalty—punishment, pain, fine, forfeiture, chastisement.
Penitence—contrition, remorse, compunction, repentance.
Penurious—parsimonious, sparing, miserly, niggardly, beggarly.
Penury—want, poverty, indigence, distress, need.
Perceive—Observe, discern, distinguish.
Perception—belief, conception, sentiment, idea, sensation, notion.
Peremptory—positive, arbitrary, dogmatical, absolute, despotic.
Perfect—done, complete, finished.
Perfidious—false, treacherous, faithless.
Perforate—penetrate, pierce, bore.
Perform—execute, effect, accomplish, produce, achieve, fulfill.
Perfume—odor, smell, scent, fragrance, exhalation.
Period—circuit, date, age, epoch, era.
Permit—allow, suffer, consent, admit, tolerate, yield.
Pernicious—noisome, destructive, mischievous, hurtful, noxious.
Perpetual—uninterrupted, unceasing, incessant, constant, continual.
Perplex—bewilder, annoy, involve, confuse, molest, puzzle, harass, embarrass, entangle.
Persevere—endure, persist, insist, continue, pursue, prosecute.
Perspicuity—clearness, brilliancy, transparency.
Persuade—urge, induce, influence, exhort, entice, prevail upon.
Perverse—stubborn, unmanageable, crooked, cross, untractable.
Pestilential—destructive, mischievous, epidemical, infectious, contagious.
Petition—prayer, supplication, request, suit, entreaty.
Picture—likeness, image, effigy, representation.
Pious—spiritual, devout, godly, religious.
Pique—offense, grudge, dislike, malice, spite, rancor.
Pity—sympathy, commiseration, compassion, condolence, mercy.
Place—position, site, ground, post.
Placid—still, calm, gentle, quiet, tranquil, serene.
Plague—perplex, embarrass, tantalize, annoy, importune, vex, torment.
Plain—perceptible, discernible, manifest, obvious, clear, apparent, evident, distinct.
Plan—design, contrivance, scheme, arrangement, device, project, stratagem.
Pleasant—cheerful, vivacious, agreeable, gay, facetious, jocular, witty.
Please—gratify, satisfy, humor, delight.
Pleasure—Satisfaction, happiness, enjoyment, joy, delight.
Pledge—pawn, calm, tranquil, serene, ruinous, deposit, security, hostage, earnest.
Plentiful—bounteous, abundant, copious, exuberant, plenteous, ample.
Pliant—lithe, limber, yielding, bending, supple, flexible, pliable.
Plight—predicament, situation, state, condition, case, conjuncture.
Plot—plan, arrangement, conspiracy, combination, project, scheme, intrigue.
Polite—courteous, well-bred, polished, civil, refined, genteel, affable.
Politeness—good manners, courtesy, civility, good breeding, suavity.
Politic—wise, careful, artful, civil, cunning, prudent.
Pollute—corrupt, taint, defile, contaminate, infect.
Pompous—lofty, stately, ostentatious, showy, magnificent, dignified.
Ponder—study, reflect, think, muse, consider.
Portion—piece, part, quantity, share, division, dower, fortune.
Positive—confident, certain, real, dogmatic, sure, absolute.
Possess—keep, hold, have, enjoy, occupy.
Postpone—retard, delay, prolong, protract, defer, procrastinate.
Posture—figure, gesture, position, action, attitude.
Potent—powerful, strong, mighty, vigorous, forcible.
Poverty—want, need, penury, indigence, suffering.
Practicable—possible, feasible, available.
Practice—custom, style, form, manner, use, habit.
Praise—eulogize, applaud, laud, admire, commend.
Prayer—application, suit, petition, request, entreaty, supplication.
Precarious—uncertain, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, unreliable.
Precedence—priority, superiority, preference.
Preceding—anterior, previous, prior, antecedent, former, foregoing.
Precept—maxim, rule, principle, injunction, law, doctrine, mandate, command.
Precious—choice, costly, valuable, expensive, uncommon, rare.
Precise—careful, particular, exact, accurate, correct, nice.
Preclude—intercept, prevent, hinder, obviate.
Predicament—Condition, position, situation, plight.
Predict—prophesy, foretell.
Predominant—prevalent, controlling, over-ruling, prevailing, supreme.
Predominate—prevail, rule over.
Preference—advancement, choice, priority.
Prejudice—bias, injury, hurt, disadvantage.
Preliminary—previous, introductory, antecedent, preparatory.
Prepare—arrange, qualify, equip, fit, make ready.
Preposterous—impossible, absurd, foolish, ridiculous.
Prerogative—privilege, immunity.
Prescribe—dictate, ordain, appoint.
Preserve—uphold, maintain, protect, spare, save.
Pressing—urgent, emergent, crowding, importunate, forcing, squeezing.
Presume—guess, suppose, surmise, think, conjecture, believe.
Preuming—forward, presumptuous, arrogant.
Pretext—excuse, pretence, pretension.
Pretty—lovely, beautiful, fine, agreeable.
Prevaling—dominant, ruling, overcoming, prevalent, predominating.
Prevent—impede, obstruct, hinder, obviate, preclude.
Previous—before, prior, anterior, preliminary, introductory.
Price—cost, expense, value, worth.
Pride—self-esteem, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, ostentation, loftiness, vanity.
Primary—elemental, original, first, pristine.
Principal—main, chief, capital, head, leading, important.
Principle—motive, doctrine, tenet, element, constituent part.
Print—impress, stamp, mark.
Prior—before, previous, former, antecedent, preceding, anterior.
Priority—preference, precedence, pre-eminence.
Pristine—Original, primitive, first.
Privacy—seclusion, solitude, secrecy, retirement, loneliness.
Privilege—prerogative, right, advantage, immunity, exemption.
Probablity—supposition, likelihood, chance.
Probity—reliability, uprightness, honesty, integrity, veracity.
Proceed—progress, arise, advance, emanate, issue.
Proceeding—transaction, course, progression, work.
Proclaim—declare, publish, announce, tell, advertise, promulgate.
Proclivity—liking, tendency, proneness, inclination.
Procure—obtain, acquire, gain.
Prodigal—lavish, extravagant, wasteful.
Prodigious—great, astonishing, vast, large, amazing, monstrous.
Profane—Secular, irreverent, impious, irreligious.
Profession—calling, employment, business, vocation, work, labor.
Proficiency—advancement, progress, improvement.
Profit—gain, advantage, emolument, benefit.
Profligate—depraved, wicked, corrupt, sinful, vicious, abandoned.
Profuse—lavish, wasteful, prodigal, extravagant.
Progeny—descendants, offspring, race, issue.
Project—invent, design, plan, scheme.
Prolific—productive, fertile, fruitful.
Prolix—tiresome, tedious, long, diffuse.
Prolong—extend, delay, protract, postpone, retard, procrastinate.
Prominent—eminent, conspicuous, distinguish.
Promise—agreement, engagement, assurance, declaration, word, obligation, pledge.
Promote—raise, forward, encourage, advance.
Prompt—quick, active, ready, assiduous.
