Part 61

~3.~ Dear, beloved, darling, very estimable, highly esteemed or valued.

~Precious metals~, Gold and silver.

~Precious stones~, Jewels, gems.

~Precipice~, _n._ Cliff, crag, steep, abrupt declivity.

~Precipitance~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.

~2.~ RASHNESS, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.

~Precipitancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.

~2.~ RASHNESS, TEMERITY, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness, presumption, foolhardiness.

~Precipitate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw or hurl headlong.

~2.~ Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward.

~3.~ (_Chem._) Throw down, cause to subside.

~Precipitate~, _n._ (_Chem._) Precipitated substance.

~Precipitate~, _a._ Hasty, hurried, rash, headlong, reckless, indiscreet.

~Precipitation~, _n._ ~1.~ Haste, hurry, precipitance, flurry, precipitancy.

~2.~ Rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, foolhardiness, inconsiderateness, temerity, presumption.

~Precipitous~, _a._ ~1.~ Steep, abrupt.

~2.~ Hasty, rash, heady, headlong, precipitate, reckless, indiscreet.

~Precise~, _a._ ~1.~ Exact, correct, definite, strict, express, distinct, explicit, nice, well-defined.

~2.~ Formal, ceremonious, stiff, starch, starched, prim, punctilious.

~Precisian~, _n._ Formalist, martinet.

~Precision~, _n._ Exactness, preciseness, accuracy, nicety, correctness, truth.

~Preclude~, _v. a._ Prevent, hinder, debar, impede, restrain, prohibit, inhibit, stop, bar, shut out.

~Precocious~, _a._ Premature (_especially in mental development_), too forward.

~Precocity~, _n._ Prematureness (_of the mental faculties_).

~Preconcert~, _v. a._ Premeditate, predetermine, consider beforehand.

~Precursor~, _n._ ~1.~ Forerunner, predecessor.

~2.~ Messenger, harbinger, herald.

~Precursory~, _a._ ~1.~ Forerunning, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, previous.

~2.~ Prelusive, prelusory, introductory, prefatory.

~Predacious~, _a._ Rapacious, PREDATORY.

~Predatory~, _a._ ~1.~ Plundering, pillaging.

~2.~ Rapacious, ravenous, greedy, voracious, hungry, preying.

~Predecessor~, _n._ ~1.~ Precursor (_in any office or position_), forerunner.

~2.~ Ancestor, forefather, progenitor.

~Predestinate~, _v. a._ Predetermine, foreordain, preordain, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.

~Predestination~, _n._ Predetermination, foreordination.

~Predestine~, _v. a._ Predetermine, PREDESTINATE.

~Predetermination~, _n._ PREDESTINATION.

~Predetermined~, _a._ Foregone.

~Predicable~, _a._ Affirmable.

~Predicament~, _n._ ~1.~ Situation (_especially a bad situation_), condition, state, position, posture, attitude, plight, case.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Pass, pinch, push, extremity, exigency, emergency, conjuncture.

~3.~ (_Logic._) Category, class.

~Predicant~, _n._ Dominican, jacobin, black friar, preaching friar.

~Predicate~, _v. a._ Assert, affirm, aver, declare, allege, propound, say, asseverate, avouch, pronounce.

~Predication~, _n._ Affirmation, assertion, declaration, averment.

~Predict~, _v. a._ Foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, presage, augur, divine, forebode, VATICINATE.

~Prediction~, _n._ Prophecy, prognostication, augury, foreboding, vaticination, divination, soothsaying, foretelling.

~Predictive~, _a._ Prophetic, presaging, foretelling.

~Predictor~, _n._ Foreteller, prophet, seer, vaticinator.

~Predilection~, _n._ Prepossession (_in favor of_), partiality, preference, inclination, liking, fondness, love.

~Predispose~, _v. a._ Incline, dispose, bias, fit, prepare, make ready.

~Predisposition~, _n._ Inclination, disposition, willingness, inclination, propensity, proclivity, leaning, bent, bias, proneness.

~Predominance~, _n._ Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.

~Predominancy~ _n._ Supremacy, ascendency, prevalence, superiority, sovereignty, mastery.

~Predominant~, _a._ Prevailing, prevalent, supreme, ascendant, overruling, dominant, sovereign.

~Predominate~, _v. n._ Prevail, dominate, rule, preponderate, be supreme, be sovereign, be in the ascendant.

~Pre-eminence~, _n._ Superiority, supremacy, precedence.

~Pre-eminent~, _a._ Superior, supreme.

~Pre-engage~, _v. a._ Preoccupy.

~Preface~, _n._ Introduction, preamble, proem, PRELUDE, prolegomena, exordium, PROLOGUE, preliminary.

~Prefatory~, _a._ Introductory, preliminary, prelusive, prelusory, precursory, proemial, preparatory.

~Prefer~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Offer, present, address, bring forward, set forth.

~2.~ Raise, exalt, promote, advance.

~3.~ Choose, select, elect, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon.

~Preferable~, _a._ More eligible, more desirable.

~Preferably~, _ad._ Rather, in preference, by choice.

~Preference~, _n._ Choice, election, selection, predilection.

~Preferment~, _n._ Promotion, advancement, exaltation, elevation.

~Prefigure~, _v. a._ Foreshow, betoken, foreshadow, portend, signify, indicate.

~Pregnant~, _a._ ~1.~ ENCEINTE, big, with child, in the family way.

~2.~ Fraught, replete, full, teeming.

~Prejudge~, _v. a._ Forejudge, prejudicate.

~Prejudgment~, _n._ Prejudice.

~Prejudicate~, _v. a._ PREJUDGE.

~Prejudice~, _n._ ~1.~ Prejudgment, prepossession, bias.

~2.~ Harm, mischief, hurt, detriment, injury, damage, disadvantage.

~Prejudice~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bias, warp, prepossess.

~2.~ Injure, damage, hurt, impair.

~Prejudicial~, _a._ Hurtful, mischievous, injurious, detrimental, deleterious, damaging, disadvantageous.

~Prejudiced~, _a._ Biassed, bigoted, wedded to an opinion.

~Prelate~, _n._ Bishop.

~Prelection~, _n._ Lecture, discourse.

~Prelector~, _n._ Lecturer, reader.

~Preliminary~, _a._ Introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, prelusive, precursory, previous, prior, precedent.

~Preliminary~, _n._ Introduction, PRELUDE, preparatory step.

~Prelude~, _n_. Introduction (_to a piece of music_), preliminary, preface, preamble, proem, PROLOGUE, exordium.

~Prelusive~, _a._ Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.

~Prelusory~, _a._ Introductory, prefatory, precursory, preliminary, proemial.

~Premature~, _a._ ~1.~ Precocious, too forward, ripe too soon.

~2.~ Unseasonable, too early.

~Prematurely~, _ad._ Precociously, too early, too soon.

~Premeditate~, _v. a._ Preconcert, consider beforehand.

~Premeditation~, _n._ Forethought, previous deliberation.

~Premier~, _n._ Prime minister.

~Premise~, _v. a._ Preface, lay down beforehand, state at the outset, set forth at the beginning.

~Premise~, _v. n._ Begin, enter upon the subject, state beforehand.

~Premise~, _n._ Antecedent proposition.

~Premium~, _n._ Reward, recompense, bounty, prize, bonus.

~Premonish~, _v. a._ Forewarn, caution, warn.

~Premonition~, _n._ Caution, warning.

~Preoccupation~, _n._ ~1.~ Prepossession.

~2.~ Abstraction, inattention, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind, brown study.

~Preoccupied~, _a._ Inattentive, absent, absent-minded, lost, dreaming, musing, in a brown study.

~Preordain~, _v. a._ Predetermine, preestablish, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.

~Preparation~, _n._ Provision, making ready.

~Preparatory~, _a._ Introductory, preliminary, prefatory.

~Prepare~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fit, adapt, equip, qualify.

~2.~ Provide, procure, get ready, put in order.

~Prepare~, _v. n._ Get ready, put things in order, set one's house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps, clear the ground, clear the way, smooth the way, clear decks, clear for action, open the way, pave the way, sow the seed.

~Preponderance~, _n._ ~1.~ Outweighing, preponderation.

~2.~ Superiority, ascendency, superior influence.

~Preponderate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Weigh the most, exceed in weight.

~2.~ Prevail, be superior, have the superiority.

~Preponderation~, _n._ Outweighing, preponderance.

~Prepossess~, _v. a._ Preoccupy, have prior possession of.

~Prepossessing~, _a._ Attractive, engaging, winning, fascinating, taking, captivating, bewitching.

~Prepossession~, _n._ ~1.~ Preoccupation, prior possession.

~2.~ Prejudice, bias, one-sidedness.

~Preposterous~, _a._ ~1.~ Perverted, having the cart before the horse, reversed.

~2.~ Absurd, unreasonable, ridiculous, irrational, foolish, monstrous.

~Preposterousness~, _n._ Absurdity, unreasonableness, irrationality, foolishness, folly.

~Prepuce~, _n._ Foreskin.

~Prerequisite~, _n._ Requirement.

~Prerogative~, _n._ Privilege, immunity, right, liberty, franchise, advantage.

~Presage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Forebode, divine, foreknow, have a presentiment of.

~2.~ Foretell, predict, prophesy, foreshow, betoken, foretoken, prognosticate, augur, VATICINATE.

~Presage~, _n._ Omen, sign, prognostic, augury, portent, token, foreboding, indication.

~Presbyopia~, _n._ Far-sightedness.

~Presbyopy~, _n._ Far-sightedness.

~Presbyopic~, _a._ Far-sighted, presbytic.

~Presbytic~, _a._ Far-sighted, presbyotic.

~Prescience~, _n._ Foreknowledge, foresight, forecast, prevision.

~Prescient~, _a._ Foreknowing, foreseeing, prophetic.

~Prescribe~, _v. a._ Direct, order, appoint, ordain, dictate, enjoin, decree.

~Prescript~, _n._ Direction, decree, ordination, rule, ordinance, law.

~Prescription~, _n._ ~1.~ Custom, usage.

~2.~ (_Med._) Recipe.

~Presence~, _n._ Mien, air, carriage, port, demeanor, behavior.

~Present~, _a._ ~1.~ At hand, not absent.

~2.~ Instant, current, existing, not past nor future.

~Present~, _n._ Gift, donation, donative, benefaction, offering, gratuity, largess, grant, DOUCEUR.

~Present~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Introduce.

~2.~ Exhibit, offer, bring to notice.

~3.~ Give, bestow, grant, CONFER, give away.

~4.~ Hand, put into one's hands.

~Presentation~, _n._ ~1.~ Introduction.

~2.~ Exhibition, representation, setting forth.

~3.~ Bestowal, donation, giving.

~Presentiment~, _n._ Foreboding.

~Presently~, _ad._ ~1.~ Directly, immediately, at once.

~2.~ Soon, shortly, pretty soon, before long, by and by, in a short time.

~Preservation~, _n._ ~1.~ Maintenance, conservation, protection.

~2.~ Security, safety, salvation.

~Preservative~, _n._ Preserver, means of preservation.

~Preservative~, _a._ Conservative, preservatory.

~Preservatory~, _a._ Preservative.

~Preserve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, uphold, sustain, maintain, spare, save, watch over.

~2.~ Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.

~Preserve~, _n._ ~1.~ Sweetmeat, confection, comfit, conserve, JAM.

~2.~ Enclosure (_for game_).

~Preserver~, _n._ ~1.~ Saviour, protector, defender, guardian.

~2.~ Preservative, means of preservation.

~Preside~, _v. n._ Command, rule, be at the head, act as chief, have the control, hold the reins, act as president.

~Presignify~, _v. a._ Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, portend, augur, betoken.

~Press~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush.

~2.~ Constrain, compel, force, drive.

~3.~ Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate.

~Press~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bear heavily.

~2.~ Hasten, hurry, push, rush.

~3.~ Crowd, throng, force a way.

~Press~, _n._ ~1.~ Printing-press.

~2.~ Literature, literary publications.

~3.~ Crowd, throng, multitude.

~4.~ Urgency, pressure, hurry.

~Pressing~, _a._ Urgent, importunate.

~Pressure~, _n._ ~1.~ Compressing, squeezing, crushing force.

~2.~ Influence, constraining force.

~3.~ Urgency, press, hurry.

~Presumable~, _a._ Probable, reasonable, likely, credible, that stands to reason.

~Presume~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe.

~2.~ Venture, dare, make bold.

~Presume~, _v. a._ Consider, deem, think, believe, suppose, take for granted.

~Presumption~, _n._ ~1.~ Opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture, guess.

~2.~ Arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass, CHEEK.

~3.~ Probability, ground for believing.

~Presumptive~, _a._ Grounded on probable evidence.

~Presumptive evidence~, (_Law._) Circumstantial evidence.

~Presumptuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Arrogant, bold, forward, presuming.

~2.~ Venturesome, rash, over-confident, fool-hardy.

~Presuppose~, _v. a._ Imply, assume, suppose, take for granted.

~Pretence~, _n._ [Written also _Pretense_.] ~1.~ Show (_to conceal a thing to be done_), false appearance, mask, color, simulation, affectation, cant, PRETEXT, clap-trap.

~2.~ Subterfuge, evasion, excuse.

~Pretend~, _v. a._ Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.

~Pretend~, _v. n._ Make believe, make a show, profess falsely.

~Pretension~, _n._ ~1.~ Claim, demand.

~2.~ Show, assumption, profession, PRETENCE, make-believe.

~3.~ Conceit, pretentiousness, pertness, priggery.

~Pretentious~, _a._ [_Recent._] Assuming, conceited, vain, pert, flippant, priggish, coxcomical, dashing.

~Pretentiousness~, _n._ Assumption, conceit, PRETENSION.

~Preternatural~, _a._ Irregular (_as being aside from the ordinary course of nature, but not necessarily_ SUPERNATURAL _or miraculous_), abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange.

~Pretext~, _n._ Show (_to conceal a thing done_), appearance, affectation, simulation, mask, color, PRETENCE.

~Pretty~, _a._ Beautiful (_without dignity or grandeur_), HANDSOME, elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair.

~Pretty~, _ad._ Moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree.

~Prevail~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Predominate, preponderate, succeed, prosper, have the superiority, gain the advantage, be in the ascendant, get the upper hand, have one's own way, carry it, carry all before one, carry the day, win the day, gain the day, win the palm.

~2.~ Obtain, rage, have influence, have sway, have currency, be in vogue, be rife, be the rage.

~Prevailing~, _a._ ~1.~ Effectual, dominant, predominant, efficacious, preponderating.

~2.~ Received (_at the present time_), current, established, ordinary, usual, PREVALENT, widely extended, most general.

~Prevail on~, Persuade (_by argument_), influence, induce.

~Prevail upon~, Persuade (_by argument_), influence, induce.

~Prevail with~, Persuade (_by an appeal to the feelings_), influence, induce.

~Prevalence~, _n._ ~1.~ Superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity.

~2.~ Influence, efficacy, power, force, strength.

~3.~ Universality, wide extension, general reception.

~Prevalent~, _a._ ~1.~ Superior, victorious, predominant, successful.

~2.~ Powerful, efficacious, effectual.

~3.~ Received (_generally_), established, current, ordinary, usual, PREVAILING, widely extended, most general.

~Prevaricate~, _v. n._ Quibble, shuffle, cavil, palter, dodge, evade the truth, EQUIVOCATE (_by loose or indefinite expressions_).

~Prevarication~, _n._ Equivocation, cavil, quibble.

~Prevent~, _v. a._ Obstruct, HINDER, stop, impede, thwart, intercept, interrupt, obviate, preclude, frustrate, forefend, avert.

~Prevention~, _n._ Obstruction, stoppage, hinderance, interruption.

~Preventive~, _a._ Prophylactic.

~Preventive~, _n._ Prophylactic.

~Previous~, _a._ Antecedent, prior, former, preceding, anterior, foregoing.

~Previously~, _ad._ Before, antecedently, beforehand.

~Prevision~, _n._ Foresight, foreknowledge, prescience.

~Prey~, _n._ Plunder (_to satisfy the appetite_), spoil, BOOTY, pillage, rapine, ravin.

~Prey on~ (~or upon~), ~1.~ Plunder, pillage, rob, despoil.

~2.~ Devour, feed upon.

~3.~ Waste, corrode.

~Price~, _n._ ~1.~ Value (_in money_), charge, expense, cost.

~2.~ Estimation, worth.

~3.~ Recompense, reward.

~Priceless~, _a._ Invaluable, inestimable.

~Prick~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce (_with a small hole_), perforate, puncture.

~2.~ Spur, goad, incite, impel, urge, rouse, arouse, stimulate, drive.

~3.~ Sting, wound, pain, hurt.

~Prick~, _v. n._ Spur, ride, gallop, hasten.

~Prick~, _n._ ~1.~ Goad, point.

~2.~ Puncture.

~Pricked~, _a._ Acid, sour, tart, sharp.

~Prickleback~, _n._ Stickleback.

~Prickly pear~, _n._ Indian fig.

~Prick up the ears~, Listen, attend, hear.

~Pride~, _n._ ~1.~ Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency, self-sufficiency, conceit.

~2.~ Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, HAUTEUR, presumption.

~3.~ Elevation (_of character_), dignity, self-respect.

~4.~ Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, lustre, brightness, effulgence, glory.

~Pride one's self on~, Boast, take pride in, rate highly, glory in, pique one's self on, plume one's self on, stand upon.

~Priest~, _n._ Clergyman, divine, minister, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.

~Priestly~, _a._ Sacerdotal.

~Prig~, _n._ Puppy, coxcomb; conceited, pert, saucy, or pragmatical fellow.

~Priggery~, _n._ Pertness, conceit, sauciness, coxcombry.

~Priggish~, _a._ Conceited, pert, saucy, coxcomical.

~Prim~, _a._ Formal, stiff, precise, starch, starched, strait-laced, in buckram.

~Primacy~, _n._ Primateship.

~Prima facie~, [L.] At first sight, on the first view.

~Primary~, _a._ ~1.~ Primitive, aboriginal, original, primordial, primeval, pristine, first.

~2.~ Chief, principal, leading.

~3.~ Elementary, lowest.

~Primate~, _n._ Archbishop, metropolitan.

~Primateship~, _n._ Primacy.

~Prime~, _a._ ~1.~ First, original, primitive, primal, primeval, primordial, pristine, aboriginal.

~2.~ Highest, chief, principal, best, capital, first-rate.

~Prime~, _n._ ~1.~ Beginning, opening, first part, earliest stage.

~2.~ Youth, spring of life, early days.

~3.~ Perfection, flower, greatest beauty, health or strength, best days.

~Primitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Primeval, primal, prime, primordial, original, aboriginal, pristine, primary, first.

~2.~ Radical, underived.

~Prime minister~, _n._ Premier.

~Primeval~, _a._ Original, PRIMITIVE.

~Primitive~, _a._ ~1.~ Original, primeval, primal, primordial, aboriginal, prime, primary pristine, first.

~2.~ Radical, underived.

~Primness~, _n._ Stiffness, formality.

~Primordial~, _a._ Original, PRIMITIVE.

~Prince~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereign, ruler, monarch, potentate.

~2.~ Sovereign's son (_especially the eldest son_).

~Princely~, _a._ ~1.~ Royal, regal, imperial, exalted, august, grand, stately, dignified.

~2.~ Munificent, beneficent, generous, liberal, bounteous, bountiful, noble.

~Princess~, _n_. ~1.~ Female ruler.

~2.~ Sovereign's daughter.

~3.~ Prince's wife.

~Principal~, _n._ Chief, main, first, highest, supreme, leading, cardinal, most considerable, most important.

~Principal~, _n_. ~1.~ Chief, head, leader, chief actor.

~2.~ Master, head master.

~3.~ Employer, constituent.

~4.~ Capital sum (_placed at interest_).

~Principally~, _a._ Chiefly, mainly, especially, particularly, above all.

~Principle~, _n._ ~1.~ Origin, source, cause, spring, mainspring, fountain, groundwork, prime mover, fountain-head.

~2.~ Element, substratum, fundamental or primordial substance.

~3.~ Postulate, axiom, law, elementary proposition, fundamental truth.

~4.~ Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, maxim, rule.

~5.~ Ground, motive, reason.

~6.~ Integrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, honesty, virtue, righteousness, incorruptibility, goodness, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, honor.

~Prink~, _v. n._ Spruce, dress finically.

~Print~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impress, imprint, stamp.

~2.~ Make an impress or impression of.

~Print~, _n._ ~1.~ Impression, impress, mark, stamp.

~2.~ Engraving.

~3.~ Newspaper, journal.

~4.~ Calico, printed cotton cloth.

~Printing~, _n._ Typography.

~Prior~, _a._ Former, preceding, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent, foregoing, precursory.

~Priority~, _n._ Antecedence, anteriority, precedence.

~Priory~, _n._ Convent, monastery, cloister, abbey.

~Prismatic Spectrum~, Solar spectrum.

~Prison~, _n._ Jail, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction, DUNGEON.

~Prisoner~, _n._ Captive.

~Pristine~, _a._ Primitive, primary, original, aboriginal, primeval, primordial, first.

~Prithee~, [For _I pray thee_.] Pray, please, do, vouchsafe, be so good as, have the goodness, be good enough, I beseech you.

~Privacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Secrecy, concealment.

~2.~ Retreat, retirement, seclusion, solitude.

~Private~, _n._ ~1.~ Secluded, retired, sequestered, isolated.

~2.~ Individual, personal, special, peculiar, particular.

~3.~ Secret, privy, CLANDESTINE, close.

~4.~ Confidential, not to be disclosed or communicated.

~Private~, _n._ Common soldier.

~Private parts~, Genitals, sexual organs.

~Privation~, _n._ ~1.~ Deprivation, loss, BEREAVEMENT.

~2.~ Poverty, destitution, want, need, penury, necessity, distress.

~3.~ Absence, negation.

~Privilege~, _n._ Prerogative, right, claim, advantage, immunity, franchise, liberty, favor.

~Privity~, _n._ Knowledge, cognizance, private concurrence.

~Privy~, _a._ ~1.~ Individual, special, private, personal, peculiar, particular.

~2.~ Secret, clandestine.

~3.~ Cognizant of, acquainted with.

~Privy~, _n._ Necessary, back-house, jakes, water-closet.

~Prize~, _n._ ~1.~ Reward, premium, trophy.

~2.~ Capture.

~Prize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Estimate, rate, appraise.

~2.~ Esteem, value highly.

~Pro and con~, For and against.

~Probability~, _n._ Likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair chance, favorable chance.

~Probable~, _a._ Likely, presumable, credible, reasonable, to be expected, that stands to reason.

~Probably~, _ad._ Apparently, to all appearance, in all probability.

~Probation~, _n._ ~1.~ Novitiate.

~2.~ Moral trial.

~Probationer~, _n._ Novice.

~Probe~, _v. a._ Scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift, look into.

~Probity~, _n._ Integrity, uprightness, honesty, worth, rectitude, virtue, goodness, righteousness, trustworthiness, trustiness, principle, sincerity, truthfulness, veracity, honor, justice, equity, fairness, incorruptibility.

~Problem~, _n._ Question (_to be solved_), enigma, puzzle, riddle, moot point, point in dispute, point to be solved or settled, question at issue, vexed question.

~Problematical~, _a._ Uncertain, doubtful, dubious, questionable, disputable, enigmatical, puzzling, unsettled.

~Proboscis~, _n._ Snout, trunk.

~Procedure~, _n._ ~1.~ Conduct, practice, course, process, management, course of action, mode of operation.

~2.~ Act, transaction, deed, action, performance, proceeding, measure, step.

~Proceed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Progress, advance, go or pass on, move forward, make progress, get on, push on, go ahead, get ahead, make headway, get forward, get along, hold or keep one's course.

~2.~ Arise, spring, come, issue, emanate, originate, flow, follow, result, ensue, accrue, come out, go forth, be derived, be caused, take rise, be owing, be due.

~3.~ Act, conduct one's self, take steps, take measures, set to work, go about any thing.

~Proceeding~, _n._ Act, deed, transaction, action, measure, performance, step, procedure.

~Proceeds~, _n. pl._ Product, produce, income, yield, receipts, returns, avails.

~Process~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, progress.

~2.~ Operation, procedure, proceeding, action, performance, step, transaction, measure, conduct, management, series of measures, mode of operation.

~3.~ (_Law._) Suit, trial, action, case.

~4.~ (_Anat._) Projection, protuberance.

~Procession~, _n._ Train, CORTÈGE, turnout, retinue, CAVALCADE.

~Proclaim~, _v. a._ Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, advertise, trumpet, broach, cry, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, make proclamation of.

~Proclaimer~, _n._ Promulgator.

~Proclamation~, _n._ ~1.~ Announcement, publication, promulgation, advertisement.

~2.~ Edict, decree, ordinance, ban.

~Proclivity~, _n._ Inclination, tendency, proneness, propensity, bias, disposition, leaning, bent, aptitude, predisposition, direction, determination, bearing, drift, turn.

~Procrastinate~, _v. a._ Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, put off, stave off, lay over, let lie over.

~Procrastinate~, _v. n._ Delay, wait, lag, loiter, be dilatory.

~Procrastination~, _n._ Dilatoriness, putting off, delay, tardiness, slowness.

~Procreant~, _a._ Productive.

~Procreate~, _v. a._ Generate, engender, beget, breed, produce, propagate, bring into being.