Pet Synonyms and Antonyms

pĕt
Given special, usually doting treatment
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. favorite
  2. preferred
  3. favored
  4. beloved
  5. darling
  6. fair-haired
  7. dear
  8. favourite
  9. best-loved
  10. preferent
Antonyms:
  1. disfavored
  2. hated
Favorite
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. darling
  2. favorite
  3. idol
  4. adored one
  5. favourite
  6. dearie
  7. deary
  8. ducky
A term of endearment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lover
  2. dear
  3. love
To caress
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. caress
  2. pat
  3. fondle
  4. stroke
  5. cuddle
To engage in kissing, caressing, and other amorous behavior
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fool around
  2. neck
  3. spoon
  4. make out
Using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. positron-emission-tomography
To stroke or caress gently.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. caress

Words Related to Pet

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Pet Sentence Examples

  • He's a regular pet now.

  • She kneeled down to pet the cat.

  • Pierre had managed to start a conversation with the abbe about the balance of power, and the latter, evidently interested by the young man's simple-minded eagerness, was explaining his pet theory.

  • Half the cars down there have USA license plates, and the models are so new they practically still have the family pet in the back seat.

  • The fact is that I left my little pet in my dressing-room lying asleep upon the table; and you must have stolen in without my knowing it.

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