pet - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• PET
• positron emission tomography

More generic

• imaging
• tomography

Noun

a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

Synonyms

• pet

More generic

• animal
• animate being
• beast
• brute
• creature
• fauna

Noun

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

Synonyms

• pet

More generic

• choler
• crossness
• fretfulness
• fussiness
• irritability
• peevishness
• petulance

Noun

a special loved one

Synonyms

• darling
• dearie
• deary
• ducky
• favorite
• favourite
• pet

More generic

• lover

More specific

• chosen
• macushla
• mollycoddle
• teacher's pet

Verb

stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

Synonyms

• pet

More generic

• caress
• fondle

Verb

stroke or caress gently

Synonyms

• pet

More generic

• caress
• fondle

More specific

• canoodle
• gentle
• make out
• neck

Adjective

preferred above all others and treated with partiality

Synonyms

• best-loved
• favored
• favorite
• favourite
• pet
• preferent
• preferred

Related

• loved

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