pit - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Synonyms

• colliery
• pit

More generic

• work
• workplace

Related

• coal mine
• coalpit
• mine

Noun

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

Synonyms

• orchestra pit
• pit

More generic

• area

Related

• house
• theater
• theatre

Noun

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

Synonyms

• pit
• quarry
• stone pit

More generic

• excavation

More specific

• chalk pit
• chalkpit
• gravel pit

Noun

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

Synonyms

• pit
• pitfall

More generic

• trap

Noun

(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

Synonyms

• pit

More generic

• area

Noun

(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

Synonyms

• pit

More generic

• area

Related

• commodities exchange
• commodities market
• commodity exchange

Noun

an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

Synonyms

• pit

More generic

• enclosure

More specific

• cockpit

Noun

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

Synonyms

• Hell
• Inferno
• infernal region
• nether region
• perdition
• pit

More generic

• fictitious place
• imaginary place
• mythical place

More specific

• Gehenna
• Tartarus
• hellfire
• red region

Noun

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

Synonyms

• cavity
• pit

More generic

• hole
• hollow

More specific

• barbecue pit
• borrow pit
• divot
• fire pit
• quicksand
• sandpit
• sawpit
• tar pit
• trou-de-loup

Noun

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Synonyms

• endocarp
• pit
• stone

More generic

• pericarp
• seed vessel

More specific

• cherry stone
• peach pit

Noun

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Synonyms

• fossa
• pit

More generic

• bodily cavity
• cavity
• cavum
• concave shape
• concavity
• incurvation
• incurvature

More specific

• epigastric fossa
• glenoid cavity
• glenoid fossa
• mandibular fossa
• pit of the stomach

Verb

remove the pits from

Synonyms

• pit
• stone

More generic

• remove
• take
• take away
• withdraw

Verb

set into opposition or rivalry

Synonyms

• match
• oppose
• pit
• play off

More generic

• confront
• face

Verb

mark with a scar

Synonyms

• mark
• pit
• pock
• scar

More generic

• blemish
• deface
• disfigure

More specific

• cicatrise
• cicatrize
• pockmark

Related

• incise

Related

• mark
• nock
• score

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