pact, n. agreement, covenant, concordat, compact, Rare, paction, contract, bond; treaty, cartel, entente, understanding, meeting of minds; league, alliance, confederation; settlement, arrangement, deal, bargain; temporary settlement, truce, cease-fire; transaction, business agreement; conspiracy, collusion, secret agreement; promise, pledge, word or word of honor, unwritten agreement, gentleman's agreement; assurance, guarantee, written guarantee, warranty.
pad1, n. 1. cushion, Inf. sit-upon, pillow, bolster; padding, filling, stuffing, wadding. See - padding (def. 1).
2. pad of paper, tablet, writing pad, note pad, memo pad.
3. (all of animals) foot, Zool. forefoot, paw, forepaw.
4. gauze pad, Med. compress, dressing, pledget, bandage, Trademark. Band-Aid, Surg. fascia.
5. Slang,
a. apartment, flat, room or rooms, studio or studio apartment, efficiency or efficiency apartment; home, place, residence, dwelling, abode,
b. bed, pallet, mattress.
-v. 6. fill up or out, stuff, wad; pack, wrap, cush
ion.
7. expand, fill out, flesh out, add to, augment; enlarge, increase, make larger, aggrandize; inflate, dilate, puff out, swell, distend; stretch out, stretch, extend, lengthen, widen, broaden.
pad2, n. 1. road horse, riding horse, palfrey, saddle horse, bidet.
-v. 2. travel on foot, walk, peregrinate, journey on foot; traverse, walk through, pass or travel through, perambulate; range, roam, stray, rove; migrate, move or move on, SI. roll, wander, ramble, meander; step, stride, stroll, promenade, saunter, amble, shamble, shuffle; go on foot, SI. hoof it, foot it; hike, trek, tramp, traipse, trudge, plod,
padded, adj. 1. fiber-filled, filled, stuffed.
2. expanded, filled out, fleshed out; enlarged, inflated, swollen, distended; extended, stretched, lengthened,
padding, n. 1. pad, stuffing, wadding, filling, fiber fill, filler, lining, Obs. bombast; wrapping, wrapper, wrapping paper; packing, packing material, shredded newspaper, tissue paper, Trademark. Styrofoam, Chem. polystyrene, plastic bubbles.
2. verbiage, wordiness, verbosity, verboseness, prolixity, prolixness, redundancy, redundance; surplusage, superfluity, superfluousness, superabundance, exuberance, extravagance; overflow, extra, surplus, excess, surfeit, glut.
paddle1, n. 1. oar, scull, lever, sweep, steerer.
-v. 2. row, oar, scull, canoe, kayak, ply with the oars; propel, drive, move forward; pole, Chiefly Brit. punt, push.
3. beat, whip, flog, Inf tan, spank, chastise.
paddle2, v. 1. splash, plash, dabble, slop, stir.
2. toddle, wobble, walk unsteadily, bowl along, stagger, hobble, shuffle.
paddock, n. enclosure, confine, pen, yard, stockyard, fold, corral, pound, barnyard,
padlock, n. 1. lock, latch, holdfast, fastener, fastening, securer, clincher, closure.
-v. 2. fasten, lock, clasp, secure, seal, latch.
padre, n. 1. priest, father, reverend, parson, minister, divine, rabbi; clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic, man of God, man of the cloth, Brit, blackcoat; pastor, rector, vicar, curate, Brit, incumbent; chaplain, U.S. Mil. SI. sky pilot.
2. preacher, sermonizer, sermonist, Derog. revivalist, Both Usu. Derog. pulpiteer, gospel-monger.
3. monastic, monk, friar, brother, mendicant, man of prayer.