2. obstinate, inflexible, immovable, not to be moved, adamant, adamantine, stiff-necked, set, set in one's ways, Inf. hard-core, Inf. hard-shell; inexorable, im placable, intransigent, intractable, uncompromising, unbending, unwavering, unyielding; unmalleable, unpersuadable, uninfluenceable, unswayable, unpliable; persistent, persevering, pertinacious, tenacious, dogged, bulldogged, relentless, unrelenting, singleminded.
3. narrow-minded, narrow, prejudiced, biased, bigoted; closed-minded, closed, intolerant, illiberal, unreasonable; little-minded, small-minded, mean-minded; insular, parochial, provincial, Sociol. ethnocentric, confined. pigment, n. 1. dye, dyestuff, stain, paint, tempera, Obs. tincture, colorant, colorer, coloring agent.
2. color, coloring, tone, shade, hue, tint, tinge, tincture, Literary, tinct.
-v. 3. color, add pigment or color to, tinge, tint, tincture, Obs. tinct, shade, paint, dye, stain, pigpen, n. 1. pigsty, Chiefly Brit, piggery, hogsty, hogpen; enclosure, stockyard, compound.
2. hovel, shack, Both SI. dump, hole; rathole, hellhole, garbage pile or heap, Inf. snake pit, mare's nest, mess. pigtail, n. braid, plait, plat, queue, cue, ponytail. pike¹, n. spear, lance, spontoon, half-pike, harpoon; shafted weapon, halberd, bill, poleax; javelin, jereed, assegai, shaft. pike², n. 1. turnpike, toll road, highway or state highway, U.S. Inf. interstate, freeway, Brit, clearway, expressway, parkway, causeway, throughway; speedway, autobahn, superhighway.
2. tollgate, toll bar, tollbooth, tollhouse; toll, payment, fee. pile¹, n. 1. heap, stack, mass, accumulation, bulk, drift, cumulus; hoard, store, stock, stockpile, supply, lump, deposit, swell, mound, tumulus; bank, hillock, hummock, hill, mountain; bale, bundle, cock, shock, rick, mow; load, barrow, cartload, wagonload, carload, cargp.
2. collection, amassment, assemblage, aggregation; concentration, agglomeration, conglomeration, cluster, congeries; clump, bunch, batch; assortment, variety, medley, miscellany, jumble, hodgepodge; clutter, Inf. mess.
3. Informal, abundance, bounty, volume, plenty; quantity, profusion, Inf. lots, Inf. raft, storm, shower, ocean, sea, world; multitude, throng, array, legion, crowd; numbers, scores, pack, host, swarm, mob.
4. Informal, hoard, store, quite a little, considerable, deal, great deal; Inf. lots, mess, peck, Inf load, Inf. oodles, Inf tons; chunk, lump, Inf. hunk, gob, SI. scad, Inf. slew.
5. Informal, money, wealth, fortune, treasure; fund, holdings, savings, Inf. loot; Inf. bundle, money to burn, barrel of money, SI. wad, SI. pot, mint, sockfull, cool million, goodly sum.
-v. 6. Often pile up accumulate, heap, roll up, pyramid, stack, pack; compile, amass, cumulate; hoard, squirrel away, load up, stow away.
7. gather, glean, take in, pull in, harvest, reap; garner, store up, stock up, lay by, lay up, lay in, salt away, Inf. stash away, reserve, set aside; save, save up.
8. group, cluster, bunch up or together, huddle; mass, crowd, congregate, agglomerate. pile², n. post, pillar, column, pier, beam, I-beam, bar, rib; upright, stanchion, standard; support, foundation, piling. pile³, n. 1. hair, down, silk, fuzz, fluff, fleece, plush; wool, fur, bristles, Zool. seta, pelage.
2. cord, corduroy, Turkish toweling, velvet, velveteen, rep, shag; nap, tooth; loop, fiber, strand, pileup, n. 1. accumulation, congeries, amassment,