Synonyms of the word

pet

• n. An animal kept as a companion.
• n. (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
• n. One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
• n. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
• v. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
• v. (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
• v. (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
• v. (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
• adj. Favourite; cherished.
• adj. Kept or treated as a pet.
• n. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
• n. Abbreviation of petition.
• n. (Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

animal

• n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a…
• n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
• n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc.).
• n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
• n. (informal) A person of a particular type.
• adj. Of or relating to animals.
• adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
• adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
• adj. (slang, Ireland) Excellent.

beast

• n. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous…
• n. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
• n. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
• n. (slang) A large and impressive thing or structure.
• n. (slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
• n. (slang, prisons) A sex offender.
• n. (figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
• v. (Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
• adj. (slang) great; excellent; powerful.

brute

• adj. Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
• adj. Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
• adj. Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
• adj. Crude, unpolished.
• adj. Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
• adj. Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.
• adj. Inexplicable.
• n. (now archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
• n. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
• n. (archaic, Britain, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
• v. Obsolete spelling of bruit.

caress

• n. An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
• n. A gentle stroking or rubbing.
• v. (transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
• v. (transitive) To affect as if with a caress.

choler

• n. Anger or irritability.
• n. One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.

creature

• n. (now rare) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
• n. A living being; an animal or human.
• n. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

crossness

• n. the state of being cross; mild anger.

darling

• n. A person who is dear to one.
• n. (by extension) A person or thing very popular with a certain group.
• adj. Dear; cherished.
• adj. charming.

dearie

• n. (colloquial, chiefly as a term of address) A person who is dear; sweetie.

deary

• n. (informal) A dear; a darling.
• n. (informal) A term of address for a female.

ducky

• adj. (slang, archaic) Great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.
• n. (childish) A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck.
• n. A pet name used affectionately.

fauna

• n. (uncountable) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
• n. (countable) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.

favored

• adj. American standard spelling of favoured.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of favor.

favorite

• adj. Preferred; liked more than any other.
• n. Preferred one, one with special favor.
• n. Expected or most probable to win.
• n. (Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
• v. Alternative form of favor.
• v. (Internet) To bookmark.
• v. (Internet) To add to one's list of favorites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

favourite

• adj. Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
• adj. Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
• n. A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
• n. A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
• n. A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
• n. (Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
• n. (in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
• v. Alternative form of favour.
• v. (Internet) To bookmark.
• v. (Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

fretfulness

• n. The quality of being fretful.

fussiness

• n. The state of being fussy.

imaging

• v. present participle of image.
• n. The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of…
• n. The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.

irritability

• n. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
• n. (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to…
• n. (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to…

loved

• v. simple past tense and past participle of love.
• adj. Being the object of love.

lover

• n. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend,…
• n. A sexual partner.
• n. A person who loves something.
• n. (West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.

peevishness

• n. The state of being peevish.

petulance

• n. The property of being petulant.

preferred

• v. simple past tense and past participle of prefer.
• adj. favoured.
• n. (finance) Preferred stock.

tomography

• n. Imaging by sections or sectioning.