- 2. Pretension, boastfulness, ostentation, pomposity.
Ponder, v. a. Consider, weigh, contemplate, study, meditate, think on, reflect upon, deliberate upon, revolve in the mind, examine.
Ponder, v. n. Think, muse, reflect, cogitate, meditate, study, deliberate.
Ponderosity, n. Weight, gravity, heaviness, ponderousness
Ponderous, a.
- 1. Heavy, weighty, massive, bulky.
- 2. Momentous, important, weighty.
- 3. Forcible, mighty.
Pond-lily, n. Water-lily (Nymphæa).
Poniard, n. Dagger (small), dirk, stiletto.
Pontiff, n.
- 1. High-priest.
- 2. Pope, bishop of Rome, Pontifex maximus.
Pontifical, a. Popish, papal.
Pontificate, n. Popedom, papacy.
Pontoon-bridge, n. Bridge of boats, floating bridge.
Pony, n. Sheltie, small horse.
Pooh, interj. Poh, pshaw, pish, pah.
Pool, n.
- 1. Pond (small), mere, lake, loch.
- 2. Puddle, plash, collection of standing water.
Poor, a.
- 1. Indigent, needy, necessitous, pinched, straitened.