Portraiture, n.
- 1. See Portrait.
- 2. Portrait-drawing, portrait-painting.
Portray, v. a.
- 1. Paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent.
- 2. Describe, set forth.
Portrayal, n.
- 1. Delineation, painting, representation, sketch.
- 2. Description, account.
Portulaca, n. Purslane.
Port-wine, n. Port.
Pose, n. Attitude (formally assumed), posture, artificial position.
Pose, v. a. Puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand, confound, dumfound.
Poseidon, n. Neptune.
Poser, n.
- 1. Puzzler, close examiner.
- 2. Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.
Position, n.
- 1. Station, situation, spot, place, locality, post, site.
- 2. Relation.
- 3. Attitude, posture.
- 4. Proposition, principle, thesis, dictum, assertion, doctrine, predication, affirmation.