- 3. Integrity, soundness.
Preservative, a. Conservative, preservatory.
Preservatory, a. Preservative.
Preserve, v. a.
- 1. Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, save.
- 2. Maintain, uphold, sustain, guard, keep.
- 3. Conserve, keep sound, save from decay.
Preserve, n.
- 1. Sweetmeat, confect, confection, comfit, confit, confiture, jam, conserve, jelly, marmalade.
- 2. Enclosure (for game).
Preserver, n.
- 1. Saviour, protector, keeper, defender, guardian, safeguard.
- 2. Preservative, means of preservation.
Preside, v. n. Direct, control, govern, act as president.
Presignify, v. a. Prefigure, foreshow, preshow, foretoken, foreshadow, portend, augur, betoken.
Press, v. a.
- 1. Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush.
- 2. Squeeze out, express.
- 3. Make smooth, smooth, flatten.
- 4. Embrace closely, hug, clasp.
- 5. Constrain, compel, force.
- 6. Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate.