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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • prohibitive/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/adjectiveC1So high in cost that it stops people.
  • prolific/pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/adjectiveC1Producing a great deal.
  • prolonged/pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/adjectiveB2+Going on for longer than usual.
  • prominent/ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsStanding out where everyone can see it.
  • promiscuous/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/adjectiveC12 meaningsCasual and indiscriminate, especially about sex.
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/ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/
adjectiveB2
Showing signs of turning out well.
  • promotional/pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/adjectiveB2+Done in order to advertise something.
  • prompt/pɹɒmpt/adjectiveB24 meaningsDone without delay.
  • prone/pɹəʊn/adjectiveC22 meaningsNaturally tending towards something bad.
  • pronounced/pɹəˈnaʊnst/adjectiveC1Very noticeable indeed.
  • proof/pɹuːf/nounB14 meaningsThe evidence that shows something is true.
  • proper/ˈpɹɒpə/adjectiveB13 meaningsRight and suitable for the situation.
  • prophetic/pɹəˈfɛtɪk/adjectiveC1Turning out to have foretold what happened.
  • propitious/pɹəˈpɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Offering good conditions for success.
  • proportionaladjectiveC2Changing in step with something else.
  • proportionate/pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/adjectiveB2Matching another thing in size, degree or seriousness.
  • proprietary/pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/adjectiveC2Owned by a company and protected from copying.
  • prosaic/pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/adjectiveC1Plain and dull, with nothing imaginative about it.
  • prospective/pɹəˈspɛktɪv/adjectiveC1Expected or likely in the future.
  • prosperous/ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/adjectiveC1Successful and comfortably rich.
  • prostrate/ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/adjectiveC2Lying face down, or completely overcome.
  • protective/pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/adjectiveB22 meaningsWanting to keep somebody safe, and acting that way.
  • proud/ˈpɹaʊ̯d/adjectiveA24 meaningsFeeling pleased and satisfied about something you or someone close to you has done.
  • proverbial/pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/adjectiveC2Well known from a common saying.
  • provincial/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/adjectiveC1Of the regions rather than the capital, or narrow in outlook.
  • provisional/pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/adjectiveB2+Arranged for now, and open to change.
  • provocative/pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/adjectiveC1Meant to stir up strong feeling or argument.
  • prudent/ˈpɹuː.dənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsCareful about risk, and thinking ahead to what could go wrong.
  • prurient/ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/adjectiveC2Taking an unhealthy interest in sexual matters.
  • psychiatric/ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.ɹɪk/adjectiveC1To do with the treatment of mental illness.
  • psychological/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kl̩/adjectiveB2To do with the mind and how it works.
  • psychotic/ˌsaɪˈkɒtɪk/adjectiveC2Experiencing a loss of contact with reality.
  • pubic/ˈpjuːbɪk/adjectiveB2+Relating to the hair-bearing area just above the genitals.
  • public/ˈpʌb.lɪk/adjectiveA24 meaningsOpen to or shared by everybody.
  • pudgy/ˈpʌd͡ʒi/adjectiveC1Short and rather fat.
  • puerile/ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/adjectiveC2Childish in a silly way.
  • puffy/ˈpʌfi/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsSwollen and soft-looking.
  • pugnacious/pʌɡˈneɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveC2Always ready for a fight.
  • puissant/ˈpwɪs(ə)nt/adjectiveC2Powerful and mighty, in old use.
  • pulmonary/ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/adjectiveC1Relating to the lungs.
  • punctilious/pʌŋkˈtɪli.əs/adjectiveC2Attending exactly to every small point of correctness.
  • punctual/ˈpʌŋktjʊəl/adjectiveB2Arriving or happening at exactly the time agreed.
  • pungent/ˈpʌnd͡ʒənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsHaving a sharp strong smell or taste.
  • punishable/ˈpʌnɪʃəbəl/adjectiveB2Of a kind the law will punish.
  • punitive/ˈpju.nɪ.tɪv/adjectiveC2Meant as a punishment, or harshly severe.
  • puny/ˈpjuːni/adjectiveB2+Small and weak.
  • purblind/ˈpɜːblaɪnd/adjectiveC2Half blind, or slow to see the point.
  • pure/ˈpjʊə/adjectiveB25 meaningsNot mixed with anything else; made of one substance only.
  • puritanical/pjʊəɹ.ɪˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveC2Strict and disapproving about pleasure.
  • purple/ˈpɜː.pl̩/nounA12 meaningsThe colour between red and blue.
  • purposeful/ˈpɜː.pəs.fəl/adjectiveB2+Showing that you know exactly what you mean to do.
  • pushy/ˈpʊʃ.i/adjectiveB2Too forceful in trying to get what you want.
  • pusillanimous/ˌpjuːsɪlˈænɪməs/adjectiveC2Cowardly and lacking any spirit.
  • putrid/ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/adjectiveC1Rotten, and smelling of decay.