Synonyms for PAT
pætpat

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1. pat, rap, tapnoun

   the sound made by a gentle blow

   Synonyms:
   strike, wiretap, rap, tap, belt, spigot, knock, water faucet, hydrant, pat, blame, whang, whack, rap music, hip-hop, dab, water tap

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

2. tap, pat, dabadjective

   a light touch or stroke

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, splatter, strike, splash, pat, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap, tap

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

3. glib, pat, slickadjective

   having only superficial plausibility

   "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

   Synonyms:
   silky, smooth-tongued, cunning, slick, glib-tongued, sly, satiny, wily, sleek, silken, knavish, tricksy, pat, crafty, silklike, guileful, dodgy, glib, tricky, foxy

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

4. patverb

   exactly suited to the occasion

   "a pat reply"

   Synonyms:
   glib, slick

   Antonyms:
   implausible, inappropriate

5. chuck, patverb

   pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

   Synonyms:
   cat, puke, toss, throw up, chuck, sick, cast, disgorge, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, spue, upchuck, purge, spew, pat, barf, ditch, be sick, retch, honk, dab, regorge

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

6. dab, patadverb

   hit lightly

   "pat him on the shoulder"

   Synonyms:
   dab, swob, pat, chuck, swab

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

7. patadverb

   completely or perfectly

   "he has the lesson pat"; "had the system down pat"

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate, implausible

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1. patadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] fit, apt, pertinent, suitable, appropriate

2. patnoun

   Synonyms:
   rap, dab, tap, hit, light blow

3. patverb

   Synonyms:
   rap, dab, tap, strike lightly, hit

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1. patadjective

   Synonyms:
   suitable, fit, convenient, timely, pertinent, appropriate

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1. List of paraphrases for "pat":

   even, well, patricia, eight, tap, viii

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1. List of known nicknames for "Pat":

   Pat Jr.

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How to use PAT in a sentence?

1. Pat Sajak:

   It's not that I've had a relapse. It's just because of the technicalities of the taping order and all of that. So, you're gon na see Vanna( White) doing her Pat impression here ; she does a great job. And we have a special letter-toucher, so pay attention.

2. Jackie Russell:

   We were expecting him to be convicted of at least one of the charges, we feel as though basically the judge gave him a pat on the back and said good job for shooting those people.

3. Kevin Farmer:

   There would have been no need to pat yourself on the back in 1807 if you had not engaged in enslaving people from the early 16th Century. So congrats that you ended the slave trade in 1807. Let's deal with the fact that you started it.

4. Curtis Sliwa:

   Knowing that many gang members go to schools, if for nothing more [than] to recruit and sell drugs, they're going to be able to resolve their disputes in the classrooms, in the lunchrooms, within the school buildings itself, because now they won't even fear… a pat-down or having to go put their backpack through a metal detector, this is not focusing on what the real problem is.

5. Nick Gordon:

   It got really bad after( Pat Houston) had passed away, it was unfortunate, but at the time that was kind of the only way we knew how to deal with what had happened.