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Pet

A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.

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Loved 84% connected

of Love

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Loved 84% connected

of Love

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Broader term 15

Animal 76% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Beast 76% connected

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

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Brute 76% connected

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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Caress 76% connected

An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

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Choler 76% connected

The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

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Creature 76% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Crossness 76% connected

The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

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Fauna 76% connected

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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Fondle 76% connected

To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fussiness 76% connected

The quality of being fussy.

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Imaging 76% connected

of Image

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Irritability 76% connected

The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

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Lover 76% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Peevishness 76% connected

The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

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Petulance 76% connected

Alt. of Petulancy

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Narrower term 1

Chosen 76% connected

of Choose

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Manner of action 2

Gentle 76% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

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Neck 76% connected

The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

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Deary 74% connected

A dear; a darling.

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Deary 74% connected

A dear; a darling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fondler 74% connected

One who fondles.

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Fondler 74% connected

One who fondles.

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Synonym 8

Darling 92% connected

One dearly beloved; a favorite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dearie 92% connected

Same as Deary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Deary 92% connected

A dear; a darling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Favored 92% connected

of Favor

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Favorite 92% connected

A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and e…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Favoured 92% connected

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oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Favourite 92% connected

something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Preferred 92% connected

of Prefer

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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