Noun

• S: (n) pet (pet%1:05:00::) (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) animal (animal%1:03:00::), animate being (animate_being%1:03:00::), beast (beast%1:03:00::), brute (brute%1:03:00::), creature (creature%1:03:00::), fauna (fauna%1:03:00::) (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
• S: (n) organism (organism%1:03:00::), being (being%1:03:00::) (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
• S: (n) living thing (living_thing%1:03:00::), animate thing (animate_thing%1:03:00::) (a living (or once living) entity)
• S: (n) whole (whole%1:03:00::), unit (unit%1:03:00::) (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object (object%1:03:00::), physical object (physical_object%1:03:00::) (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (physical_entity%1:03:00::) (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (entity%1:03:00::) (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) darling (darling%1:18:00::), favorite (favorite%1:18:00::), favourite (favourite%1:18:00::), pet (pet%1:18:00::), dearie (dearie%1:18:00::), deary (deary%1:18:00::), ducky (ducky%1:18:00::) (a special loved one)
• S: (n) pet (pet%1:12:00::) (a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) positron emission tomography (positron_emission_tomography%1:04:00::), PET (pet%1:04:00::) (using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

Verb

• S: (v) pet (pet%2:35:00::) (stroke or caress gently) "pet the lamb"
• S: (v) pet (pet%2:35:01::) (stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking)

Adjective

• S: (adj) favored (favored%3:00:00:loved:00), favorite (favorite%3:00:00:loved:00), favourite (favourite%3:00:00:loved:00), best-loved (best-loved%3:00:00:loved:00), pet (pet%3:00:00:loved:00), preferred (preferred%3:00:00:loved:00), preferent (preferent%3:00:00:loved:00) (preferred above all others and treated with partiality) "the favored child"
• similar to
• derivationally related form
• antonym