Noun

• S: (n) pet (pet%1:05:00::) (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement)
• 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))

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
• S: (adj) loved (loved%3:00:00::) (held dear) "his loved companion of many years"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) favorite (favorite%1:09:00::) [Related to: favorite] (something regarded with special favor or liking) "that book is one of my favorites"
• W: (n) favourite (favourite%1:18:00::) [Related to: favourite] (a special loved one)
• W: (n) preference (preference%1:09:01::) [Related to: preferent] (a predisposition in favor of something) "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
• antonym