pet

1. 1.

   stroke or caress gently

   “pet the lamb”

   Broadercaress

   Narrowercanoodlegentleneck
2. 2.

   stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

   Broadercaress

1. 1.

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   “the favored child”

   Synonymsfavoredfavoritefavouritebest-lovedpreferredpreferent

   Similarloved

Other forms of pet

plural

pets·

past tense or participle

petted

present participle

petting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pet

What does pet mean?

pet means "a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pet?

pet has 1 syllable: pet. In IPA it is /ˈpɛt/.

What is another word for pet?

Close synonyms include darling, favorite, favourite, dearie, deary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pet a common word?

pet is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pet?

2 words rhyme with pet. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.