pet
noun [C] (PERSON) /pet/Definition
be sb's pet disapproving › to be the person that someone in authority likes best and treats better than anyone else: The other children hated her because she was the teacher's pet.Unfairness and favouring someone unfairlyJustice and fairness › informal approving a kind person who is easy to like: He's always sending me flowers - he's a real pet!People having good qualities › UK informal a friendly way of talking to someone, especially a woman or a child: Thank you, pet.Friendly and unfriendly terms of address
(Definition of pet noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- arbitrary adjective (UNFAIR)
- be a bit much idiom
- bias noun (PREFERENCE)
- biased adjective
- blue-eyed boy noun
- fair-haired boy noun
- favouritism noun
- ghettoize verb
- inequitable adjective
- injustice noun
- prejudicial adjective
- sexism noun
- sexist adjective
- shortchange verb
- slant verb
- unequal adjective (NOT FAIR)
- uneven adjective (NOT EVEN)
- unfair adjective
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