Ant. Unrelated, unsuitable, impertinent, incongruous, alien, unconnected, discordant, inharmonious.
Pertness. Impertinence, boldness, forwardness, sauciness, flippancy, impudence, briskness, liveliness, smartness, sprightliness.
Ant. Diffidence, humility, modesty, shyness, bashfulness, demureness.
Perverse. Obstinate, contrary, fractious, froward, intractable, petulant, wilful, wayward, ungovernable, stubborn, factious, untoward.
Ant. Compliant, genial, accommodating, governable, kind, obliging, complaisant, amenable.
Petition, n. Prayer, supplication, entreaty; solicitation, application, suit, appeal, address.
Ant. Protest, claim, expostulation, demand, injunction, dictation, exaction, dissension, dissent.
Philanthropy. Love, good will, charity, benevolence, humanity, public-spiritedness.
Ant. Misanthropy, ill will, selfishness.
Philosopher. Student, theorist, speculator, teacher, master, savant, schoolman, doctor; adept.