pap Synonyms
Another word for pap
• noun (Context 1)
Worthless, trivial, or oversimplified reading matter, entertainment, or ideas lacking intellectual substance.
"Critics dismissed the summer blockbuster as mindless pablum designed purely to sell merchandise."
• noun (Context 2)
Bland, soft, or semi-liquid food, such as mash or porridge, considered suitable for babies or invalids.
"The recovering patient was restricted to a diet of warm broth and bland mush for several days."
• noun (Context 3)
A traditional porridge or polenta-like staple dish made from ground maize meal, cooked to a soft or stiff consistency.
"At the weekend barbecue, the grilled sausages were served alongside a generous portion of maize mealie pap and spicy tomato relish."
• noun (Context 4)
A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to take candid photographs for newspapers and magazines (informal shortening of paparazzo).
"A crowd of paps waited outside the London restaurant hoping to catch a glimpse of the actors."
• verb (Context 5)
To take candid, often intrusive photographs of a celebrity for publication in tabloid newspapers or magazines (informal).
"The singer wore sunglasses and a cap to avoid being papped while leaving the airport."
• noun (Context 6)
A nipple or teat of a breast, or a rounded conical hilltop resembling one (archaic or dialectal).
"The hikers used the twin rounded paps of the distant mountain range as landmarks along the trail."