Pet
Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.
Tag
Tag verb - To attach an identifying slip to.
How words are described
| old | old pet | old tag |
| good | good pet | good tag |
| normal | normal pet | normal tag |
| typical | typical pet | typical tag |
| Other adjectives: specific, regular, original, free, single, actual, real, big, huge, little, tiny, personal, new, different, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In Dwarf Fortress it's trivial to do a Game Mod to turn any sentient species into one which can also be a pet, just by adding the [PET] tag to the right place in the right plain-text file.
Source: Sapient Pet - He will tag along Bruce, his over-enthusiast father; Dink, his friendly monster pet; and Manson, the laid-back Gothic Girl Next Door.
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Pet the Dog: Due to said Flame Bait and the not so PG friendly responses he gives J.R a match with Michael Colenote A tag-team match but still.
Source: Wrestling / John Laurinaitis
Cite this Source
Tag and Pet. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pet/tag
Pet & Tag. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pet/tag>.
Tag or Pet. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pet/tag.
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