Words that rhyme with adolescent

• effervescent 4
  adj 1: used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" [syn: sparkling, effervescent] [ant: noneffervescent, still] 2: (of a liquid) giving off bubbles [ant: noneffervescent] 3: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly]
• bioluminescent 2
  adj 1: (of living organisms) emitting light; "fireflies are bioluminescent"
• acquiescent 0
  adj 1: willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority" [syn: acquiescent, biddable]
• antidepressant 0
  n 1: any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects [syn: antidepressant, antidepressant drug]
• candescent 0
  adj 1: glowing from great heat
• coalescent 0
  adj 1: growing together, fusing; "coalescent tradititions"; "coalescent bones" [syn: coalescent, coalescing]
• convalescent 0
  adj 1: returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed" [syn: convalescent, recovering] n 1: a person who is recovering from illness
• crescent 0
  adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate] n 1: any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
• deliquescent 0
  adj 1: (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
• depressant 0
  adj 1: capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent [ant: stimulative] n 1: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn: sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer]
• efflorescent 0
  adj 1: bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" [syn: abloom, efflorescent]
• evanescent 0
  adj 1: tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
• excrescent 0
  adj 1: forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
• fluorescent 0
  adj 1: emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source 2: brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; "fluorescent colors" n 1: a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp [syn: fluorescent, fluorescent fixture]
• incandescent 0
  adj 1: emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb" [syn: incandescent, candent] 2: characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"
• incessant 0
  adj 1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]
• iridescent 0
  adj 1: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot] 2: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]
• luminescent 0
  adj 1: emitting light not caused by heat
• obsolescent 0
  adj 1: becoming obsolete
• opalescent 0
  adj 1: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]
• peasant 0
  n 1: a country person [syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic] 2: one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers 3: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike]
• pheasant 0
  n 1: large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere 2: flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
• phosphorescent 0
  adj 1: emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous; "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood"
• pleasant 0
  adj 1: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" [ant: unpleasant] 2: (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
• preadolescent 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12; "a preteen party"; "preteen clothing" [syn: preteen, preadolescent]
• prepubescent 0
  adj 1: (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth [syn: prepubescent, prepubertal]
• present 0
  adj 1: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" [ant: future, past] 2: being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" [ant: absent] n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays] 2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking [syn: present, present tense] v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 3: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit] 5: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present, pose] 6: give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present] 7: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present] 8: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present] 9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint] 10: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present] 11: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. 13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute, present]
• pubescent 0
  adj 1: (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature; "the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy" 2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds" [syn: downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous]
• putrescent 0
  adj 1: becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
• quiescent 0
  adj 1: not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation" 2: marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town" 3: being quiet or still or inactive 4: (pathology) causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"
• senescent 0
  adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent]
• suppressant 0
  n 1: a drug that suppresses appetite [syn: suppressant, appetite suppressant]
• albescent 0
  adj 1: becoming or shading into white
• liquescent 0
  adj 1: becoming liquid [syn: liquescent, melting]
• pearlescent 0
  adj 1: having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]
• arborescent 0
  adj 1: resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges" [syn: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped]
• confessant 0
• electroluminescent 0
• flavescent 0
• frutescent 0
• juvenescent 0
• thermoluminescent 0
• turgescent 0
• bessent 0
• acescent 0
• decrescent 0
• lactescent 0
• marcescent 0
• nigrescent 0
• rufescent 0
• virescent 0
• vitrescent 0
• erubescent 0
• ingravescent 0
• viridescent 0

See also adolescent definition and adolescent synonyms