Words that rhyme with antecessor

n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter] 2: a confident assertive person who acts as instigator

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it [syn: tax assessor, assessor]

n 1: a mechanical device that compresses gasses

n 1: a priest who hears confession and gives absolution 2: someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)

n 1: any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down [syn: depressor, depressor muscle] 2: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves [syn: depressor, depressor nerve] 3: a device used by physician to press a part down or aside

n 1: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dresser] 2: a person who dresses in a particular way; "she's an elegant dresser"; "he's a meticulous dresser" 3: a wardrobe assistant for an actor [syn: dresser, actor's assistant] 4: low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup [syn: dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet table] 5: a cabinet with shelves

n 1: a first-year undergraduate [syn: freshman, fresher]

n 1: a person who guesses

adj 1: of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils" [ant: greater] 2: smaller in size or amount or value; "the lesser powers of Europe"; "the lesser anteater"

n 1: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" [syn: measure, step] 2: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount] 3: a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill" [syn: bill, measure] 4: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration] 5: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" [syn: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone] 6: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence] 7: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: measure, bar] 8: measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements [syn: measuring stick, measure, measuring rod] 9: a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance v 1: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" [syn: measure, mensurate, measure out] 2: express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" [syn: quantify, measure] 3: have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures 20inches by 36 inches" 4: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value]

n 1: a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

n 1: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" [syn: pleasure, pleasance] [ant: pain, painfulness] 2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: joy, delight, pleasure] 3: a formal expression; "he serves at the pleasure of the President" 4: an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure" 5: sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"

n 1: a person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?" [syn: owner, possessor]

n 1: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure" [syn: pressure, pressure level, force per unit area] 2: a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government" 3: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] 4: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 5: the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal" [syn: pressure, pressure sensation] 6: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress 7: the pressure exerted by the atmosphere [syn: atmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressure] v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force] 2: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure]

n 1: someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university [syn: professor, prof]

n 1: any agent that causes stress to an organism

n 1: a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" [syn: successor, replacement] 2: a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone 3: a person who inherits some title or office [syn: successor, heir]

n 1: someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech" [syn: suppressor, suppresser] 2: a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) [syn: suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene] 3: an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents [syn: suppressor, suppresser]

n 1: a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw [syn: thresher, thrasher, threshing machine] 2: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed [syn: thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus]

n 1: someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command; "the way of transgressors is hard"

n 1: accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies" [syn: treasure, hoarded wealth] 2: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: gem, treasure] 3: any possession that is highly valued by its owner; "the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures" 4: a collection of precious things; "the trunk held all her meager treasures" v 1: hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: prize, value, treasure, appreciate] 2: be fond of; be attached to [syn: care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure]

n 1: someone who grants a lease [syn: lessor, lease giver]

n 1: (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes [syn: plexor, plessor, percussor]

n 1: a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea [syn: Odessa, Odesa] 2: a city in western Texas