Words that rhyme with apparent

  • aberrant
    adj 1: markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate] n 1: one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
  • arrant
    adj 1: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated]
  • deterrent
    adj 1: tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices" n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap]
  • errant
    adj 1: straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters" 2: uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze"
  • godparent
    n 1: a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
  • incoherent
    adj 1: without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation" [ant: coherent, consistent, logical, ordered] 2: (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation [ant: coherent] 3: unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue- tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief" [syn: incoherent, tongue-tied]
  • inerrant
    adj 1: not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman" [syn: inerrable, inerrant, unerring]
  • inherent
    adj 1: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" [syn: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral] 2: in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning" [syn: implicit in(p), inherent, underlying]
  • parent
    n 1: a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian [ant: child, kid] 2: an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained v 1: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent]
  • transparent
    adj 1: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent] 2: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby] 3: free of deceit [syn: guileless, transparent] 4: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"
  • arendt
    n 1: United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975) [syn: Arendt, Hannah Arendt]
  • ferrant
  • guerrant
  • declarant
  • emerant
  • berent

See also apparent definition and apparent synonyms