Words that rhyme with ascendent

• ascendant 0
  adj 1: tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn: ascendant, ascendent, ascensive] 2: most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant, ascendent, dominating] n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant" [syn: ascendant, ascendent] 2: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant, descendent]
• attendant 0
  adj 1: being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation" 2: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent] n 1: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another [syn: attendant, attender, tender] 2: a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" [syn: attendant, attender, attendee, meeter] 3: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another [syn: accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence]
• constant 0
  adj 1: unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity" [syn: changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying] 2: steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star" [ant: inconstant] 3: 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] n 1: a quantity that does not vary [syn: constant, constant quantity, invariable] 2: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant"
• defendant 0
  n 1: a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused [syn: defendant, suspect] [ant: complainant, plaintiff]
• dependant 0
  adj 1: contingent on something else [syn: dependent, dependant, qualified] 2: addicted to a drug [syn: dependent, dependant, drug- addicted, hooked, strung-out] n 1: a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) [syn: dependant, dependent]
• dependent 0
  adj 1: relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" [ant: independent] 2: contingent on something else [syn: dependent, dependant, qualified] 3: (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" [syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent, main(a)] 4: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent, pendant, dependent] 5: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" [syn: subject, dependent] 6: addicted to a drug [syn: dependent, dependant, drug- addicted, hooked, strung-out] n 1: a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) [syn: dependant, dependent]
• descendant 0
  adj 1: going or coming down [syn: descendant, descendent] 2: proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene" [syn: descendant, descendent] n 1: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race [syn: descendant, descendent] [ant: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root]
• descendent 0
  adj 1: going or coming down [syn: descendant, descendent] 2: proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene" [syn: descendant, descendent] n 1: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race [syn: descendant, descendent] [ant: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root]
• fondant 0
  n 1: candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
• impendent 0
  adj 1: close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impending]
• independent 0
  adj 1: free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" [ant: dependent] 2: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign] 3: (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn: independent, main(a)] [ant: dependent, subordinate] 4: not controlled by a party or interest group n 1: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) [syn: mugwump, independent, fencesitter] 2: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them [syn: freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person]
• interdependent 0
  adj 1: mutually dependent [syn: interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial]
• mordant 0
  adj 1: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" [syn: black, grim, mordant] 2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant] n 1: a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
• patent 0
  adj 1: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus" 2: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable] n 1: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention [syn: patent, patent of invention] 2: an official document granting a right or privilege [syn: patent, letters patent] v 1: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?" 2: grant rights to; grant a patent for 3: make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him"
• pendant 0
  adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent, pendant, dependent] n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) [syn: pendant, pendent] 2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling [syn: chandelier, pendant, pendent]
• pendent 0
  adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent, pendant, dependent] n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) [syn: pendant, pendent] 2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling [syn: chandelier, pendant, pendent]
• piquant 0
  adj 1: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty] 2: engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language" [syn: piquant, salty] 3: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: engaging, piquant]
• repentant 0
  adj 1: feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds [syn: penitent, repentant] [ant: impenitent, unremorseful, unrepentant]
• resplendent 0
  adj 1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous]
• rodent 0
  n 1: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing [syn: rodent, gnawer]
• secant 0
  n 1: a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points 2: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right- angled triangle [syn: secant, sec]
• serpent 0
  n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: snake, serpent, ophidian] 2: a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited 3: an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
• student 0
  n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution [syn: student, pupil, educatee] 2: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]
• superintendent 0
  n 1: a person who directs and manages an organization [syn: overseer, superintendent] 2: a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector [syn: superintendent, super]
• transcendent 0
  adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence [syn: transcendent, surpassing] 2: beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding; "the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought"
• truant 0
  adj 1: absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week" [syn: truant, awol] n 1: one who is absent from school without permission [syn: truant, hooky player] 2: someone who shirks duty [syn: no-show, nonattender, truant]
• verdant 0
  adj 1: characterized by abundance of verdure
• appendant 0
  adj 1: affixed as an appendage
• splendent 0
• intendant 0

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