Words that rhyme with avant

adj 1: being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt" [syn: bouffant, puffy] n 1: a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance

n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]

n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding officer, commandant, commander]

n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate]

n 1: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll, croissant]

v 1: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare]

n 1: a young woman making her debut into society [syn: debutante, deb]

n 1: the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)

n 1: an informal alliance between countries [syn: entente, entente cordiale] 2: a friendly understanding between political powers [syn: entente, entente cordiale]

n 1: the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt" v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank]

n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 2: bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font, baptistry, baptistery, font]

n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family [syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case] 2: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn: fountain, fount]

adj 1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]

n 1: a frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground] v 1: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her" [syn: haunt, stalk] 2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her" [syn: haunt, obsess, ghost] 3: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet" [syn: frequent, haunt]

n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay] v 1: make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt]

adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]

n 1: a building where people go to eat [syn: restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery]

n 1: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit, savant]

n 1: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: twit, taunt, taunting] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]

n 1: extravagant self-praise v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]

n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want, deprivation, neediness] 2: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want] 3: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" [syn: need, want] 4: a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire" [syn: wish, wishing, want] v 1: feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" [syn: desire, want] 2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" [syn: want, need, require] 3: hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you" 4: wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!" 5: be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

n 1: a state in New England [syn: Vermont, Green Mountain State, VT]

n 1: United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853) [syn: Beaumont, William Beaumont] 2: English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616) [syn: Beaumont, Francis Beaumont] 3: a city of southeastern Texas near Houston