Words that rhyme with carter

  • are
    n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
  • balata
    n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls [syn: balata, gutta balata] 2: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata]
  • barker
    n 1: someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers 2: informal terms for dogs [syn: pooch, doggie, doggy, barker, bow-wow]
  • barter
    n 1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" [syn: barter, swap, swop, trade] v 1: exchange goods without involving money
  • better
    adv 1: comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job" 2: from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best] adj 1: (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history" [ant: worse] 2: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" [ant: worse, worsened] 3: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)] 4: more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour" n 1: something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better" 2: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter] 3: a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" 4: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two" v 1: surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" [syn: better, break] 2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 3: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen]
  • cantata
    n 1: a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text [syn: cantata, oratorio]
  • charter
    n 1: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation 2: a contract to hire or lease transportation v 1: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease] 2: grant a charter to 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take]
  • chipolata
    n 1: a small thin sausage
  • darter
    n 1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn: snakebird, anhinga, darter] 2: a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"
  • data
    n 1: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data" [syn: data, information]
  • daughter
    n 1: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [syn: daughter, girl] [ant: boy, son]
  • garter
    n 1: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn: garter, supporter] v 1: fasten with or as if with a garter
  • imprimatur
    n 1: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
  • marcher
    n 1: an inhabitant of a border district 2: walks with regular or stately step [syn: marcher, parader] 3: fights on foot with small arms [syn: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger]
  • marker
    n 1: some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something; "the buoys were markers for the channel" 2: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" [syn: marker, marking, mark] 3: a writing implement for making a mark
  • martyr
    n 1: one who suffers for the sake of principle [syn: martyr, sufferer] 2: one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion v 1: kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred" 2: torture and torment like a martyr [syn: martyr, martyrize, martyrise]
  • parker
    n 1: United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955) [syn: Parker, Charlie Parker, Yardbird Parker, Bird Parker, Charles Christopher Parker] 2: United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967) [syn: Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Rothschild Parker]
  • persona
    n 1: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical role, part, persona] 2: (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty" [syn: persona, image]
  • quarter
    n 1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one- fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern] 2: a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" 3: (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" 4: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock" 5: one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" 6: a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" 7: one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter" 8: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10: a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" 11: an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter" 12: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail] 13: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 14: clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter" v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw, quarter, draw and quarter] 3: divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" 4: divide by four; divide into quarters
  • skater
    n 1: someone who skates
  • sonata
    n 1: a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
  • starter
    n 1: an electric motor for starting an engine [syn: starter, starter motor, starting motor] 2: a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning 3: the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition [syn: starter, dispatcher] 4: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant] 5: food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) [syn: appetizer, appetiser, starter] 6: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle [syn: crank, starter] 7: a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter"
  • tartar
    n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate] 2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon, tartar] 3: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar] 4: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn: tartar, calculus, tophus]
  • thwarter
    n 1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter]
  • toccata
    n 1: a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style
  • trotter
    n 1: foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food 2: a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing [syn: trotting horse, trotter]
  • water
    n 1: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent [syn: water, H2O] 2: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" [syn: body of water, water] 3: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 4: a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" [syn: water system, water supply, water] 5: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 6: a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate] 2: provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" 3: secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" 4: fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"
  • tatar
    n 1: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar] 2: a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) 3: the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains
  • sparta
    n 1: an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC
  • zapata
    n 1: Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919) [syn: Zapata, Emiliano Zapata]
  • nonstarter
    n 1: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person] [ant: achiever, succeeder, success, winner] 2: a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered
  • maratha
    n 1: a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra [syn: Maratha, Mahratta]
  • inamorata
    n 1: a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
  • sartor
    n 1: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments [syn: tailor, seamster, sartor]
  • djakarta
    n 1: capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century [syn: Jakarta, Djakarta, capital of Indonesia]
  • bata
    n 1: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
  • pinata
    n 1: plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks
  • cassata
  • darker
  • desiderata
  • errata
  • harder
  • rata
  • smarter
  • stomata
  • tarter
  • weirder
  • viewdata
  • inkatha
  • renata
  • traviata
  • mcartor
  • mccarter
  • vanmarter
  • arter
  • serenata
  • harter
  • hartter
  • karter
  • marter
  • taramasalata
  • dartre
  • protomartyr

See also carter definition and carter synonyms