Words that rhyme with conant

n 1: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient] 2: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent] 3: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" [syn: component, constituent, element]

adj 1: not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" [syn: impermanent, temporary] [ant: lasting, permanent] 2: existing or enduring for a limited time only

n 1: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant] 2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, mo, minute, second, bit] 3: at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment" [syn: here and now, present moment, moment] 4: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" [syn: consequence, import, moment] [ant: inconsequence] 5: a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) 6: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

adj 1: characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies" [syn: opponent, opposing] n 1: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition, opponent, opposite] 2: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist]

adj 1: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: permanent, lasting] [ant: impermanent, temporary] 2: not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage" n 1: a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals [syn: permanent wave, permanent, perm]

adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] 2: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]

adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking] 2: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent]

n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent]

adj 1: exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, reigning, ruling]

adj 1: having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research" [ant: irrelevant]

n 1: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists [syn: leftover, remnant] 2: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]

adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]

adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative] 2: serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" [syn: evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant]

adj 1: of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant shrieks and groans" 2: coming back; "a revenant ghost" [syn: recurring, revenant] n 1: a person who returns after a lengthy absence 2: someone who has returned from the dead

adj 1: related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" [ant: nonruminant] n 1: any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

n 1: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) [syn: servant, retainer] 2: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant]

adj 1: capable of meeting financial obligations [ant: insolvent] n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent] 2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent]

adj 1: produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"; [syn: voiced, sonant, soft] [ant: hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless] n 1: a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords [syn: sonant, voiced sound]

n 1: a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent

n 1: (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale

n 1: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser]

adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant] 2: experiencing triumph [syn: triumphant, victorious]

adj 1: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: leading(a), preeminent]

n 1: something that can serve as a source of light

adj 1: sudden and severe; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever"