Words that rhyme with disputant
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advertent
adj 1: giving attention [syn: advertent, heedful] -
affluent
adj 1: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" [syn: affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy] n 1: an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents" 2: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary] -
antecedent
adj 1: preceding in time or order [ant: subsequent] n 1: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant, descendent] 2: a preceding occurrence or cause or event 3: anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [syn: antecedent, forerunner] 4: the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun -
ardent
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid] 2: characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support" [syn: ardent, warm] 3: glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes" -
blatant
adj 1: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" [syn: blatant, blazing, conspicuous] 2: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous] -
client
n 1: a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer 2: someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer, client] 3: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client, guest] -
combatant
adj 1: engaging in or ready for combat n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper] -
compliant
adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will" [ant: defiant, noncompliant] -
confluent
adj 1: flowing together [syn: confluent, merging(a)] n 1: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary] -
congruent
adj 1: corresponding in character or kind [syn: congruous, congruent] [ant: incongruous] 2: coinciding when superimposed [ant: incongruent] -
consistent
adj 1: (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts"; "I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with my sense of responsibility as president in time of war"- FDR [ant: inconsistent] 2: capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained" [syn: reproducible, consistent] [ant: irreproducible, unreproducible] 3: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument" [syn: coherent, consistent, logical, ordered] [ant: incoherent] 4: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product" [syn: consistent, uniform] -
constant
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" -
constituent
adj 1: constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) [syn: constituent(a), constitutional, constitutive(a), organic] n 1: 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] 2: a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected" 3: 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] 4: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction [syn: constituent, grammatical constituent] 5: 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] -
consultant
n 1: an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala" [syn: adviser, advisor, consultant] -
contestant
n 1: a person who participates in competitions 2: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant] -
continuant
adj 1: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident] n 1: consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract [syn: continuant consonant, continuant] [ant: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant] -
correspondent
adj 1: similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar; "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar" [syn: analogous, correspondent] n 1: someone who communicates by means of letters [syn: correspondent, letter writer] 2: a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media [syn: correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman] -
counterirritant
n 1: a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation -
decadent
adj 1: marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals" [syn: decadent, effete] n 1: a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically) -
decedent
n 1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed] -
decongestant
n 1: a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion -
defiant
adj 1: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" [syn: defiant, noncompliant] [ant: compliant] -
diffident
adj 1: showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture" 2: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: diffident, shy, timid, unsure] [ant: confident] -
discordant
adj 1: not in agreement or harmony; "views discordant with present-day ideas" [ant: accordant] 2: lacking in harmony [syn: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic] -
disinfectant
adj 1: preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms [syn: bactericidal, disinfectant, germicidal] n 1: an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease [syn: disinfectant, germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial] -
important
adj 1: of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" [syn: important, of import] [ant: unimportant] 2: important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" [syn: significant, important] [ant: insignificant, unimportant] 3: of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women" [syn: crucial, important] [ant: noncrucial] 4: having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner" [syn: authoritative, important] 5: having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office" -
mutant
adj 1: tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant gene" n 1: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport] 2: an animal that has undergone mutation -
pollutant
n 1: waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil -
significant
adj 1: important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" [syn: significant, important] [ant: insignificant, unimportant] 2: fairly large; "won by a substantial margin" [syn: significant, substantial] 3: too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found" [ant: nonsignificant] 4: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" [syn: meaning(a), pregnant, significant] -
unimportant
adj 1: not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" [ant: important, of import] 2: devoid of importance, meaning, or force [syn: insignificant, unimportant] [ant: important, significant] -
didn't
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