Words that rhyme with figurant

adj 1: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn: adulterating, adulterant] [ant: purifying] n 1: any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance; "it is necessary to remove the adulterants before use" [syn: adulterant, adulterator]

n 1: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire]

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

adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent] 2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring] n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]

n 1: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition [syn: buzzword, cant] 2: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force [syn: bank, cant, camber] 3: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular] 4: insincere talk about religion or morals [syn: cant, pious platitude] 5: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: bevel, cant, chamfer] v 1: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]

n 1: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate] 2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: tone, chant, intone]

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: a female confidant

n 1: large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish [syn: cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo]

v 1: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn: decant, pour, pour out]

adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential, regardful]

n 1: any substance that serves as a denaturing agent

n 1: a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors [syn: deodorant, deodourant]

n 1: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody [syn: descant, discant] v 1: sing in descant 2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble, descant] 3: talk at great length about something of one's interest

adj 1: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" [ant: same] 2: distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether" 3: differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it" 4: marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike, dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar] 5: distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"

adj 1: of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses" [syn: efferent, motorial] [ant: afferent] n 1: a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands [syn: motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent]

n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: eggplant, aubergine, mad apple] 2: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable [syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena]

v 1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion] 2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant] 3: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something [syn: hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx]

n 1: a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorant, expectorator]

adj 1: joyously unrestrained [syn: ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited] 2: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening] 3: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]

adj 1: unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers" 2: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: dashing, gallant] 3: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud] 4: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly] n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse] 2: a man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire, gallant]

v 1: wander aimlessly in search of pleasure [syn: gallivant, gad, jazz around]

n 1: any monetary aid 2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: grant, subsidization, subsidisation] 3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: grant, assignment] 4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant] 5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, Cary Grant] 6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant] 7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: concession, grant] 8: a right or privilege that has been granted v 1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny, refuse] 2: give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers" [syn: award, grant] 3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant] 4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant] 5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant, give] 6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: grant, deed over]

adj 1: uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" [syn: ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered] 2: uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" [syn: ignorant, illiterate] 3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]

n 1: a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue v 1: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant] 2: become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications" 3: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant]

adj 1: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists" [ant: reverent] 2: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy] 3: not revering god [syn: godless, irreverent]

adj 1: traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge" n 1: a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" [syn: itinerant, gypsy, gipsy]

n 1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) 2: (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" [syn: trouser, pant] 3: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant] v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave] 2: utter while panting, as if out of breath

n 1: buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" [syn: plant, works, industrial plant] 2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion [syn: plant, flora, plant life] 3: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience 4: something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant" v 1: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set] 2: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant] 3: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute] 4: place into a river; "plant fish" 5: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" 6: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant]

adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]

adj 1: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant]

n 1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: harangue, rant, ranting] 2: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah] v 1: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]

v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile]

adj 1: having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment" n 1: something referred to; the object of a reference 2: the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate 3: something that refers; a term that refers to another term

adj 1: causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: refrigerant, refrigerating] n 1: any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)

v 1: plant again or anew; "They replanted the land"; "He replanted the seedlings"

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

adj 1: having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" [ant: nonresonant, unreverberant]

adj 1: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence" [ant: irreverent] 2: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful]

adj 1: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p), short] v 1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially [syn: skimp, scant] 2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: scant, skimp] 3: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" [syn: stint, skimp, scant]

n 1: a biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn: slant, angle] 2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" [syn: pitch, rake, slant] v 1: lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face" 2: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight] 3: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle] 4: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]

v 1: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]

n 1: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient [syn: graft, transplant] 2: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" [syn: transplant, transplantation, organ transplant] 3: the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" [syn: transplant, transplantation, transplanting] v 1: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer] 2: be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily" 3: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient [syn: transplant, graft] 4: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn: transfer, transpose, transplant]

n 1: German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992) [syn: Brandt, Willy Brandt]

n 1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]

n 1: a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding [syn: Levant, Levant morocco] 2: the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel v 1: run off without paying a debt

n 1: influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) [syn: Kant, Immanuel Kant]

n 1: influential Dutch artist (1606-1669) [syn: Rembrandt, Rembrandt van Rijn, Rembrandt van Ryn, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn]