Words that rhyme with grantee

  • absentee
    n 1: one that is absent or not in residence
  • adoptee
    n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
  • agree
    v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord] [ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue] 2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone" 3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree, discord] 4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree] 5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English" 6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me" 7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
  • amputee
    n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
  • ante
    n 1: (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot v 1: place one's stake
  • anti
    adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro] n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
  • appointee
    n 1: an official who is appointed 2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn: appointee, appointment]
  • assignee
    n 1: (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
  • auntie
    n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
  • bacchante
    n 1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
  • banshee
    n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
  • be
    n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" 2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" 3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" 4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" 6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow] 9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour" 11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" 13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
  • bee
    n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
  • bootee
    n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn: bootee, bootie]
  • chantey
    n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]
  • curie
    n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie, Ci] 2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn: Curie, Pierre Curie] 3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
  • debris
    n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
  • decree
    n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" [syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript] v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree" 2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
  • deportee
    n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority [syn: exile, deportee]
  • devotee
    n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover]
  • dilettante
    adj 1: showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" [syn: dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic] n 1: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: dabbler, dilettante, sciolist]
  • draftee
    n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
  • goatee
    n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
  • guarantee
    n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty] 2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are not lying" 3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty] v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch] 2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure] 3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee] 4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]
  • inductee
    n 1: a person inducted into an organization or social group; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" 2: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
  • invitee
    n 1: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest, invitee]
  • legatee
    n 1: someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed
  • manatee
    n 1: sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded [syn: manatee, Trichechus manatus]
  • mot
    n 1: a clever remark [syn: bon mot, mot] 2: a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes [syn: MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test]
  • nut
    n 1: usually large hard-shelled seed 2: Egyptian goddess of the sky 3: a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt 4: half the width of an em [syn: en, nut] 5: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball] 6: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" [syn: addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky] 7: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg] v 1: gather nuts
  • panty
    n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]
  • patentee
    n 1: the inventor to whom a patent is issued
  • pet
    adj 1: preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferent] n 1: a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement 2: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky] 3: a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) 4: using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) [syn: positron emission tomography, PET] v 1: stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb" 2: stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
  • puttee
    n 1: a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I
  • repartee
    n 1: adroitness and cleverness in reply
  • scanty
    adj 1: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a), scanty, spare] n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]
  • settee
    n 1: a long wooden bench with a back [syn: settle, settee] 2: a small sofa
  • shanty
    n 1: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty] 2: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]
  • suttee
    n 1: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
  • trustee
    n 1: a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit [syn: trustee, legal guardian] 2: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee]
  • tutee
    n 1: learns from a tutor
  • vat
    n 1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production [syn: VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax] 2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn: tub, vat]
  • vigilante
    n 1: member of a vigilance committee [syn: vigilante, vigilance man]
  • warrantee
    n 1: a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States 2: a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given 3: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]
  • cree
    n 1: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
  • pantie
    n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in]
  • testee
    n 1: someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination) [syn: testee, examinee]
  • ddt
    n 1: an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 [syn: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT]
  • coatee
    n 1: a short close-fitting coat
  • metis
    n 1: a person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry
  • tnt
    n 1: explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene [syn: TNT, trinitrotoluene]
  • dante
    n 1: an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321) [syn: Dante, Dante Alighieri]
  • chanty
    n 1: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]
  • chianti
    n 1: dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany
  • canty
    adj 1: lively and brisk
  • titi
    n 1: tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers [syn: titi, buckwheat tree, Cliftonia monophylla] 2: deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves [syn: sorrel tree, sourwood, titi, Oxydendrum arboreum] 3: small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail [syn: titi, titi monkey]
  • aunty
    n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
  • petit
  • banti
  • allottee
  • dilutee
  • muffetee
  • permittee
  • picotee
  • presentee
  • remittee
  • selectee
  • covenantee
  • briganti
  • crisanti
  • disanti
  • ferranti
  • galanti
  • grisanti
  • vacanti
  • arcosanti
  • colasanti
  • tettamanti
  • ypsilanti
  • cantey
  • fante
  • fanti
  • ashanti
  • figurante
  • pococurante

See also grantee definition