Words that rhyme with incontinent

• adjuvant 0
  adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary] 2: enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria" n 1: an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
• advent 0
  n 1: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent, coming] 2: the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas 3: (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment [syn: Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia]
• ailment 0
  n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill]
• appurtenant 0
  adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
• assonant 0
  adj 1: having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" 2: having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
• bailment 0
  n 1: the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
• benignant 0
  adj 1: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign] 2: characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king" [syn: benignant, gracious]
• complainant 0
  n 1: a person who brings an action in a court of law [syn: plaintiff, complainant] [ant: defendant, suspect]
• component 0
  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]
• consonant 0
  adj 1: involving or characterized by harmony [syn: consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised] 2: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant] n 1: a speech sound that is not a vowel [ant: vowel, vowel sound] 2: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
• contaminant 0
  n 1: a substance that contaminates [syn: contaminant, contamination]
• continent 0
  adj 1: having control over urination and defecation [ant: incontinent] 2: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn: celibate, continent] n 1: one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot" 2: the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
• convent 0
  n 1: a religious residence especially for nuns 2: a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
• covenant 0
  n 1: a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, compact, concordat] 2: (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return v 1: enter into a covenant 2: enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"
• curtailment 0
  n 1: the temporal property of being cut short 2: the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper" [syn: suppression, curtailment] 3: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable [syn: retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing]
• defilement 0
  n 1: the state of being polluted [syn: befoulment, defilement, pollution]
• deponent 0
  n 1: a person who testifies or gives a deposition [syn: testifier, deponent, deposer]
• determinant 0
  adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)] n 1: a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor] 2: the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself [syn: antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope] 3: a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
• dismantlement 0
  n 1: the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery); "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons" [syn: dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly] [ant: assemblage, assembly, fabrication, gathering]
• dissolvent 0
  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]
• dissonant 0
  adj 1: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [syn: unresolved, dissonant] 2: lacking in harmony [syn: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic] 3: not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant]
• dominant 0
  adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" [ant: low-level, subordinate] 2: (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar [ant: recessive] 3: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] n 1: (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale 2: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different [syn: dominant allele, dominant]
• elephant 0
  n 1: five-toed pachyderm 2: the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
• entanglement 0
  n 1: an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim [syn: web, entanglement]
• entitlement 0
  n 1: right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits); "entitlements make up the major part of the federal budget"
• exponent 0
  n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent] 2: someone who expounds and interprets or explains 3: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself [syn: exponent, power, index]
• fervent 0
  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: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope [syn: fervent, fervid]
• fulfilment 0
  n 1: a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires [syn: fulfillment, fulfilment] 2: the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) [syn: fulfillment, fulfilment]
• immanent 0
  adj 1: of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind" [syn: immanent, subjective] [ant: transeunt, transient] 2: of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"
• imminent 0
  adj 1: close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impending]
• impalement 0
  n 1: the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture
• impermanent 0
  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
• impertinent 0
  adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy] 2: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal] 3: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise]
• indignant 0
  adj 1: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory" [syn: indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous]
• infant 0
  n 1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" [syn: baby, babe, infant]
• insolvent 0
  adj 1: unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate" [ant: solvent] n 1: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts [syn: bankrupt, insolvent]
• instalment 0
  n 1: a part of a broadcast serial [syn: episode, installment, instalment] 2: a part of a published serial [syn: installment, instalment] 3: the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes" [syn: installation, installing, installment, instalment]
• lieutenant 0
  n 1: a commissioned military officer 2: an officer in a police force [syn: lieutenant, police lieutenant] 3: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent [syn: deputy, lieutenant] 4: an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
• maidservant 0
  n 1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah]
• malignant 0
  adj 1: dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) [ant: benign]
• manservant 0
  n 1: a man servant
• opponent 0
  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]
• pennant 0
  n 1: the award given to the champion [syn: pennant, crown] 2: a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering) 3: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft]
• permanent 0
  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]
• pertinent 0
  adj 1: having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand; "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion"; "remarks that were to the point" 2: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply" [syn: apposite, apt, pertinent]
• predominant 0
  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]
• prominent 0
  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]
• proponent 0
  n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent]
• puzzlement 0
  n 1: confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement]
• recombinant 0
  adj 1: of or relating to recombinant DNA n 1: a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred
• regnant 0
  adj 1: exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, reigning, ruling]
• relevant 0
  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]
• remnant 0
  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]
• repugnant 0
  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]
• resettlement 0
  n 1: the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) [syn: resettlement, relocation]
• resonant 0
  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]
• revenant 0
  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
• ruminant 0
  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
• servant 0
  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]
• settlement 0
  n 1: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" [syn: colony, settlement] 2: a community of people smaller than a town [syn: village, small town, settlement] 3: a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it 4: the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America" [syn: colonization, colonisation, settlement] 5: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" [syn: settlement, resolution, closure] 6: an area where a group of families live together 7: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities [syn: liquidation, settlement]
• solvent 0
  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]
• sonant 0
  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]
• subcontinent 0
  n 1: a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
• subdominant 0
  n 1: (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
• sycophant 0
  n 1: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser]
• tenant 0
  n 1: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent" [syn: tenant, renter] 2: a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) 3: any occupant who dwells in a place v 1: occupy as a tenant
• triumphant 0
  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]
• preeminent 0
  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]
• illuminant 0
  n 1: something that can serve as a source of light
• fulminant 0
  adj 1: sudden and severe; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever"
• alternant 0
• bedazzlement 0
• culminant 0
• enthralment 0
• germinant 0
• inconsonant 0
• inveiglement 0
• misdemeanant 0
• pursuivant 0
• unsettlement 0
• imponent 0
• undertenant 0
• oppugnant 0
• babblement 0
• tracklement 0
• entablement 0
• discriminant 0
• unisonant 0

See also incontinent definition and incontinent synonyms