Words that rhyme with nigher

  • amplifier
    n 1: electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
  • applier
    n 1: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission [syn: applicant, applier] 2: a device for applying a substance [syn: applicator, applier]
  • briar
    n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria] 2: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia] 3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea] 4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath [syn: briar, briar pipe]
  • brier
    n 1: tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brier, brierpatch, brier patch] 2: a thorny stem or twig 3: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn: sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria] 4: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia] 5: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier, Erica arborea]
  • buyer
    n 1: a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee]
  • classifier
    n 1: a person who creates classifications 2: a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
  • crier
    n 1: a person who weeps [syn: weeper, crier] 2: (formerly) an official who made public announcements [syn: town crier, crier] 3: a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
  • denier
    n 1: a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon; "with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings" 2: any of various former European coins of different denominations 3: one who denies
  • drier
    n 1: a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) [syn: desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccative] 2: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]
  • dryer
    n 1: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]
  • dyer
    n 1: someone whose job is to dye cloth
  • fire
    n 1: the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire" 2: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: fire, firing] 3: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame, flaming] 4: a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked" 5: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 6: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness] 7: fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire" 8: a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation" 9: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack, blast] v 1: start firing a weapon [syn: open fire, fire] 2: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: fire, discharge] 3: bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" 4: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant: employ, engage, hire] 5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: fire, discharge, go off] 6: drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" 7: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke] 8: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" [syn: burn, fire, burn down] 9: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel, fire]
  • flier
    n 1: someone who travels by air [syn: flier, flyer] 2: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer] 3: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway]
  • flyer
    n 1: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway] 2: someone who travels by air [syn: flier, flyer] 3: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
  • friar
    n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms [syn: friar, mendicant]
  • fryer
    n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying [syn: fryer, frier, pullet]
  • higher
    adj 1: advanced in complexity or elaboration; "higher finance"; "higher mathematics" 2: of education beyond the secondary level; "higher education"; "higher learning"
  • hire
    n 1: a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training" 2: the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire" v 1: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn: hire, engage, employ] [ant: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate] 2: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease] 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take]
  • liar
    n 1: a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar, prevaricator] [ant: square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter]
  • prior
    adj 1: earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)] n 1: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
  • pyre
    n 1: wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn: pyre, funeral pyre]
  • plier
    n 1: someone who plies a trade [syn: plier, plyer]
  • trier
    n 1: one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case 2: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer]
  • acidifier
  • beautifier
  • certifier
  • clarifier
  • dehumidifier
  • prier
  • shier
  • shyer
  • slier
  • slyer
  • sprier
  • spryer
  • eyer
  • sigher

See also nigher definition and nigher synonyms