Words that rhyme with octogenarian

• abecedarian 0
  adj 1: alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) n 1: a novice learning the rudiments of some subject 2: a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
• aeon 0
  n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe [syn: eon, aeon] 2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon] 3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
• agrarian 0
  adj 1: relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities" [syn: agrarian, agricultural, farming(a)]
• antiquarian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities 2: of or relating to antiques or antiquities n 1: an expert or collector of antiquities [syn: antiquary, antiquarian, archaist]
• apiarian 0
  adj 1: relating to bees or beekeeping
• authoritarian 0
  adj 1: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" [syn: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical] 2: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter" [syn: authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing] n 1: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime" [syn: authoritarian, dictator]
• barbarian 0
  adj 1: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild] n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage, barbarian] 2: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike]
• carrion 0
  n 1: the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
• centenarian 0
  adj 1: being at least 100 years old n 1: someone who is at least 100 years old
• centurion 0
  n 1: (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
• clarion 0
  adj 1: loud and clear; "a clarion call" n 1: a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone v 1: blow the clarion 2: proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
• criterion 0
  n 1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" [syn: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone] 2: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community" [syn: criterion, standard]
• disciplinarian 0
  n 1: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
• durian 0
  n 1: tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind [syn: durian, durion, durian tree, Durio zibethinus] 2: huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
• egalitarian 0
  adj 1: favoring social equality; "a classless society" [syn: classless, egalitarian] n 1: a person who believes in the equality of all people [syn: egalitarian, equalitarian] [ant: elitist]
• empyrean 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the sky or heavens; "the empyrean sphere" [syn: empyrean, empyreal] 2: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: empyreal, empyrean, sublime] n 1: the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected [syn: celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin]
• equalitarian 0
  n 1: a person who believes in the equality of all people [syn: egalitarian, equalitarian] [ant: elitist]
• equestrian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or composed of knights 2: of or relating to or featuring horseback riding n 1: a man skilled in equitation [syn: horseman, equestrian, horseback rider]
• grammarian 0
  n 1: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax [syn: grammarian, syntactician]
• historian 0
  n 1: a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it [syn: historian, historiographer]
• humanitarian 0
  adj 1: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species" [syn: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism; "humanitarian aid" n 1: someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms [syn: humanitarian, do-gooder, improver] 2: an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans [syn: humanist, humanitarian]
• hyperborean 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind
• latitudinarian 0
  adj 1: unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) [syn: free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical] n 1: a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)
• libertarian 0
  n 1: an advocate of libertarianism 2: someone who believes the doctrine of free will [ant: necessitarian]
• librarian 0
  n 1: a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services [syn: librarian, bibliothec]
• millenarian 0
  adj 1: relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness [syn: millenarian, chiliastic] n 1: a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity) [syn: millenarian, millenarist, chiliast]
• mitochondrion 0
  n 1: an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy [syn: mitochondrion, chondriosome]
• nonagenarian 0
  adj 1: being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home" n 1: someone whose age is in the nineties
• ovarian 0
  adj 1: of or involving the ovaries; "ovarian cancer"
• parliamentarian 0
  n 1: an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons [syn: Parliamentarian, Member of Parliament] 2: an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures
• pedestrian 0
  adj 1: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot" [syn: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound] n 1: a person who travels by foot [syn: pedestrian, walker, footer]
• planarian 0
  n 1: free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts [syn: planarian, planaria]
• proletarian 0
  adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat n 1: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!" [syn: proletarian, prole, worker]
• radiolarian 0
  n 1: protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
• riparian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land"
• salutatorian 0
  n 1: a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises [syn: salutatorian, salutatory speaker]
• saurian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to lizards [syn: saurian, lacertilian] n 1: any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
• sectarian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects; "sectarian differences" 2: belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind"; "the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook; "sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: nonsectarian, unsectarian] n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary, sectarist]
• seminarian 0
  n 1: a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) [syn: seminarian, seminarist]
• septuagenarian 0
  n 1: someone whose age is in the seventies
• sexagenarian 0
  adj 1: being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing" n 1: someone whose age is in the sixties
• stentorian 0
  adj 1: used of the voice [syn: booming, stentorian]
• tellurian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene] n 1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling]
• totalitarian 0
  adj 1: characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control; "a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr. 2: of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life; "totalitarian theory and practice"; "operating in a totalistic fashion" [syn: totalitarian, totalistic] n 1: an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government
• utilitarian 0
  adj 1: having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables" [syn: utilitarian, useful] 2: having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware" n 1: someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
• valedictorian 0
  n 1: the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement [syn: valedictorian, valedictory speaker]
• valerian 0
  n 1: a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
• valetudinarian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary] n 1: weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health
• vegetarian 0
  n 1: eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products
• veterinarian 0
  n 1: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn: veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet]
• marian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
• bavarian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people; "Bavarian beer" n 1: a native or an inhabitant of Bavaria
• bulgarian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people; "the Bulgarian capital is Sofia" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria 2: a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria
• contrarian 0
  n 1: an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors
• hungarian 0
  adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Hungary; "Hungarian folk music" [syn: Hungarian, Magyar] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Hungary [syn: Hungarian, Magyar] 2: the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages [syn: Hungarian, Magyar]
• wagnerian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music n 1: a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner
• nonsectarian 0
  adj 1: not restricted to one sect or school or party; "religious training in a nonsectarian atmosphere"; "nonsectarian colleges"; "a wide and unsectarian interest in religion"- Bertrand Russell [syn: nonsectarian, unsectarian] [ant: sectarian]
• unitarian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characterizing Unitarianism n 1: adherent of Unitarianism
• caesarean 0
  adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian] 2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: Caesarian, Caesarean] n 1: the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) [syn: cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery]
• aryan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo- European migrations" [syn: Indo-European, Indo-Aryan, Aryan] n 1: (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew) 2: a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European [syn: Aryan, Indo-European]
• rotarian 0
  n 1: a member of a Rotary Club
• tocharian 0
  n 1: a branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.
• vulgarian 0
  n 1: a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
• prelapsarian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
• sabbatarian 0
  adj 1: pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance n 1: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
• trinitarian 0
  n 1: adherent of Trinitarianism
• chorion 0
  n 1: the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
• morion 0
  n 1: a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century [syn: morion, cabasset]
• korean 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language; "Korean handicrafts" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language 2: the Altaic language spoken by Koreans
• mezereon 0
  n 1: small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs [syn: mezereon, February daphne, Daphne mezereum]
• adrian 0
  n 1: Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138) [syn: Hadrian, Publius Aelius Hadrianus, Adrian] 2: English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997) [syn: Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron Adrian]
• hadrian 0
  n 1: Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138) [syn: Hadrian, Publius Aelius Hadrianus, Adrian]
• algerian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants; "Algerian towns" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Algeria
• syrian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture; "the Syrian government" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Syria
• assyrian 0
  n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Assyria 2: the language of modern Iraq [syn: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian] 3: an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia [syn: Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian]
• hyperion 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
• iberian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants n 1: a native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus 2: a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times)
• illyrian 0
  n 1: a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast
• liberian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Liberia or its people; "Liberian ship owners" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Liberia
• nigerian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Nigeria; "the Nigerian capital used to be Lagos" 2: of or relating to the people of Nigeria; "a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year" [syn: Nigerian, Nigerien] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
• siberian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians; "Siberian natural resources"; "Siberian coal miners"; "the Siberian tundra" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Siberia
• hanoverian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters n 1: any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover 2: a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover
• presbyterian 0
  n 1: a follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church
• arthurian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
• austrian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Austria or its people or culture; "Austrian music" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Austria
• cambrian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax" [syn: Welsh, Cambrian] n 1: from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates [syn: Cambrian, Cambrian period] 2: a native or resident of Wales [syn: Welshman, Welsh, Cambrian, Cymry]
• cyprian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture; "Cypriot expatriates"; "Cypriote monasteries" [syn: Cyprian, Cypriote, Cypriot] 2: resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street] 2: a native or inhabitant of Cyprus [syn: Cypriot, Cypriote, Cyprian]
• dorian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture n 1: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks 2: the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC
• ugrian 0
  n 1: one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia [syn: Ugric, Ugrian]
• umbrian 0
  n 1: an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
• cimmerian 0
  adj 1: intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; "the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt"-Norman Douglas
• eutherian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria; "eutherian mammals" n 1: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials [syn: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal]
• gregorian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church 2: of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582
• hesperian 0
  adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian culture" [syn: occidental, Hesperian]
• lancastrian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters; "Lancastrian royalty" 2: of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents; "Lancastrian city center" n 1: a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster 2: a resident of Lancaster
• nestorian 0
  adj 1: relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism n 1: a follower of Nestorius
• praetorian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers" [syn: praetorian, praetorial, pretorian, pretorial] 2: characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality; "a large Praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. [syn: Praetorian, Pretorian] n 1: a member of the Praetorian Guard [syn: Praetorian Guard, Praetorian]
• precambrian 0
  n 1: the eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago [syn: Precambrian, Precambrian eon, Precambrian aeon, Precambrian period]
• victorian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals" 2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts" [syn: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight- laced, victorian] 3: typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria n 1: a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
• alexandrian 0
  adj 1: of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire n 1: a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)

See also octogenarian definition and octogenarian synonyms