Words that rhyme with omniscient

  • ambient
    adj 1: completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound"; "the ambient temperature"
  • beneficent
    adj 1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in history" [ant: maleficent] 2: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]
  • coefficient
    n 1: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
  • convenient
    adj 1: suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going" [ant: inconvenient] 2: large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense); "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions" [syn: commodious, convenient] [ant: incommodious]
  • deficient
    adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)] 2: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient] [ant: sufficient] 3: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]
  • deviant
    adj 1: markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas" [syn: aberrant, deviant, deviate] n 1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate]
  • disobedient
    adj 1: not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children" [ant: obedient] 2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: disobedient, unruly]
  • efficient
    adj 1: being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas" [ant: inefficient] 2: able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution" [syn: effective, efficient]
  • expedient
    adj 1: serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient" [ant: inexpedient] 2: appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty" n 1: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
  • gradient
    n 1: a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension 2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" [syn: gradient, slope]
  • incipient
    adj 1: only partly in existence; imperfectly formed; "incipient civil disorder"; "an incipient tumor"; "a vague inchoate idea" [syn: incipient, inchoate]
  • inconvenient
    adj 1: not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone" [ant: convenient] 2: not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"
  • inefficient
    adj 1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods" [ant: efficient] 2: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers" [syn: ineffective, inefficient]
  • inexpedient
    adj 1: not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant: expedient] 2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]
  • insouciant
    adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
  • insufficient
    adj 1: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient] [ant: sufficient]
  • lenient
    adj 1: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime" [syn: indulgent, lenient, soft] 2: not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty" 3: characterized by tolerance and mercy
  • obedient
    adj 1: dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke [ant: disobedient]
  • percipient
    adj 1: characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author" [syn: clear, percipient] n 1: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses [syn: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder]
  • prescient
    adj 1: perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
  • present
    adj 1: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" [ant: future, past] 2: being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" [ant: absent] n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays] 2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking [syn: present, present tense] v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 3: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit] 5: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present, pose] 6: give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present] 7: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present] 8: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present] 9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint] 10: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present] 11: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. 13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute, present]
  • proficient
    adj 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" [syn: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful] 2: of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the technical dazzle of her dancing" [syn: technical, proficient]
  • quotient
    n 1: the ratio of two quantities to be divided 2: the number obtained by division
  • radiant
    adj 1: radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" [syn: beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent]
  • recipient
    n 1: a person who receives something [syn: recipient, receiver] 2: the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: recipient role, recipient]
  • recusant
    adj 1: (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England [syn: dissentient, recusant] 2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams n 1: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct [syn: nonconformist, recusant] [ant: conformist]
  • relaxant
    adj 1: tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension; "a relaxant drug" n 1: a drug that relaxes and relieves tension
  • reticent
    adj 1: temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: reticent, untalkative] 2: cool and formal in manner [syn: restrained, reticent, unemotional] 3: reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: reticent, self-effacing, retiring]
  • sapient
    adj 1: acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" [syn: perspicacious, sagacious, sapient]
  • sentient
    adj 1: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate, insentient] 2: consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
  • subservient
    adj 1: compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw 2: serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental, subservient] 3: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes- man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" [syn: slavish, subservient, submissive]
  • sufficient
    adj 1: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food" [ant: deficient, insufficient]
  • transient
    adj 1: of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind [syn: transeunt, transient] [ant: immanent, subjective] 2: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious] n 1: one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers" 2: (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
  • translucent
    adj 1: allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows" [syn: translucent, semitransparent]
  • unpleasant
    adj 1: disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" [ant: pleasant]
  • versant
    n 1: the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant" [syn: mountainside, versant]
  • wisent
    n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison bonasus]
  • faineant
    adj 1: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger- on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy]
  • assentient
    adj 1: expressing agreement or consent; "an assenting nod"
  • bezant
    n 1: a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages [syn: bezant, bezzant, byzant, solidus]
  • mediant
    n 1: (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
  • officiant
    n 1: a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
  • cognizant
    adj 1: (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" [syn: aware(p), cognizant, cognisant] [ant: incognizant, unaware]
  • negotiant
    n 1: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) [syn: negotiator, negotiant, treater]
  • stuyvesant
    n 1: the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672) [syn: Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant]
  • incognizant
    adj 1: (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known" [syn: unaware, incognizant] [ant: aware(p), cognisant, cognizant]
  • prevenient
    adj 1: in anticipation [syn: anticipatory, prevenient]
  • circumambient
  • isn't
  • wasn't
  • irradiant
  • excipient
  • impercipient
  • convulsant
  • ushant
  • vincent
  • recognizant
  • intervenient
  • supervenient

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