Words that rhyme with pliant
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ardent
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: characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries"; "warm support" [syn: ardent, warm] 3: glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes" -
blatant
adj 1: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" [syn: blatant, blazing, conspicuous] 2: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous] -
client
n 1: a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer 2: someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer, client] 3: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client, guest] -
compliant
adj 1: disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will" [ant: defiant, noncompliant] -
defiant
adj 1: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" [syn: defiant, noncompliant] [ant: compliant] -
flippant
adj 1: showing inappropriate levity [syn: flippant, light- minded] -
fluent
adj 1: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth] 2: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken] -
giant
adj 1: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo] n 1: any creature of exceptional size 2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan] 3: an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" 4: a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [syn: giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale] 5: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus] 6: an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales 7: a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) [syn: giant star, giant] -
latent
adj 1: potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent" 2: (pathology) not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes" -
mutant
adj 1: tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant gene" n 1: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport] 2: an animal that has undergone mutation -
patent
adj 1: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus" 2: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable] n 1: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention [syn: patent, patent of invention] 2: an official document granting a right or privilege [syn: patent, letters patent] v 1: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?" 2: grant rights to; grant a patent for 3: make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him" -
pedant
n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm, scholastic] -
pendant
adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn: pendent, pendant, dependent] n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) [syn: pendant, pendent] 2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling [syn: chandelier, pendant, pendent] -
potent
adj 1: having great influence [syn: potent, powerful] 2: having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" [syn: potent, strong] 3: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" [syn: potent, strong, stiff] [ant: impotent] 4: (of a male) capable of copulation [syn: potent, virile] [ant: impotent] -
prudent
adj 1: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight" [ant: imprudent] -
reliant
adj 1: relying on another for support; "dependent on Middle Eastern oil" -
rodent
n 1: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing [syn: rodent, gnawer] -
serpent
n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: snake, serpent, ophidian] 2: a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited 3: an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake -
strident
adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous] 2: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident] 3: being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" [syn: strident, shrill] 4: unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: raucous, strident] -
student
n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution [syn: student, pupil, educatee] 2: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines [syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student] -
truant
adj 1: absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week" [syn: truant, awol] n 1: one who is absent from school without permission [syn: truant, hooky player] 2: someone who shirks duty [syn: no-show, nonattender, truant] -
peccant
adj 1: liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott [syn: peccable, peccant] -
riant
adj 1: showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children" [syn: laughing(a), riant] -
supergiant
n 1: an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density -
alliant
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obriant
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wiant
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wyant
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obryant
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briant
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bryant
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