Words that rhyme with prisoner

  • administer
    v 1: work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of; "administer a program"; "she administers the funds" [syn: administer, administrate] 2: perform (a church sacrament) ritually; "administer the last unction" 3: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out] 4: give or apply (medications) [syn: administer, dispense] 5: direct the taking of; "administer an exam"; "administer an oath"
  • altimeter
    n 1: an instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation
  • calligrapher
    n 1: someone skilled in penmanship [syn: calligrapher, calligraphist]
  • cinnabar
    adj 1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion, vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red] n 1: a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury 2: large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort [syn: cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae]
  • commissioner
    n 1: a government administrator 2: a member of a commission
  • commoner
    n 1: a person who holds no title [syn: commoner, common man, common person]
  • conditioner
    n 1: exercise that conditions the body; "farm work can be a good conditioner" 2: a trainer of athletes 3: a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer
  • confectioner
    n 1: someone who makes candies and other sweets [syn: confectioner, candymaker]
  • contributor
    n 1: someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money [syn: subscriber, contributor] 2: a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
  • coroner
    n 1: a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes [syn: coroner, medical examiner]
  • curricular
    adj 1: of or relating to an academic course of study
  • cylinder
    n 1: a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) 2: a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line 3: a chamber within which piston moves [syn: cylinder, piston chamber] 4: a cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air
  • dampener
    n 1: a device that dampens or moistens something; "he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them" [syn: dampener, moistener]
  • dinner
    n 1: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church" 2: a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party" [syn: dinner, dinner party]
  • dissimilar
    adj 1: not similar; "a group of very dissimilar people"; "a pump not dissimilar to those once found on every farm"; "their understanding of the world is not so dissimilar from our own"; "took different (or dissimilar) approaches to the problem" [ant: similar] 2: not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be" [syn: unalike, dissimilar] [ant: alike(p), like, similar] 3: marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike, dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar]
  • distributor
    n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributor, distributer] 2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion [syn: allocator, distributor] 3: a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large distributor of software products" 4: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence [syn: distributor, distributer, electrical distributor]
  • estimator
    n 1: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer]
  • examiner
    n 1: someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications [syn: examiner, tester, quizzer] 2: an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner searched for clues" [syn: examiner, inspector]
  • executioner
    n 1: an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant [syn: executioner, public executioner]
  • exhibitioner
    n 1: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower]
  • exhibitor
    n 1: someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see [syn: exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower]
  • falconer
    n 1: a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry [syn: falconer, hawker]
  • fastener
    n 1: a person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was" 2: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing]
  • fiddler
    n 1: a musician who plays the violin [syn: violinist, fiddler] 2: someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner [syn: twiddler, fiddler] 3: an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend [syn: tinkerer, fiddler]
  • foreigner
    n 1: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country [syn: foreigner, alien, noncitizen, outlander] [ant: citizen] 2: someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group [syn: foreigner, outsider]
  • freshener
    n 1: anything that freshens
  • gardener
    n 1: someone who takes care of a garden [syn: gardener, nurseryman] 2: someone employed to work in a garden
  • given
    adj 1: acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started" [syn: given, granted] 2: (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions" [syn: apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)] n 1: an assumption that is taken for granted [syn: given, presumption, precondition]
  • governor
    n 1: the head of a state government 2: a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) [syn: governor, regulator]
  • gunner
    n 1: a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner]
  • imprisoned
    adj 1: being in captivity [syn: captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed]
  • inhibitor
    n 1: a substance that retards or stops an activity [ant: activator]
  • inner
    adj 1: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal] 2: located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room" [ant: outer(a)] 3: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate] 4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside, inner, privileged] 5: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government" 6: inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
  • inquisitor
    n 1: a questioner who is excessively harsh [syn: inquisitor, interrogator] 2: an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
  • insecure
    adj 1: not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way; "the hinge is insecure" [ant: secure] 2: lacking in security or safety; "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future" [syn: insecure, unsafe] [ant: secure] 3: lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability" [ant: secure, unafraid, untroubled] 4: not safe from attack [syn: insecure, unsafe]
  • insofar
    adv 1: to the degree or extent that; "insofar as it can be ascertained, the horse lung is comparable to that of man"; "so far as it is reasonably practical he should practice restraint" [syn: insofar, in so far, so far, to that extent, to that degree]
  • insular
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture" 2: suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels 3: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners" [syn: insular, parochial]
  • integer
    n 1: any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" [syn: integer, whole number]
  • kitchenware
    n 1: hardware utensils for use in a kitchen
  • listen
    v 1: hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello" 2: listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" [syn: listen, hear, take heed] 3: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men" [syn: heed, mind, listen]
  • listener
    n 1: someone who listens attentively [syn: hearer, listener, auditor, attender]
  • littler
    adj 1: small or little relative to something else [syn: smaller, littler]
  • mariner
    n 1: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]
  • millibar
    n 1: a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar; "atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars"
  • milliner
    n 1: someone who makes and sells hats [syn: hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste]
  • minister
    n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector] 2: a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance" [syn: minister, government minister] 3: a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador [syn: minister, diplomatic minister] 4: the job of a head of a government department v 1: attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time" 2: work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"
  • moistener
    n 1: a device that dampens or moistens something; "he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them" [syn: dampener, moistener]
  • oftener
    adv 1: more often or more frequently
  • opener
    n 1: the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees" 2: a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces" [syn: undoer, opener, unfastener, untier] 3: a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)
  • pardoner
    n 1: a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense [syn: pardoner, forgiver, excuser] 2: a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
  • parishioner
    n 1: a member of a parish
  • particular
    adj 1: unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair" [syn: particular(a), peculiar(a), special(a)] 2: separate and distinct from others of the same group or category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him" 3: surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?" [syn: especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), special] 4: first and most important; "his special interest is music"; "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work" [syn: particular, special] 5: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared" [syn: finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky] 6: providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular description of the room" n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always reasons from the particular to the general" [syn: particular, specific] [ant: general] 2: a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: detail, particular, item] 3: (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class [syn: particular, particular proposition] [ant: universal, universal proposition]
  • peninsular
    adj 1: of or forming or resembling a peninsula; "peninsular isolation"
  • pensioner
    n 1: the beneficiary of a pension fund [syn: pensioner, pensionary]
  • perimeter
    n 1: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary [syn: margin, border, perimeter] 2: a line enclosing a plane areas 3: the size of something as given by the distance around it [syn: circumference, perimeter]
  • petitioner
    n 1: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" [syn: petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester] 2: someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right [syn: suer, petitioner]
  • picture
    n 1: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn: picture, image, icon, ikon] 2: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [syn: painting, picture] 3: a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" [syn: mental picture, picture, impression] 4: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene] 5: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" [syn: picture, pictorial matter] 6: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" [syn: movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick] 7: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" [syn: video, picture] 8: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation] 9: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" 10: a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light- sensitive material [syn: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic] v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 2: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict, render, show]
  • pilsner
    n 1: a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen [syn: Pilsner, Pilsener]
  • practitioner
    n 1: someone who practices a learned profession [syn: practitioner, practician]
  • predator
    n 1: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder, predator, vulture, piranha] 2: any animal that lives by preying on other animals [syn: predator, predatory animal]
  • probationer
    n 1: a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period [syn: probationer, student nurse] 2: someone released on probation or on parole [syn: probationer, parolee]
  • risen
    adj 1: (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen sun"
  • runner
    n 1: someone who imports or exports without paying duties [syn: smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser] 2: someone who travels on foot by running 3: a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract" 4: a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) [syn: base runner, runner] 5: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset] 6: a trained athlete who competes in foot races 7: (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play [syn: ball carrier, runner] 8: a long narrow carpet 9: device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along 10: fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil [syn: runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos]
  • scrivener
    n 1: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts [syn: copyist, scribe, scrivener]
  • senator
    n 1: a member of a senate
  • sharpener
    n 1: any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper; "a knife sharpener"
  • signature
    n 1: your name written in your own handwriting 2: a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch" [syn: touch, signature] 3: a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program [syn: signature, signature tune, theme song] 4: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key [syn: key signature, signature] 5: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book
  • similar
    adj 1: marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats" [ant: dissimilar] 2: having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste" [syn: alike(p), similar, like] [ant: dissimilar, unalike] 3: resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality" [syn: like, similar] [ant: different, dissimilar, unlike] 4: (of words) expressing closely related meanings 5: capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised]
  • singular
    adj 1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young" [syn: remarkable, singular] 2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular] 3: being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James 4: composed of one member, set, or kind [ant: plural] 5: grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit [ant: plural] 6: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions" [syn: singular, unique] n 1: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn: singular, singular form] [ant: plural, plural form]
  • sinner
    n 1: a person who sins (without repenting) [syn: sinner, evildoer]
  • softener
    n 1: a substance added to another to make it less hard
  • solicitor
    n 1: a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes [syn: solicitor, canvasser] 2: a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
  • sprinkler
    n 1: mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
  • stationer
    n 1: a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies [syn: stationer, stationery seller]
  • stickler
    n 1: someone who insists on something; "a stickler for promptness"
  • stiffener
    n 1: material used for stiffening something
  • swindler
    n 1: a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud [syn: swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter]
  • sycamore
    n 1: variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree [syn: sycamore, lacewood] 2: any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits [syn: plane tree, sycamore, platan] 3: Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn [syn: sycamore, great maple, scottish maple, Acer pseudoplatanus] 4: thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore [syn: sycamore, sycamore fig, mulberry fig, Ficus sycomorus]
  • testicular
    adj 1: of or involving the testes; "testicular cancer"
  • thickener
    n 1: any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" [syn: thickening, thickener]
  • titular
    adj 1: of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary rights" [syn: titular, titulary] 2: of or bearing a title signifying status or function; "of titular rank" 3: of or pertaining to the title of a work of art; "performed well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of the book" 4: of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility; "titular dignitaries" 5: existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party" [syn: nominal, titular]
  • vacationer
    n 1: someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work [syn: vacationer, vacationist]
  • vehicular
    adj 1: of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles; "vehicular traffic"
  • vinegar
    n 1: sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative [syn: vinegar, acetum] 2: dilute acetic acid
  • vision
    n 1: a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death" 2: the ability to see; the visual faculty [syn: sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality] 3: the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light" [syn: vision, visual sensation] 4: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" [syn: imagination, imaginativeness, vision] 5: a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
  • visit
    n 1: the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit" 2: a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; "he scheduled a visit to the dentist" 3: the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection) 4: the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist" 5: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn, visit] v 1: go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see] 2: go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?" [syn: travel to, visit] 3: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call] 4: come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" [syn: visit, inspect] 5: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit, impose] 6: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit] 7: stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month" 8: assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
  • visitor
    n 1: someone who visits [syn: visitor, visitant]
  • whitener
    n 1: an agent that makes things white or colorless [syn: bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener]
  • winner
    n 1: the contestant who wins the contest [syn: winner, victor] [ant: also-ran, loser] 2: a gambler who wins a bet [ant: loser] 3: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder] [ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person]
  • polarimeter
    n 1: an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light [syn: polarimeter, polariscope]
  • singapore
    n 1: the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports [syn: Singapore, capital of Singapore] 2: a country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965 [syn: Singapore, Republic of Singapore] 3: an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula [syn: Singapore, Singapore Island]
  • lincolnshire
    n 1: an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
  • carillonneur
    n 1: a musician who plays a carillon
  • christopher
    n 1: Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century) [syn: Christopher, Saint Christopher, St. Christopher]
  • londoner
    n 1: a native or resident of London
  • reasoner
    n 1: someone who reasons logically [syn: reasoner, ratiocinator]
  • wagoner
    n 1: the driver of a wagon [syn: wagoner, waggoner]
  • reckoner
    n 1: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) [syn: calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer] 2: a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation [syn: reckoner, ready reckoner]
  • abandoner
  • brightener

See also prisoner definition and prisoner synonyms