Words that rhyme with referent

• adulterant 0
  adj 1: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn: adulterating, adulterant] [ant: purifying] n 1: any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance; "it is necessary to remove the adulterants before use" [syn: adulterant, adulterator]
• belligerent 0
  adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent] 2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring] n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
• cormorant 0
  n 1: large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish [syn: cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo]
• deferent 0
  adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential, regardful]
• denaturant 0
  n 1: any substance that serves as a denaturing agent
• deodorant 0
  n 1: a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors [syn: deodorant, deodourant]
• different 0
  adj 1: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" [ant: same] 2: distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether" 3: differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it" 4: marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike, dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar] 5: distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"
• efferent 0
  adj 1: of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses" [syn: efferent, motorial] [ant: afferent] n 1: a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands [syn: motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent]
• expectorant 0
  n 1: a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorant, expectorator]
• exuberant 0
  adj 1: joyously unrestrained [syn: ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited] 2: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening] 3: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]
• ignorant 0
  adj 1: uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" [syn: ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered] 2: uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" [syn: ignorant, illiterate] 3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]
• indifferent 0
  adj 1: marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent" [syn: apathetic, indifferent] 2: showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea" 3: (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings" [syn: deaf(p), indifferent(p)] 4: (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him" [syn: immaterial, indifferent] 5: fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job" 6: having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction" [syn: inert, indifferent, neutral] 7: marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation" 8: characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems" [syn: indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed] 9: being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French" [syn: indifferent, so-so(p)] 10: neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"
• irreverent 0
  adj 1: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists" [ant: reverent] 2: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy] 3: not revering god [syn: godless, irreverent]
• itinerant 0
  adj 1: traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge" n 1: a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" [syn: itinerant, gypsy, gipsy]
• preponderant 0
  adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]
• protuberant 0
  adj 1: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant]
• refrigerant 0
  adj 1: causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: refrigerant, refrigerating] n 1: any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
• restaurant 0
  n 1: a building where people go to eat [syn: restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery]
• reverberant 0
  adj 1: having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" [ant: nonresonant, unreverberant]
• reverent 0
  adj 1: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence" [ant: irreverent] 2: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful]
• shipment 0
  n 1: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment] 2: the act of sending off something [syn: dispatch, despatch, shipment]
• treatment 0
  n 1: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) [syn: treatment, intervention] 2: the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" [syn: treatment, handling] 3: a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture" 4: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" [syn: discussion, treatment, discourse]
• equiponderant 0
• exhilarant 0
• figurant 0
• obscurant 0
• accelerant 0
• sonorant 0
• roborant 0

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