Words that rhyme with reverent

  • adulterant
    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
    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
    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
    adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential, regardful]
  • denaturant
    n 1: any substance that serves as a denaturing agent
  • deodorant
    n 1: a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors [syn: deodorant, deodourant]
  • different
    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
    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
    n 1: a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorant, expectorator]
  • exuberant
    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
    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]
  • irreverent
    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
    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
    adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]
  • protuberant
    adj 1: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant]
  • referent
    adj 1: having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment" n 1: something referred to; the object of a reference 2: the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate 3: something that refers; a term that refers to another term
  • refrigerant
    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
    n 1: a building where people go to eat [syn: restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery]
  • reverberant
    adj 1: having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" [ant: nonresonant, unreverberant]
  • equiponderant
  • exhilarant
  • figurant
  • obscurant
  • accelerant
  • sonorant
  • roborant

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