Words that rhyme with smarter

n 1: matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances

n 1: essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn: attar, atar, athar, ottar]

n 1: someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers 2: informal terms for dogs [syn: pooch, doggie, doggy, barker, bow-wow]

n 1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" [syn: barter, swap, swop, trade] v 1: exchange goods without involving money

n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman] 2: a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet, knock about, batter] 2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter] 3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn: dinge, batter]

v 1: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" [syn: spatter, bespatter]

adv 1: comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job" 2: from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best] adj 1: (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history" [ant: worse] 2: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better" [ant: worse, worsened] 3: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)] 4: more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour" n 1: something superior in quality or condition or effect; "a change for the better" 2: someone who bets [syn: bettor, better, wagerer, punter] 3: a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters" 4: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two" v 1: surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" [syn: better, break] 2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 3: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: decline, worsen]

n 1: Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939) [syn: Carter, Howard Carter] 2: 39th President of the United States (1924-) [syn: Carter, Jimmy Carter, James Earl Carter, James Earl Carter Jr., President Carter] 3: someone whose work is driving carts

n 1: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation 2: a contract to hire or lease transportation v 1: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease] 2: grant a charter to 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take]

n 1: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] 2: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine [syn: chatter, chattering] 3: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) [syn: chatter, chattering] v 1: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn: chatter, click] 2: cut unevenly with a chattering tool 3: 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] 4: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] 5: make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"

n 1: a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones" v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle]

n 1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn: snakebird, anhinga, darter] 2: a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"

n 1: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her old age" [syn: daughter, girl] [ant: boy, son]

n 1: a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn: garter, supporter] v 1: fasten with or as if with a garter

n 1: someone who makes and sells hats [syn: hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste]

adj 1: referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case" [ant: former(a)] n 1: the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today" [ant: former]

n 1: one who suffers for the sake of principle [syn: martyr, sufferer] 2: one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion v 1: kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred" 2: torture and torment like a martyr [syn: martyr, martyrize, martyrise]

n 1: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 2: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" [syn: topic, subject, issue, matter] 3: that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" 4: a problem; "is anything the matter?" 5: (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" 6: written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" v 1: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh]

v 1: 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]

n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) [syn: spiel, patter, line of gab] 2: a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet" v 1: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter] 2: make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain" [syn: patter, pitter-patter]

n 1: a large shallow dish used for serving food 2: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter]

n 1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one- fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern] 2: a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" 3: (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" 4: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock" 5: one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" 6: a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" 7: one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter" 8: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10: a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" 11: an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter" 12: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail] 13: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 14: clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter" v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw, quarter, draw and quarter] 3: divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" 4: divide by four; divide into quarters

n 1: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter] 2: any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats [syn: rat terrier, ratter]

n 1: a meeting for boat races

n 1: man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch] 2: one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns [syn: satyr, forest god]

n 1: a haphazard distribution in all directions [syn: scatter, spread] 2: the act of scattering [syn: scatter, scattering, strewing] v 1: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter] 2: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [syn: disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out] 3: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse] 4: sow by scattering; "scatter seeds" 5: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" [syn: break up, disperse, scatter] 6: strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" [syn: spread, scatter, spread out]

v 1: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered" 2: damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life" 3: cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

n 1: someone who skates

n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering] 2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering] v 1: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash] 2: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter- patter] 3: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" [syn: spatter, bespatter]

n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering] 2: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn: dab, splash, splatter] v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: spill, slop, splatter] 2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash]

n 1: an electric motor for starting an engine [syn: starter, starter motor, starting motor] 2: a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning 3: the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition [syn: starter, dispatcher] 4: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant] 5: food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) [syn: appetizer, appetiser, starter] 6: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle [syn: crank, starter] 7: a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter"

n 1: a salt used especially in baking powder [syn: cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate] 2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon, tartar] 3: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar] 4: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn: tartar, calculus, tophus]

n 1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter]

n 1: someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter]

n 1: foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food 2: a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing [syn: trotting horse, trotter]

n 1: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent [syn: water, H2O] 2: the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" [syn: body of water, water] 3: once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) 4: a facility that provides a source of water; "the town debated the purification of the water supply"; "first you have to cut off the water" [syn: water system, water supply, water] 5: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] 6: a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water" v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate] 2: provide with water; "We watered the buffalo" 3: secrete or form water, as tears or saliva; "My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner"; "His eyes watered" 4: fill with tears; "His eyes were watering"

n 1: a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century [syn: Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar] 2: a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) 3: the Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains

n 1: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person] [ant: achiever, succeeder, success, winner] 2: a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered

n 1: a person whose occupation is making and altering garments [syn: tailor, seamster, sartor]

adv 1: as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" [syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter] 2: describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" [syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter- patter] n 1: a series of rapid tapping sounds; "she missed the pitter- patter of little feet around the house" v 1: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter] 2: make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain" [syn: patter, pitter-patter]