Words that rhyme with sycophant

  • adjuvant
    adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary] 2: enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria" n 1: an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
  • advent
    n 1: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent, coming] 2: the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas 3: (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment [syn: Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia]
  • ant
    n 1: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire]
  • appurtenant
    adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
  • assonant
    adj 1: having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" 2: having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
  • bacchante
    n 1: (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus
  • benignant
    adj 1: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign] 2: characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king" [syn: benignant, gracious]
  • cant
    n 1: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition [syn: buzzword, cant] 2: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force [syn: bank, cant, camber] 3: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular] 4: insincere talk about religion or morals [syn: cant, pious platitude] 5: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [syn: bevel, cant, chamfer] v 1: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]
  • chant
    n 1: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate] 2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: tone, chant, intone]
  • commandant
    n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding officer, commandant, commander]
  • component
    n 1: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient] 2: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent] 3: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" [syn: component, constituent, element]
  • confidant
    n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn: confidant, intimate]
  • confidante
    n 1: a female confidant
  • consonant
    adj 1: involving or characterized by harmony [syn: consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised] 2: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant] n 1: a speech sound that is not a vowel [ant: vowel, vowel sound] 2: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
  • contaminant
    n 1: a substance that contaminates [syn: contaminant, contamination]
  • convent
    n 1: a religious residence especially for nuns 2: a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
  • covenant
    n 1: a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, compact, concordat] 2: (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return v 1: enter into a covenant 2: enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"
  • decant
    v 1: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn: decant, pour, pour out]
  • deponent
    n 1: a person who testifies or gives a deposition [syn: testifier, deponent, deposer]
  • descant
    n 1: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody [syn: descant, discant] v 1: sing in descant 2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble, descant] 3: talk at great length about something of one's interest
  • determinant
    adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)] n 1: a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor] 2: the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself [syn: antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope] 3: a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
  • dissolvent
    n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent]
  • dissonant
    adj 1: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [syn: unresolved, dissonant] 2: lacking in harmony [syn: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic] 3: not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant]
  • dominant
    adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" [ant: low-level, subordinate] 2: (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar [ant: recessive] 3: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] n 1: (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale 2: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different [syn: dominant allele, dominant]
  • eggplant
    n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: eggplant, aubergine, mad apple] 2: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable [syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena]
  • elephant
    n 1: five-toed pachyderm 2: the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
  • exponent
    n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent] 2: someone who expounds and interprets or explains 3: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself [syn: exponent, power, index]
  • fervent
    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: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope [syn: fervent, fervid]
  • gallant
    adj 1: unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers" 2: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: dashing, gallant] 3: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud] 4: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly] n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse] 2: a man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire, gallant]
  • gallivant
    v 1: wander aimlessly in search of pleasure [syn: gallivant, gad, jazz around]
  • grant
    n 1: any monetary aid 2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: grant, subsidization, subsidisation] 3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn: grant, assignment] 4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant, Duncan James Corrow Grant] 5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, Cary Grant] 6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant] 7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn: concession, grant] 8: a right or privilege that has been granted v 1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny, refuse] 2: give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified researchers" [syn: award, grant] 3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn: concede, yield, grant] 4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot, grant] 5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant, give] 6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant] 7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: grant, deed over]
  • houseplant
    n 1: any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
  • immanent
    adj 1: of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind" [syn: immanent, subjective] [ant: transeunt, transient] 2: of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"
  • imminent
    adj 1: close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impending]
  • impermanent
    adj 1: not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" [syn: impermanent, temporary] [ant: lasting, permanent] 2: existing or enduring for a limited time only
  • impertinent
    adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy] 2: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal] 3: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise]
  • implant
    n 1: a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue v 1: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant] 2: become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth mother with no further complications" 3: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant]
  • incontinent
    adj 1: not having control over urination and defecation [ant: continent]
  • indignant
    adj 1: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory" [syn: indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous]
  • infant
    n 1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" [syn: baby, babe, infant]
  • insolvent
    adj 1: unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate" [ant: solvent] n 1: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts [syn: bankrupt, insolvent]
  • land
    n 1: the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city" 2: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil" [syn: land, ground, soil] 3: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" [syn: domain, demesne, land] 4: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" [syn: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma] 5: the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" [syn: country, state, land] 6: a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" [syn: kingdom, land, realm] 7: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" [syn: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne] 8: the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" [syn: nation, land, country] 9: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic] 10: United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) [syn: Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land] 11: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: farming, land] v 1: reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" [syn: land, set down] 2: cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" [syn: land, put down, bring down] 3: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail" [syn: bring, land] 4: bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" 5: deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head" 6: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn: land, set ashore, shore] 7: shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" [syn: down, shoot down, land]
  • maidservant
    n 1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah]
  • malignant
    adj 1: dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) [ant: benign]
  • manservant
    n 1: a man servant
  • opponent
    adj 1: characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies" [syn: opponent, opposing] n 1: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition, opponent, opposite] 2: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist]
  • pant
    n 1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) 2: (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" [syn: trouser, pant] 3: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant] v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave] 2: utter while panting, as if out of breath
  • permanent
    adj 1: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: permanent, lasting] [ant: impermanent, temporary] 2: not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage" n 1: a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals [syn: permanent wave, permanent, perm]
  • plant
    n 1: buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" [syn: plant, works, industrial plant] 2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion [syn: plant, flora, plant life] 3: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience 4: something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant" v 1: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set] 2: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant] 3: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute] 4: place into a river; "plant fish" 5: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" 6: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" [syn: plant, implant]
  • predominant
    adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] 2: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]
  • prominent
    adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking] 2: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent]
  • proponent
    n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent]
  • rant
    n 1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: harangue, rant, ranting] 2: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah] v 1: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]
  • recant
    v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile]
  • regnant
    adj 1: exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, reigning, ruling]
  • relevant
    adj 1: having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research" [ant: irrelevant]
  • remnant
    n 1: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists [syn: leftover, remnant] 2: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
  • replant
    v 1: plant again or anew; "They replanted the land"; "He replanted the seedlings"
  • repugnant
    adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]
  • resonant
    adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative] 2: serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" [syn: evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant]
  • revenant
    adj 1: of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant shrieks and groans" 2: coming back; "a revenant ghost" [syn: recurring, revenant] n 1: a person who returns after a lengthy absence 2: someone who has returned from the dead
  • ruminant
    adj 1: related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" [ant: nonruminant] n 1: any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
  • scant
    adj 1: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p), short] v 1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially [syn: skimp, scant] 2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: scant, skimp] 3: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" [syn: stint, skimp, scant]
  • servant
    n 1: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) [syn: servant, retainer] 2: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant]
  • slant
    n 1: a biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn: slant, angle] 2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" [syn: pitch, rake, slant] v 1: lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face" 2: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight] 3: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle] 4: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]
  • solvent
    adj 1: capable of meeting financial obligations [ant: insolvent] n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent] 2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent]
  • sonant
    adj 1: produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"; [syn: voiced, sonant, soft] [ant: hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless] n 1: a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords [syn: sonant, voiced sound]
  • subcontinent
    n 1: a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
  • subdominant
    n 1: (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale
  • supplant
    v 1: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]
  • triumphant
    adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant] 2: experiencing triumph [syn: triumphant, victorious]
  • brandt
    n 1: German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992) [syn: Brandt, Willy Brandt]
  • brant
    n 1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]
  • kant
    n 1: influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) [syn: Kant, Immanuel Kant]
  • rand
    n 1: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents 2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) [syn: Rand, Ayn Rand] 3: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef]
  • rembrandt
    n 1: influential Dutch artist (1606-1669) [syn: Rembrandt, Rembrandt van Rijn, Rembrandt van Ryn, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn]
  • preeminent
    adj 1: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: leading(a), preeminent]
  • illuminant
    n 1: something that can serve as a source of light
  • fulminant
    adj 1: sudden and severe; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever"
  • alternant
  • culminant
  • germinant
  • inconsonant
  • pursuivant
  • durrant
  • morant
  • imponent
  • brabant
  • oppugnant
  • discriminant
  • unisonant

See also sycophant definition and sycophant synonyms