Words that rhyme with tangential

• accentual 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to accent or stress 2: (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm" [ant: quantitative, syllabic]
• actual 0
  adj 1: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions" [syn: actual, existent] [ant: possible, potential] 2: taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating" 3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual, genuine, literal, real] 4: existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: actual, factual] 5: being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
• aspectual 0
  adj 1: of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb); "the aspectual system of Greek"
• bestial 0
  adj 1: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility; "beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners" [syn: beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish, brutal]
• circumferential 0
  adj 1: lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts; "circumferential highways around cities"
• circumstantial 0
  adj 1: fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate"
• conceptual 0
  adj 1: being or characterized by concepts or their formation; "conceptual discussions"; "the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking"; "sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category"
• confidential 0
  adj 1: entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary" 2: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: confidential, secret] 3: denoting confidence or intimacy; "a confidential approach"; "in confidential tone of voice" 4: the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
• consequential 0
  adj 1: having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision" [syn: consequential, eventful]
• consubstantial 0
  adj 1: regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)
• contextual 0
  adj 1: relating to or determined by or in context; "contextual information"
• contractual 0
  adj 1: relating to or part of a binding legal agreement; "contractual obligations"
• credential 0
  n 1: a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts [syn: certificate, certification, credential, credentials]
• deferential 0
  adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential, regardful]
• differential 0
  adj 1: relating to or showing a difference; "differential treatment" 2: involving or containing one or more derivatives; "differential equation" n 1: the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx [syn: derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative] 2: a quality that differentiates between similar things 3: a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves [syn: differential gear, differential]
• effectual 0
  adj 1: producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long- distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law" [syn: effective, effectual, efficacious] [ant: ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective] 2: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property" [syn: legal, sound, effectual]
• essential 0
  adj 1: absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker" [syn: essential, indispensable] 2: basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" [ant: inessential, unessential] 3: of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence" [syn: all-important(a), all important(p), crucial, essential, of the essence(p)] 4: being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil" 5: defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law" [syn: substantive, essential] [ant: adjective, procedural] n 1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential, nonessential]
• eventual 0
  adj 1: expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"
• evidential 0
  adj 1: serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value" [syn: evidential, evidentiary]
• existential 0
  adj 1: derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey [syn: experiential, existential] 2: of or as conceived by existentialism; "an existential moment of choice" 3: relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
• experiential 0
  adj 1: relating to or resulting from experience; "a personal, experiential reality" 2: derived from experience or the experience of existence; "the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers"- Benjamin Farrington; "formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters"- John Dewey [syn: experiential, existential]
• exponential 0
  adj 1: of or involving exponents; "exponential growth" n 1: a function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent [syn: exponential, exponential function]
• factual 0
  adj 1: existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: actual, factual] 2: of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual considerations"
• financial 0
  adj 1: involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility" [syn: fiscal, financial] [ant: nonfinancial]
• habitual 0
  adj 1: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)]
• inconsequential 0
  adj 1: lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet" [syn: inconsequent, inconsequential] 2: not following logically as a consequence
• ineffectual 0
  adj 1: not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation" [syn: ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual] [ant: effective, effectual, efficacious] 2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing] 3: lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: ineffective, ineffectual, unable]
• inessential 0
  adj 1: not basic or fundamental [syn: inessential, unessential] [ant: essential] 2: not absolutely necessary n 1: anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" [syn: inessential, nonessential] [ant: essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite]
• inferential 0
  adj 1: relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: inferential, illative] 2: of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion 3: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn: illative, inferential] 4: derived or capable of being derived by inference 5: based on interpretation; not directly expressed
• influential 0
  adj 1: having or exercising influence or power; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace" [ant: uninfluential]
• insubstantial 0
  adj 1: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material, real, substantial] 2: lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor" [syn: insubstantial, jejune]
• intellectual 0
  adj 1: of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" [syn: intellectual, rational, noetic] 2: appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature" [ant: nonintellectual] 3: involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama" [syn: cerebral, intellectual] [ant: emotional] n 1: a person who uses the mind creatively [syn: intellectual, intellect]
• jurisprudential 0
  adj 1: relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws
• mutual 0
  adj 1: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: common, mutual] 2: concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs" [syn: reciprocal, mutual] [ant: nonreciprocal]
• nonessential 0
  adj 1: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: incidental, nonessential] n 1: anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" [syn: inessential, nonessential] [ant: essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite]
• nuptial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession"; "nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage vows" [syn: bridal, nuptial, spousal]
• penitential 0
  adj 1: showing or constituting penance; "penitential tears"; "wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words" [syn: penitential, penitentiary]
• perceptual 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the act of perceiving; "perceptual stimulus"
• perpetual 0
  adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing] 2: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never- ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]
• pestilential 0
  adj 1: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey]
• potential 0
  adj 1: existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power" [syn: potential, possible] [ant: actual, existent] 2: expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients" [syn: likely, potential] n 1: the inherent capacity for coming into being [syn: potential, potentiality, potency] 2: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts [syn: electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage]
• preferential 0
  adj 1: manifesting partiality; "a discriminatory tax"; "preferential tariff rates"; "preferential treatment"; "a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting" [syn: discriminatory, preferential]
• presidential 0
  adj 1: relating to a president or presidency; "presidential aides"; "presidential veto" 2: befitting a president; "criticized the candidate for not looking presidential" [ant: unpresidential]
• providential 0
  adj 1: peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery" [syn: heaven-sent, providential, miraculous] 2: relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen 3: resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" [syn: providential, divine]
• provincial 0
  adj 1: of or associated with a province; "provincial government" 2: characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" [ant: cosmopolitan] n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials" 2: a country person [syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic]
• prudential 0
  adj 1: arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; "he abstained partly for prudential reasons"
• punctual 0
  adj 1: acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment" [ant: unpunctual]
• quintessential 0
  adj 1: representing the perfect example of a class or quality
• referential 0
  adj 1: referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential"
• residential 0
  adj 1: used or designed for residence or limited to residences; "a residential hotel"; "a residential quarter"; "a residential college"; "residential zoning" [ant: nonresidential] 2: of or relating to or connected with residence; "a residential requirement for the doctorate"
• reverential 0
  adj 1: feeling or manifesting veneration [syn: respectful, reverential, venerating]
• satchel 0
  n 1: luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap
• sentential 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a sentence; "the sentential subject"
• sequential 0
  adj 1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive]
• spiritual 0
  adj 1: concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs" [syn: religious, spiritual] 2: concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love" [syn: spiritual, unearthly] 3: lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford 4: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" [syn: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual] n 1: a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States [syn: spiritual, Negro spiritual]
• substantial 0
  adj 1: fairly large; "won by a substantial margin" [syn: significant, substantial] 2: having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents" [syn: substantial, substantive] 3: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial] 4: providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day" [syn: hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial] 5: of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn: solid, strong, substantial]
• tactual 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch; "haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic, tactile, tactual] 2: producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile, tactual]
• textual 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or based on a text; "textual analysis"
• torrential 0
  adj 1: relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent; "torrential erosion"; "torrential adaptations seen in some aquatic forms" 2: resembling a torrent in force and abundance; "torrential applause"; "torrential abuse"; "the torrential facility and fecundity characteristic of his style"- Winthrop Sargeant 3: pouring in abundance; "torrential rains"
• uncial 0
  adj 1: relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals); "uncial letters" n 1: a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
• unessential 0
  adj 1: not basic or fundamental [syn: inessential, unessential] [ant: essential]
• unsubstantial 0
  adj 1: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material, real, substantial]
• virtual 0
  adj 1: being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin" [syn: virtual(a), practical(a)] 2: existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality"
• mitchell 0
  n 1: English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) [syn: Mitchell, R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell] 2: United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936) [syn: Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell] 3: United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889) [syn: Mitchell, Maria Mitchell] 4: United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949) [syn: Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell] 5: United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919) [syn: Mitchell, John Mitchell] 6: United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934) [syn: Mitchell, Arthur Mitchell]
• conventual 0
  adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]
• churchill 0
  n 1: English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722) [syn: Churchill, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough] 2: British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965) [syn: Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill] 3: a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain
• sapiential 0
  adj 1: characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God; "a sapiential government"
• coessential 0
• componential 0
• conferential 0
• instinctual 0
• intelligential 0
• interferential 0
• hentschel 0
• chul 0
• cadential 0
• sciential 0

See also tangential definition and tangential synonyms