'referent' definitions:
Definition of 'referent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"
noun
Something referred to; the object of a reference
noun
The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
noun
Something that refers; a term that refers to another term
Synonyms of 'referent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affective meaning,
- bearing,
- coloring,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- denotation,
- drift,
- effect,
- essence,
- extension,
- force,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- import,
- intension,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- meaning,
- overtone,
- pertinence,
- pith,
- point,
- practical consequence,
- purport,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- reference,
- relation,
- relevance,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- structural meaning,
- substance,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- symbolic meaning,
- tenor,
- totality of associations,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- undertone,
- value
Words containing 'referent'
- Refer,
- Referable,
- Reference,
- Referment,
- Referred,
- Referring,
- refer to,
- Cross reference,
- Frame of reference,
- Reference Bible,
- anatomical reference,
- character reference,
- date of reference,
- point of reference,
- reference book,
- reference frame,
- reference grid,
- reference manual,
- reference mark,
- reference point,
- reference system,
- reference work,
- referred pain,
- To refer one's self,
- co-referent,
- cross-refer,
- cross-reference,
- inertial reference frame,
- self-referent