Referent

/ˈɹɛf(ə)ɹənt/

Synonyms for "referent" (68 found)

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Closest matches (14)

affective meaningbearing coloring connotation consequence denotation drift effect essence

Noun(4 words)

antecedent coreferent denotationsdenote the quantity

Adjective(1 words)

direct meaning

Strong matches (20)

Noun(5 words)

example farrakhan modelmost potential-energyobject of reference

extension force gistgrammatical meaningidea impact implication import intensionlexical meaningliteral meaningmeaning overtone pertinence

Adjective(1 words)

linguistic denotation

Related words (34)

pith pointpractical consequenceprototype purportrange of meaningreal meaningreference relation relevance scopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsense significance signification significatum signifiespan of meaningspirit

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structural meaningsubstance sumsum and substancesymbolic meaningtenortotality of associationstransferred meaningunadorned meaningundertone value

Noun(3 words)

predecessor reference standard

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

entity import meaning person significance signification term

More specific

4 entries

anaphoric referentauthority figurementorpronoun referent

Collocations

6 entries

referent contextreferent in linguisticsreferent meaningreferent objectreferent of pronounreferent term

Inflections

1 entries

referents

Derivations

2 entries

referential referentiality

similar

2 entries

denotative denotive

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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