| aberrant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: deviant, deviate |
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| abeyant | (adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: dormant |
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| abundant | (adjective) present in great quantity | - |
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| acceptant | (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptive |
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| accordant | (adjective) being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' | - |
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| (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant |
| adamant | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamantine, inexorable, intransigent |
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| adjuvant | (adjective) enhancing the action of a medical treatment | - |
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| (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
| adulterant | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterating |
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| allegiant | (adjective) steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government) | - |
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| ambulant | (adjective) able to walk about | Synonyms: ambulatory |
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| anticipant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipative, expectant |
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| appellant | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellate |
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| appendant | (adjective) affixed as an appendage | - |
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| appurtenant | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary |
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| arrant | (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
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| arrogant | (adjective) having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride | Synonyms: chesty, self-important |
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| ascendant | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendent, ascensive |
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| (adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendent, dominating |
| askant | (adjective) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy | Synonyms: askance, asquint, sidelong, squint-eyed, squint, squinty |
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| aslant | (adjective) having an oblique or slanted direction | Synonyms: aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping |
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| aspirant | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspiring, wishful |
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| assistant | (adjective) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another | Synonyms: adjunct |
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| assonant | (adjective) having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables | - |
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| (adjective) having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables | - |
| attendant | (adjective) being present (at a meeting or event, etc.) | - |
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| (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
| benignant | (adjective) pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence | Synonyms: benign |
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| (adjective) characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects | Synonyms: gracious |
| blatant | (adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous |
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| (adjective) without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious | Synonyms: blazing, conspicuous |
| bouffant | (adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing | Synonyms: puffy |
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| brilliant | (adjective) full of light; shining intensely | - |
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| (adjective) having strong or striking color | Synonyms: bright, vivid |
| (adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: glorious, magnificent, splendid |
| (adjective) having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence | Synonyms: brainy, smart as a whip |
| (adjective) clear and sharp and ringing | Synonyms: bright |
| (adjective) of surpassing excellence | Synonyms: superb |
| brisant | (adjective) of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive | - |
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| buoyant | (adjective) characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness | Synonyms: chirpy, perky |
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| (adjective) tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas | Synonyms: floaty |
| chatoyant | (adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | Synonyms: changeable, iridescent, shot |
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| clairvoyant | (adjective) perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses | - |
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| (adjective) foreseeing the future | Synonyms: precognitive, second-sighted |
| clamant | (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: crying, exigent, insistent, instant |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: blatant, clamorous, strident, vociferous |
| clinquant | (adjective) glittering with gold or silver | Synonyms: tinseled, tinselly |
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| cognisant | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception | Synonyms: aware, cognizant |
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| cognizant | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception | Synonyms: aware, cognisant |
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| combatant | (adjective) engaging in or ready for combat | - |
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| comburant | (adjective) supporting combustion | Synonyms: comburent, combustive |
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| complaisant | (adjective) showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others | Synonyms: obliging |
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| compliant | (adjective) inclined to comply | - |
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| concomitant | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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| concordant | (adjective) being of the same opinion | Synonyms: concurring |
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| (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant |
| consonant | (adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, agreeable, concordant, conformable |
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| (adjective) involving or characterized by harmony | Synonyms: harmonic, harmonical, harmonised, harmonized |
| constant | (adjective) steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection | - |
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| (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: ceaseless, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting |
| (adjective) unvarying in nature | Synonyms: changeless, invariant, unvarying |
| continuant | (adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | Synonyms: fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident |
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| conversant | (adjective) (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly | Synonyms: familiar |
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| corroborant | (adjective) used of a medicine that is strengthening | - |
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| coruscant | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| couchant | (adjective) lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward | - |
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| covariant | (adjective) changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged | - |
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| defiant | (adjective) boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | Synonyms: noncompliant |
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| dependant | (adjective) addicted to a drug | Synonyms: dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
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| (adjective) contingent on something else | Synonyms: dependent, qualified |
| depressant | (adjective) capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | - |
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| descendant | (adjective) going or coming down | Synonyms: descendent |
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| (adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor | Synonyms: descendent |
| determinant | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding | Synonyms: deciding, determinative, determining |
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| deviant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: aberrant, deviate |
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| discordant | (adjective) not in agreement or harmony | - |
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| (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic |
| discrepant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, dissonant |
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| (adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: inconsistent |
| (adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: incompatible |
| disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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| dissonant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, discrepant |
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| (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic |
| (adjective) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved | Synonyms: unresolved |
| distant | (adjective) separated in space or coming from or going to a distance | - |
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| (adjective) far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship | Synonyms: remote |
| (adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: aloof, upstage |
| (adjective) located far away spatially | Synonyms: remote |
| (adjective) separate or apart in time | Synonyms: remote, removed |
| dominant | (adjective) exercising influence or control | - |
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| (adjective) (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar | - |
| (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
| dormant | (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct | Synonyms: inactive |
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| (adjective) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | Synonyms: hibernating, torpid |
| (adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: abeyant |
| (adjective) lying with head on paws as if sleeping | Synonyms: sleeping |
| elegant | (adjective) refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style | - |
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| (adjective) displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution | - |
| (adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | Synonyms: graceful, refined |
| ensuant | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: accompanying, attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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| equidistant | (adjective) the same distance apart at every point | - |
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| errant | (adjective) straying from the right course or from accepted standards | - |
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| (adjective) uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable | - |
| euphoriant | (adjective) tending to produce euphoria | - |
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| evacuant | (adjective) strongly laxative | Synonyms: cathartic, purgative |
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| excitant | (adjective) (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate | Synonyms: excitative, excitatory |
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| exorbitant | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
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| expectant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, anticipative |
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| (adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy | Synonyms: big, enceinte, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child |
| extant | (adjective) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost | - |
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| extravagant | (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, exuberant, overweening |
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| (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, spendthrift |
| exuberant | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous |
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| (adjective) joyously unrestrained | Synonyms: ebullient, high-spirited |
| (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, extravagant, overweening |
| exultant | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant |
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| faineant | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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| flagrant | (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, glaring, gross, rank |
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| flamboyant | (adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: aureate, florid |
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| (adjective) marked by ostentation but often tasteless | Synonyms: showy, splashy |
| flippant | (adjective) showing inappropriate levity | Synonyms: light-minded |
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| fragrant | (adjective) pleasant-smelling | - |
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| fulgurant | (adjective) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | Synonyms: dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurous |
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| fulminant | (adjective) sudden and severe | - |
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| gallant | (adjective) unflinching in battle or action | - |
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| (adjective) being attentive to women like an ideal knight | Synonyms: chivalrous, knightly |
| (adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility | Synonyms: lofty, majestic, proud |
| (adjective) lively and spirited | Synonyms: dashing |
| gardant | (adjective) looking forward | Synonyms: full-face, guardant |
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| giant | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo |
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| guardant | (adjective) looking forward | Synonyms: full-face, gardant |
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| hesitant | (adjective) lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | Synonyms: hesitating |
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| ignorant | (adjective) unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge | Synonyms: unknowing, unknowledgeable, unwitting |
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| (adjective) uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field | Synonyms: illiterate |
| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: nescient, unlearned, unlettered |
| impeccant | (adjective) free from sin | Synonyms: innocent, sinless |
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| important | (adjective) of great significance or value | Synonyms: of import |
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| (adjective) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis | Synonyms: crucial |
| (adjective) important in effect or meaning | Synonyms: significant |
| (adjective) having or suggesting a consciousness of high position | - |
| (adjective) having authority or ascendancy or influence | Synonyms: authoritative |
| impuissant | (adjective) lacking physical strength or vigor | - |
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| incessant | (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting |
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| incognizant | (adjective) (often followed by `of') not aware | Synonyms: unaware |
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| inconstant | (adjective) likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable | - |
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| indignant | (adjective) angered at something unjust or wrong | Synonyms: incensed, outraged, umbrageous |
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| inelegant | (adjective) lacking in refinement or grace or good taste | - |
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| inerrant | (adjective) not liable to error | Synonyms: inerrable, unerring |
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| inhalant | (adjective) inhaling or serving for inhalation | - |
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| insignificant | (adjective) devoid of importance, meaning, or force | Synonyms: unimportant |
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| (adjective) signifying nothing | - |
| (adjective) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status | Synonyms: peanut |
| (adjective) small and unimpressive | Synonyms: dinky |
| insouciant | (adjective) marked by blithe unconcern | Synonyms: casual, nonchalant |
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