argent | (adjective) of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver | Synonyms: silver, silverish, silvery |
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assurgent | (adjective) growing or extending upward | - |
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(adjective) rising from the sea | - |
astringent | (adjective) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue | - |
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(adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic |
birefringent | (adjective) relating to or characterized by double refraction | - |
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cogent | (adjective) powerfully persuasive | Synonyms: telling, weighty |
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contingent | (adjective) being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow | Synonyms: contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on |
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(adjective) possible but not certain to occur | - |
(adjective) uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances | - |
convergent | (adjective) tending to come together from different directions | - |
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counterinsurgent | (adjective) of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | - |
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detergent | (adjective) having cleansing power | Synonyms: detersive |
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diligent | (adjective) characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks | - |
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(adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: persevering |
divergent | (adjective) tending to move apart in different directions | Synonyms: diverging |
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(adjective) diverging from another or from a standard | - |
effulgent | (adjective) radiating or as if radiating light | Synonyms: beaming, beamy, radiant, refulgent |
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emergent | (adjective) coming into existence | Synonyms: emerging |
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(adjective) occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action | - |
exigent | (adjective) requiring precise accuracy | Synonyms: exacting |
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(adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, crying, insistent, instant |
fulgent | (adjective) shining intensely | Synonyms: blazing, blinding, dazzling, glaring, glary |
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indigent | (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
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indulgent | (adjective) characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone | - |
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(adjective) being favorably inclined | - |
(adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: lenient, soft |
insurgent | (adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government | Synonyms: seditious, subversive |
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intelligent | (adjective) having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree | - |
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(adjective) endowed with the capacity to reason | Synonyms: reasoning, thinking |
(adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound |
(adjective) possessing sound knowledge | Synonyms: well-informed |
intransigent | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, inexorable |
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negligent | (adjective) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern | - |
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nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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nonconvergent | (adjective) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing | Synonyms: nonintersecting |
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nonindulgent | (adjective) characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | Synonyms: strict |
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overindulgent | (adjective) excessively indulgent | - |
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plangent | (adjective) loud and resounding | - |
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pungent | (adjective) capable of wounding | Synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping |
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(adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: acrid |
refulgent | (adjective) radiating or as if radiating light | Synonyms: beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant |
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regent | (adjective) acting or functioning as a regent or ruler | - |
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resurgent | (adjective) rising again as to new life and vigor | Synonyms: renascent |
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stringent | (adjective) demanding strict attention to rules and procedures | Synonyms: rigorous, tight |
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unintelligent | (adjective) lacking intelligence | Synonyms: stupid |
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urgent | (adjective) compelling immediate action | Synonyms: pressing |
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