Associations to the word «Referent»
Noun
- Pronoun
- Noun
- Hearer
- Discourse
- Antecedent
- Predicate
- Semantics
- Signified
- Np
- Utterance
- Connotation
- Singular
- Accessibility
- Semantic
- Possessor
- Clause
- Verb
- Deference
- Sentence
- Kaplan
- Context
- Proposition
- Speaker
- Entity
- Syntax
- Meaning
- Indexing
- Locus
- Phrase
- Symbol
- Correlate
- Suffix
- Coherence
- Gender
- Adjective
- Ambiguity
- Representation
- Linguistic
- Inference
- Mapping
- Phoneme
- Inflection
- Linguistics
- Catalonia
- Expression
- Cognition
- Object
- Phosphorus
- Distinction
Adjective
- Semantic
- Grammatical
- Indefinite
- Plural
- Syntactic
- Lexical
- Causal
- Pragmatic
- Identifiable
- Definite
- Linguistic
- Nominal
- Observable
- Singular
- Salient
- Implicit
- Textual
- Contextual
- Masculine
- Iconic
- Cf
- Descriptive
- Restrictive
- Indirect
- Meaningless
- Spatial
- Arbitrary
- Symbolic
- Unspecified
- Intentional
- Absent
- Perceptual
- Topical
- Abstract
- Verbal
- Distal
- Meaning
- Ambiguous
- Unreal
- Temporal
- Token
- Feminine
- Distinguishing
- Cognitive
- Relative
Wiktionary
REFERENT, noun. (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
REFERENT, noun. That which is referenced.
Dictionary definition
REFERENT, noun. Something referred to; the object of a reference.
REFERENT, noun. The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate.
REFERENT, noun. Something that refers; a term that refers to another term.
REFERENT, adjective. Having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.