REFERENT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • something that refers
   • a term that refers to another term
   Hypernyms(s) referent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • term (what does term mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the first term in a proposition
   • the term to which other terms relate
   Hypernyms(s) referent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • term (what does term mean?)
3. Meaning
   • something referred to
   • the object of a reference
   Hypernyms(s) referent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • meaning (what does meaning mean?)
   • significance (what does significance mean?)
   • signification (what does signification mean?)
   • import (what does import mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • antecedent (what does antecedent mean?)
   • denotatum (what does denotatum mean?)
   • designatum (what does designatum mean?)