-ant

Usage

• piquant

  Something that is piquant is interesting and exciting; food that is piquant is pleasantly spicy.

• penchant

  If you have a penchant for some activity, you have a strong fondness for it and thus find it enjoyable.

• flagrant

  An action that is flagrant shows that someone does not care if they obviously break the rules or highly offend people.

• itinerant

  When someone is described as itinerant, they are characterized by traveling or moving about from place to place.

• nonchalant

  Someone who is nonchalant is very relaxed and appears not to be worried about anything.

• rampant

  If something bad, such as crime or disease, is rampant, there is a lot of it—and it is increasing in a way that is difficult to control.

• semantic

  The word semantic is used to describe that which pertains to meaning, especially the meaning of words and phrases.

• trenchant

  Trenchant comments or criticisms are expressed forcefully, directly, and clearly, even though they may be hurtful to the receiver.

• poignant

  A poignant experience affects your feelings greatly in a painful or deeply emotional way, often causing sadness or pity.

• petulant

  A petulant person behaves in an unreasonable and childish way, especially because they cannot get their own way or what they want.

• pliant

  Something that is pliant is adaptable and can bend easily without breaking.

• recalcitrant

  A recalcitrant animal or person is difficult to control and refuses to obey orders—even after stiff punishment.

• luxuriant

  Something luxuriant, such as plants or hair, is growing well and is very healthy.

• discordant

  A situation or thing that is discordant does not fit in with other things; therefore, it is disagreeable, strange, or unpleasant.

• clairvoyant

  A clairvoyant person can sense things that are out of the usual range of perception.

• pedantic

  If someone is pedantic, they give too much importance to unimportant details and formal rules.

• aberrant

  When something is aberrant, it is unusual, not socially acceptable, or a departure from the norm.

• flamboyant

  If someone or something is flamboyant, the former is trying to show off in a way that deliberately attracts attention, and the latter is brightly colored and highly decorated.

• concordant

  Two people concordant with each other are in agreement or harmony.

• supplicant

  A supplicant is someone who humbly and respectfully asks for something from another who is powerful enough to grant the request.

• concomitant

  Something is concomitant when it happens at the same time as something else and is connected with it in some fashion.

• verdant

  A place described as verdant is green because of all the plants and trees that grow there.

• savant

  A savant is a person who knows a lot about a subject, either via a lifetime of learning or by considerable natural ability.

• complaisant

  If someone is complaisant, they are willing to please others and do what they want without complaining.

• vibrant

  A vibrant person is lively and full of energy in a way that is exciting and attractive.

• errant

  Errant things or people behave in a way that is unacceptable or wrong, such as a missile that travels in the wrong direction or a student who does not follow classroom rules.

• buoyant

  Someone in a buoyant mood is in good spirits.

• dormant

  When something is dormant, it is in a state of sleep or temporarily not active.

• incessant

  Something that is incessant continues on for a long time without stopping.

• indignant

  When you are indignant about something, you are angry or really annoyed about it.

• irrelevant

  Irrelevant information is unrelated or unconnected to the situation at hand.

• mendicant

  A mendicant is a beggar who asks for money by day on the streets.

• predominant

  Something predominant is the most important or the most common thing in a group.

• redundant

  If something is redundant, it exceeds what is necessary or is needlessly wordy or repetitive.

• stagnant

  Something that is stagnant is not moving; therefore, it is not growing, progressing, or acting as it should.

• confidant

  A confidant is a close and trusted friend to whom you can tell secret matters of importance and remain assured that those secrets will be kept safe.

• malignant

  Something malignant, such as a tumor or bad influence, is deadly or does great harm.

• vigilant

  When you are vigilant, you are keenly watchful, careful, or attentive to a task or situation.

• jubilant

  When you are feeling jubilant, you are very happy or highly joyful about something.

• compliant

  A compliant person is readily willing to do what is asked of them.

• arrogant

  Someone who is arrogant thinks very highly of themselves; as a result, they can be self-important and act as if they are better than others.

• variant

  A variant form of something differs from its normal state because it has changed in some way.

• abundant

  When you have an abundant amount of something, there is a lot or plenty of it.

• radiant

  When an object is radiant, it is shining and bright with light.

• valiant

  A valiant person is brave, courageous, and bold in dangerous and even hopeless situations.

• significant

  Something that is significant is important or meaningful.

• descendant

  A descendant is someone's offspring or child; it is also someone who can be traced back to an ancestor.

• arrant

  The adjective arrant is used to emphasize someone's conduct as being thoroughly or completely worthy of disapproval.

• dominant

  A dominant person has complete control over others or is more successful, important, or powerful than others are.

• assistant

  of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

• claimant

  someone who claims a benefit or right or title

• coolant

  a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling

• defendant

  a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law

• inhalant

  inhaling or serving for inhalation

• servant

  a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

• suppliant

  humbly entreating