Definition of referent Referent

ref•er•ent

We found 7 definitions of referent from 3 different sources.

What does referent mean?

Noun Plural: referents
referent - something referred to; the object of a reference
		signification, meaning, significance, import the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
		antecedent the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
		denotatum an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression
referent - something that refers; a term that refers to another term
referent - the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
Adjective
referent - having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"
		denotive, denotative having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming