referent
adjective
1. having reference
- judgments referent to the indictment
Similar word(s): denotative, denotive
noun
1. something referred to; the object of a reference
Definition categories: communication, import, meaning, significance, signification
2. the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
Definition categories: communication, term
3. something that refers; a term that refers to another term
Definition categories: communication, term