1. referent(n = noun.communication) - something referred to; the object of a reference;
is a kind of import, meaning, significance, signification
has particulars: antecedent, denotatum, designatum
2. referent(n = noun.communication) - the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate;
is a kind of term
3. referent(n = noun.communication) - something that refers; a term that refers to another term;
is a kind of term
referent(s = adj.all) - having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"
Derived form noun reference6
referent, n. the idea or thing that a word etc. symbolizes.
Etymology:
L referens (as REFERENDUM)