referent

nouns

something referred to; the object of a reference

referent

is a type of (narrower)

the message that is intended or expressed or signified

"what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

import, meaning, significance, signification

the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate

referent

is a type of (narrower)

one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

"the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"

term

something that refers; a term that refers to another term

referent

is a type of (narrower)

a word or expression used for some particular thing

"he learned many medical terms"

term

adjectives

having reference

"judgments referent to the indictment"

referent

is derived from

reference

is similar to

having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming

denotative, denotive