Hyphenation of referent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word referent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ref-er-ent

Definitions of referent:

1.
Something referred to
The object of a reference
2.
The first term in a proposition
The term to which other terms relate
3.
Something that refers
A term that refers to another term
4.
Having reference
Judgments referent to the indictment

Synonyms of referent:

noun meaning, significance, signification, import
noun term
noun term

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