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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment" n
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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin referent-, referens, present participle of referre Date: 1844 one that refers or is referred to; especially the thing that a symbol (as a word or sign) stands for • referent adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the idea or thing that a word etc. symbolizes. Etymology: L referens (as REFERENDUM)

Moby Thesaurus

affective meaning, bearing, coloring, connotation, consequence, denotation, drift, effect, essence, extension, force, gist, grammatical meaning, idea, impact, implication, import, intension, lexical meaning, literal meaning, meaning, overtone, pertinence, pith, point, practical consequence, purport, range of meaning, real meaning, reference, relation, relevance, scope, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, span of meaning, spirit, structural meaning, substance, sum, sum and substance, symbolic meaning, tenor, totality of associations, transferred meaning, unadorned meaning, undertone, value