Operant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Operant \Op"er*ant\, a. [L. operans, p. pr. of operari. See
     {Operate}.]
     Operative. [R.] --Shak. -- n. An operative person or thing.
     [R.] --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  operant
       adj : having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional
             determinants at work"; "an operant conscience" [syn: {at
             work(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "operant":
     actor, agent, architect, author, conductor, creator, doer, driver,
     engineer, executant, executor, executrix, fabricator, functionary,
     handler, maker, manipulator, medium, mover, operative, operator,
     performer, perpetrator, pilot, practitioner, prime mover, producer,
     runner, steersman, subject, worker