patent: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with P · ends with T
Meaning of patent
noun
- countable, uncountable
An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- countable, specifically, uncountable
A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
- countable, specifically, uncountable
A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
Listed forms: patents.
Source: Wiktionary — patent.
verb
- transitive
To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
- figuratively, transitive
To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
- US, historical, transitive
To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
Listed forms: patents, patenting, patented.
Source: Wiktionary — patent.
adj
Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
Conspicuous; open; unconcealed. Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
Conspicuous; open; unconcealed. Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
Example: She has a patent ductus arteriosus that will require surgery to close.
Conspicuous; open; unconcealed. Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
Source: Wiktionary — patent.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for patent.
adjective
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
noun
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
- patent of invention
noun
an official document granting a right or privilege
- letters patent
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of patent
P(3) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of patent
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from patent
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