Words that Rhyme with astringent
2 Syllable Words
stringent
3 Syllable Words
contingent
Definitions of astringent
a. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
a. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
n. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.