referent
nounA person or thing to which a linguistic expression refers.
Referring; containing a reference; noting one of two terms which have a certain relation to each other. The referent is the term from which the relation proceeds.
nounOne who is referred to; a referee.
nounA word which refers to another.
nounThe specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
nounThat which is referenced.
adjectivehaving reference
nounsomething that refers; a term that refers to another term
nounsomething referred to; the object of a reference
nounthe first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate