alcoholism
Definitions
Noun
- Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
- An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
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Words that sound like the term "alcoholism".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | absolutism | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | factionalism | 5 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "alcoholism".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | alcohol | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | catholicism | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | acropolis | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | alcoholics | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | colonialism | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | alcoholic | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | malcolm | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | anachronism | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | cools | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | coliseum | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | nonalcoholic | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | non-alcoholic | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | megalopolis | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | machismo | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | colis | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | chism | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | aphorism | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | anglo-catholicism | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | alois | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | allis | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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