motivating
Definitions
Noun
- The act of motivating; providing incentive
Verb
- Give an incentive for action
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "motivating".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | modernizing | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | magnifying | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | minimizing | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | ministering | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | mobilizing | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | meditating | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | mitigating | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | improvising | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | marinating | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | masquerading | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | midmorning | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | misplacing | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | moneymaking | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | mudslinging | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | imagineering | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | immobilizing | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | implicating | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | impoverishing | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | imprisoning | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | mcfarling | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | medicating | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | mesmerizing | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | millworking | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | misapplying | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | mischarging | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | mispricing | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | misquoting | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | misspelling | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | misstating | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | mistreating | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | moralizing | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | motherfucking | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | moviemaking | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | mystifying | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "motivating".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moving | 2 | 114 |
| 2 | motivation | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | rotating | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | negotiating | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | mating | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | motivations | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | mitigating | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | cultivating | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | captivating | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | activating | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | motivate | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | motivational | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | mutilating | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | mutating | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | mottling | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | otting | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | outvoting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | outliving | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | obviating | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | motivator | 4 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "motivating" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "motivating" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "motivating".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 34
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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