politeness
Definitions
Noun
- A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- The act of showing regard for others
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "politeness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prosperous | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | paralysis | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | populous | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | populace | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | prodigious | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | precocious | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | posthumous | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | propitious | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | apotheosis | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | pandanus | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | patroness | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | precipice | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | purposeless | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | palonius | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | pancreas | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | parnassus | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | paulhamus | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | pendulous | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | petronas | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | pilotless | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | pleuritis | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | pluribus | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | polhemus | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | polonius | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | predaceous | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | proboscis | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | prophetess | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | prothallus | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | spartacus | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "politeness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | witness | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | listeners | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | polite | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | completeness | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | likeness | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | holiness | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | wholeness | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | whiteness | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | absoluteness | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | appropriateness | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | pointless | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | lightness | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | polites | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lateness | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | otherness | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | jointness | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | spiritedness | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | solitariness | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | poltergeists | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | powless | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "politeness" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "politeness" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "politeness" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "politeness".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 29
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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