stress
Definitions
Noun
- The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- Special emphasis attached to something
- Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; ; - r.j.samuelson
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
Verb
- To stress, single out as important
- Put stress on; utter with an accent
- Test the limits of
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "stress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stress | 1 | 107 |
| 2 | stressed | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | stresses | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | distress | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | distressing | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | mistress | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | stressing | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | distressed | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | stressful | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | distresses | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | bergstresser | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | berkstresser | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | distressingly | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | headmistress | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | headmistresses | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | mistresses | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | seamstress | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | seamstresses | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | stressor | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | stressors | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "stress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stores | 1 | 35 |
| 2 | stressed | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | stresses | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | distress | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | mistress | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | stressing | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | stressful | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | stares | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | tess | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | tress | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | sturgess | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | stressor | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | struss | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | streps | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | stires | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | stressors | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | sternness | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | starkness | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | ress | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | tresses | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "stress" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stress may | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "stress" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "stress" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "stress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | struss | 1 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 20
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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