understates
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Verb
- Represent as less significant or important
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "understates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | governments | 3 | 61 |
| 2 | government's | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | substitutes | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | punishments | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | publicists | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | governments' | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | jumpstarts | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | succulents | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | suffragists | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | underpants | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "understates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | underwater | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | undertake | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | understands | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | estates | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | underestimate | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | understatement | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | undertakes | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | underestimated | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | understated | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | underrate | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | undertaker | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | understate | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | underestimates | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | interstates | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | underseas | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | sunstates | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | understating | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | understaffed | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | interstate's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | undertones | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "understates" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "understates".
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Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 10
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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