weakening
Definitions
Noun
- Becoming weaker
- The act of reducing the strength of something
Verb
- Lessen the strength of
- Become weaker
- Destroy property or hinder normal operations
- Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
- Lessen in force or effect
Fragment
Sounds Like
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Words That Follow
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Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "weakening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wondering | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | well-being | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | wandering | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | quarreling | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | whispering | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | awakening | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | quickening | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | wiggling | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | sweltering | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | swindling | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | waggling | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | walloping | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | watling | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | wellbeing | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | whimpering | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | whitening | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | wobbling | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | worshipping | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | quibbling | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | sweetening | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | swiveling | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | waltzing | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | wandling | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | weaverling | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | wedeking | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | wendling | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | wentling | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | wessling | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | westling | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | whipsawing | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | widening | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | worsening | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "weakening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waking | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | weeping | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | weaken | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | awakening | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | darkening | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | weaning | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | waning | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | leavening | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | wreaking | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | weakling | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | tweaking | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | reawakening | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | wilkening | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | warkentin | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | deafening | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | deadening | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | werning | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | werking | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | wenning | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | wending | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "weakening" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "weakening" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "weakening" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "weakening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wilkening | 3 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 32
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
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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