critical
Definitions
Adjective
- Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "critical".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | critical | 3 | 58 |
| 2 | criticality | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | critically | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | uncritical | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | hypocritical | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | uncritically | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | diacritical | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | hypercritical | 5 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "critical".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | classical | 3 | 33 |
| 2 | clinical | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | criminal | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | colonial | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | cardinal | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | equitable | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | carnival | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | clerical | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | cathedral | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | skeptical | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | accessible | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | chronicle | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | communal | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | acoustical | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | conjugal | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | cortical | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | octagonal | 4 | 3 |
| 18 | carmichael | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | credible | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | occipital | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | quizzical | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | scriptural | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | sculptural | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | accountable | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | actuarial | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | coaxial | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | crucible | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | equivocal | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | actionable | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | canaveral | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | cantonal | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | carabajal | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | carmickle | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | clarabelle | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | clavicle | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | collateral | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | collegial | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | commingle | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | contibel | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | countable | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | coykendall | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | cubicle | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | culpable | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | curable | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | cuticle | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | excitable | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | kimbriel | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | kirkendall | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | komsomol | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | krahenbuhl | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | quotable | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "critical".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | critics | 2 | 26 |
| 2 | critic | 2 | 25 |
| 3 | vertical | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | criteria | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | tactical | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | critically | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | criticality | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | uncritical | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | cortical | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | hypocritical | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | uncritically | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | critics' | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | critic's | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | diacritical | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | cristal | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | citic | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | hypercritical | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | viatical | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | curitiba | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | cristina | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "critical" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "critical" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "critical" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "critical".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 8
Sound Alikes: 51
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 2
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 10
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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