depress
Definitions
Verb
- Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- Lower (prices or markets)
- Cause to drop or sink
- Press down
- Lessen the activity or force of
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "depress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depression | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | depressed | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | depressing | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | depressions | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | depressingly | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | depress | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | depressants | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | depresses | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | antidepressant | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | antidepressants | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | depressant | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | depressive | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | depressurize | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | depressurized | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | depressurizes | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | depressurizing | 5 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "depress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | 1 | 127 |
| 2 | dress | 1 | 67 |
| 3 | express | 2 | 42 |
| 4 | depression | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | depressed | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | depressing | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | deplores | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | depresses | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | repress | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | empress | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | despres | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | depressive | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | depressant | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | respress | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | expresso | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | express' | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | espresso | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | empresas | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | deprives | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | depriest | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "depress" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "depress" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "depress" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appears | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "depress".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 16
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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