loosening
Definitions
Noun
- An occurrence of control or strength weakening
- The act of making something less tight
Verb
- Make loose or looser
- Make less severe or strict
- Become less severe or strict
- Disentangle and raise the fibers of
- Cause to become loose
- Make less dense
- Become loose or looser or less tight
Fragment
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Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "loosening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listening | 3 | 39 |
| 2 | leveling | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | limiting | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | locating | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | laundering | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | lessening | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | glistening | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | lingering | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | labeling | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | lawmaking | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | lecturing | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | blockading | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | clustering | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | flattening | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | floundering | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | lumbering | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | slackening | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | blackening | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | lavishing | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | leavening | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | placating | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | plastering | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | plummeting | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | plundering | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | allocating | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | blistering | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | blossoming | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | blowdrying | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | bludgeoning | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | blundering | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | blustering | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | elevating | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | eliciting | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | flustering | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | liebling | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | lightening | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | likening | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | lycoming | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | slandering | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | slumbering | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "loosening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | looking | 2 | 173 |
| 2 | opening | 3 | 83 |
| 3 | listening | 3 | 39 |
| 4 | sending | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | losing | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | looming | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | longing | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | sensing | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | lessening | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | loosen | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | looting | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | loosens | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | loosing | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | worsening | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | moening | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | lossing | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | looping | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | loaning | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | lensing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | lenning | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "loosening" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "loosening" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "loosening" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "loosening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lessening | 3 | 7 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 9
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 40
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.
This Word in the News:
Activists rally against loosening Oakland PD pursuit policies ahead of police commission meeting
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