obstructing
Definitions
Verb
- Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- Block passage through
- Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "obstructing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accompanying | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | constructing | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | accomplishing | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | attributing | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | accommodating | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | constricting | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | debilitating | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | appreciating | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | facilitating | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | hallucinating | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | necessitating | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | unpromising | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | abbreviating | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | adjudicating | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | apologising | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | apologizing | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | assassinating | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | assimilating | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | commercializing | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | monopolizing | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | obliterating | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | politicizing | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | uninspiring | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | unsurprising | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "obstructing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | construction | 3 | 95 |
| 2 | constructing | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | obstruct | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | obstructed | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | instructing | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | obstructionist | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | constricting | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | structuring | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | strutting | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | obstruction | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | obstructions | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | obstructive | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | destructing | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | reconstructing | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | obstructs | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | obstructionism | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | bruting | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | obstructionists | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | truncating | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | restructuring | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "obstructing" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "obstructing".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 24
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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