profiteering
Definitions
Verb
- Make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "profiteering".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | penetrating | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | prohibiting | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | speculating | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | appropriating | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | patronizing | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | publicizing | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | paraphrasing | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | personifying | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | printmaking | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | palpitating | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | panhandling | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | partitioning | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | permutating | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | perpetrating | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | persecuting | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | pluralizing | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | populating | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | predicating | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | prejudicing | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | prescribing | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | privatizing | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | procreating | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | propagating | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | prospecting | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | prototyping | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | provisioning | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | punctuating | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "profiteering".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protein | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | proceeding | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | preserving | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | peering | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | protesting | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | filtering | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | protruding | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | protecting | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | professing | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | prospering | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | preferring | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | profiting | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | profiteer | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | profiteers | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | proffering | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | profiling | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | loitering | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | profittaking | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | reoffering | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | premiering | 3 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "profiteering" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "profiteering" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "profiteering" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "profiteering".
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Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 27
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.
This Word in the News:
CMA to investigate heating oil suppliers over ‘blatant profiteering’ from Iran war
Mar 11, 2026 The Guardian
Mar 11, 2026 The Guardian
SEA board blasts Fenway Sports Group’s ‘profiteering’ amid Pittsburgh Penguins sale
Mar 12, 2026 TribLIVE.com
Mar 12, 2026 TribLIVE.com
Pittsburgh officials call out Fenway Sports Group for ‘profiteering’ related to sale of the NHL’s Penguins
Mar 13, 2026 The Boston Globe
Mar 13, 2026 The Boston Globe