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Term: pushing

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "pushing": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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pushing

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of applying force in order to move something away

Verb

  1. Move with force,
  2. Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action
  3. Make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
  4. Strive and make an effort to reach a goal
  5. Press against forcefully without moving
  6. Approach a certain age or speed
  7. Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
  8. Sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)
  9. Move strenuously and with effort
  10. Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "pushing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pushing 2 17

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "pushing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 playing 2 101
2 opening 3 83
3 passing 2 65
4 speaking 2 62
5 putting 2 54
6 applying 3 29
7 pulling 2 25
8 packing 2 17
9 appearing 3 16
10 pitching 2 16
11 appealing 3 14
12 picking 2 14
13 opposing 3 13
14 plowing 2 11
15 spinning 2 11
16 appalling 3 9
17 peering 2 9
18 pouring 2 9
19 spraying 2 8
20 pacing 2 7
21 pauling 2 7
22 pausing 2 6
23 peeling 2 6
24 piling 2 6
25 popping 2 6
26 spacing 2 6
27 piping 2 5
28 poking 2 5
29 spitting 2 5
30 patting 2 4
31 speeding 2 4
32 spelling 2 4
33 padding 2 3
34 polling 2 3
35 posing 2 3
36 praying 2 3
37 sparring 2 3
38 spilling 2 3
39 paving 2 2
40 peeping 2 2
41 petting 2 2
42 poling 2 2
43 pooling 2 2
44 puffing 2 2
45 purging 2 2
46 spotting 2 2
47 appeasing 3 1
48 paging 2 1
49 peeking 2 1
50 pegging 2 1
51 pershing 2 1
52 pinging 2 1
53 pinning 2 1
54 poring 2 1
55 preying 2 1
56 prying 2 1
57 spanning 2 1
58 sparing 2 1
59 spewing 2 1
60 spoiling 2 1
61 spouting 2 1
62 appling 3 0
63 opining 3 0
64 pairing 2 0
65 panning 2 0
66 paring 2 0
67 pasing 2 0
68 patching 2 0
69 pawling 2 0
70 peaking 2 0
71 pearling 2 0
72 pecking 2 0
73 penning 2 0
74 perking 2 0
75 persing 2 0
76 piecing 2 0
77 pilling 2 0
78 pining 2 0
79 pitting 2 0
80 plying 2 0
81 poaching 2 0
82 pouting 2 0
83 powering 3 0
84 pudding 2 0
85 puming 2 0
86 spawning 2 0
87 spearing 2 0
88 sperling 2 0
89 spicing 2 0
90 spiering 3 0
91 spiffing 2 0
92 spiking 2 0
93 spoofing 2 0
94 spurling 2 0
95 spurning 2 0
96 spurting 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pushing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 using 2 145
2 publishing 3 14
3 rushing 2 10
4 pursuing 3 9
5 crushing 2 7
6 pausing 2 6
7 flushing 2 4
8 pulsing 2 2
9 punching 2 2
10 punishing 3 1
11 perusing 3 1
12 pershing 2 1
13 pushkin 2 0
14 gushing 2 0
15 cushing 2 0
16 shing 1 0
17 ushering 3 0
18 quashing 2 0
19 phishing 2 0
20 bushings 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "pushing" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "pushing" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "pushing" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 activists 3 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pushing".

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 11

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 96

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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