retracts
Definitions
Verb
- Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- Pull away from a source of disgust or fear
- Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
- Pull inward or towards a center
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "retracts".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prospects | 2 | 24 |
| 2 | reflects | 2 | 23 |
| 3 | respects | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | graduates | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | requests | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | treatments | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | fragments | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | architects | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | broadcasts | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | gradients | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | precincts | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | armaments | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | ornaments | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | reagents | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | reprints | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | architect's | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | breakfasts | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | remnants | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | artifacts | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | prohibits | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | recreates | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | translates | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | transmits | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | arbitrates | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | archivists | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | armacost's | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | arsonists | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | branchlets | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | breitkreutz | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | chronowitz | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | frankfort's | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | frankfurt's | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | frequents | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | frustrates | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | grapefruits | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | gravitates | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | groundnuts | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | predicates | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | procreates | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | ramparts | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | reaganites | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | realists | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | recommits | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | reenacts | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | reinhart's | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | resonates | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | revisits | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | rimpochets | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | riverboat's | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | riverboats | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "retracts".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retreat | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | restraints | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | extract | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | tracts | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | extracts | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | retracted | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | restricts | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | retreats | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | reacts | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | retrace | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | detract | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | retraction | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | reiterates | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | detractors | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | retract | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | detracts | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | retorts | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | retracting | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | refractors | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | racetracks | 2 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "retracts".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 50
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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This Word in the News:
DCIA Retracts Biased Intelligence Products to Reinforce CIA Analytic Objectivity
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Mar 18, 2026 Van Nuys News Press
Kevin Hassett Regrets and Retracts His Call to Discipline Fed Researchers
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Feb 20, 2026 Economics Matters by Laurence Kotlikoff
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