riposte
Definitions
Noun
- A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
Verb
- Make a return thrust
- Answer back
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "riposte".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "riposte".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | produced | 2 | 90 |
| 2 | greatest | 2 | 88 |
| 3 | reduced | 2 | 79 |
| 4 | promised | 2 | 45 |
| 5 | released | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | protest | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | resist | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | processed | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | reversed | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | rehearsed | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | traversed | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | professed | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | richest | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | brightest | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | gravest | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | greenest | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | grimaced | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | prefaced | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | provost | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | recessed | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | bravest | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | briefest | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | broadest | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | cruelest | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | prevost | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | proudest | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | rejoiced | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | rightist | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | roughest | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | shrewdest | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | armrest | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | brownest | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | druggist | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | freshest | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | grimmest | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | precast | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | premised | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | racist | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | rapist | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | rarest | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | rearrest | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | recast | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | reddest | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | retest | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | rivest | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | robust | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | rudest | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | trappist | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | trivest | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "riposte".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | posted | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | impose | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | poster | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | roster | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | repose | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | rioted | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | ripostes | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | urioste | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | reimpose | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | imposter | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | rosten | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | rosete | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | rister | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | rioter | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | postle | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | posten | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | postel | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | droste | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | reimposed | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | rote | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "riposte" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "riposte" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "riposte" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "riposte".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rapists | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 49
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:
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