started
Definitions
Verb
- Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- Set in motion, cause to start
- Leave
- Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- Bring into being
- Get off the ground
- Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- Get going or set in motion
- Begin or set in motion
- Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- Play in the starting lineup
- Have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- Bulge outward
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "started".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "started".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | isolated | 4 | 35 |
| 2 | surrounded | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | saluted | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | slanted | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | sprouted | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | smarted | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | squalid | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | squirted | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | esbenshade | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | espenshade | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | oscillated | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | scolded | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | smestad | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | steenrod | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | subpoenaed | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "started".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state | 1 | 807 |
| 2 | start | 1 | 154 |
| 3 | stated | 2 | 85 |
| 4 | stared | 1 | 60 |
| 5 | startled | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | stare | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | thwarted | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | starved | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | starter | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | starred | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | startle | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | smarted | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | restarted | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | tarte | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | sated | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | unstated | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | targeted | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | startles | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | starters | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | stargate | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "started" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "started" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "started" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | industry | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | pentagon | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | country | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | shooting | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | hemisphere | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | government | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | equations | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | ground | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | even | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | university | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | circles | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | grosvenor | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | work | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | construction | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | cycle | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | cologne | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | units | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | henry | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | program | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | agency | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | catastrophe | 4 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "started".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 14
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 15
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 8
Words that Precede: 5
Statistically Associated: 21
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:
Wild investigation started when Dublin police were tipped off about a major coke dealer supplying affluent clients
Mar 14, 2026 The Mercury News
Mar 14, 2026 The Mercury News
Northeast Lincoln apartment fire that killed one started in exterior window well, officials say
Mar 13, 2026 KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE
Mar 13, 2026 KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE