drinking
Definitions
Noun
- The act of consuming liquids
- The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess
Verb
- Take in liquids
- Consume alcohol
- Propose a toast to
- Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to
- Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
Fragment
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Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "drinking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deciding | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | drifting | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | defining | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | devoting | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | dazzling | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | designing | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | directing | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | dividing | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | doubling | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | drafting | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | denoting | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | desiring | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | advancing | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | debating | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | damaging | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | defeating | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | diluting | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | dismaying | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | diverting | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | dabbling | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | deserving | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | discerning | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | auditioning | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | deceiving | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | decrying | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | deepening | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | defacing | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | delighting | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | deluding | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | deploying | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | devising | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | diverging | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | divining | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | donating | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | deadening | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | deafening | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | debasing | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | debugging | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | decoding | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | dekoning | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | deleting | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | demeaning | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | denuding | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | derailing | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | deriding | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | deserting | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | detailing | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | detaining | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | deterding | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | devouring | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | doctoring | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | dogearing | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | domoling | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | doomsaying | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | drenching | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | dumpling | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | dwarfing | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | idolizing | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "drinking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | driving | 2 | 53 |
| 2 | dining | 2 | 28 |
| 3 | ringing | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | winking | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | raining | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | sinking | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | linking | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | rinsing | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | ranking | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | draining | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | shrinking | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | ruining | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | risking | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | inkling | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | reinking | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | wrinkling | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | drinkwine | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | reining | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | durning | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | droning | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "drinking" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drinking water | 2 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "drinking" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "drinking" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | club | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | countries | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "drinking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 58
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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