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Term: act

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

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act

Definitions

Noun

  1. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
  2. Something that people do or cause to happen
  3. A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
  4. A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
  5. A manifestation of insincerity

Verb

  1. Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
  2. Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
  3. Play a role or part
  4. Discharge one's duties
  5. Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
  6. Be suitable for theatrical performance
  7. Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
  8. Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
  9. Behave unnaturally or affectedly
  10. Perform on a stage or theater
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "act".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 fact 1 447
2 action 2 291
3 act 1 283
4 actually 4 166
5 reaction 3 124
6 character 3 118
7 activity 4 116
8 activities 4 115
9 factors 2 106
10 exactly 3 103
11 actual 3 99
12 practice 2 94
13 active 2 88
14 facts 1 87
15 factor 2 71
16 actions 2 68
17 characteristic 5 68
18 practical 3 68
19 impact 2 67
20 contact 2 63
21 acting 2 61
22 contract 2 60
23 practically 4 53
24 practices 3 53
25 characteristics 5 52
26 manufacturers 5 47
27 reactions 3 42
28 acts 1 39
29 attractive 3 39
30 satisfactory 4 39
31 characters 3 36
32 abstract 2 34
33 factory 3 32
34 satisfaction 4 28
35 exact 2 27
36 attracted 3 25
37 contacts 2 25
38 actor 2 24
39 contracts 2 24
40 factories 3 24
41 manufacturing 5 24
42 tractor 2 24
43 fraction 2 23
44 manufacturer 5 23
45 characterized 4 21
46 fractions 2 20
47 reactionary 5 20
48 tactics 2 20
49 attract 2 19
50 reactivity 5 19
51 acted 2 18
52 manufacture 4 18
53 interaction 4 17
54 tract 1 17
55 abstraction 3 16
56 actors 2 15
57 attraction 3 15
58 practicing 3 15
59 react 2 15
60 bacterial 4 14
61 intact 2 14
62 actively 3 12
63 compact 2 12
64 contraction 3 12
65 enacted 3 12
66 reacted 3 12
67 manufactured 4 11
68 satisfactorily 5 11
69 radioactive 5 10
70 attractions 3 9
71 dissatisfaction 5 9
72 extracted 3 9
73 actives 2 8
74 actuality 5 8
75 bacteria 4 8
76 characterization 6 8
77 contracted 3 8
78 practiced 2 8
79 tactical 3 8
80 unsatisfactory 6 8
81 abstractions 3 7
82 activation 4 7
83 characteristically 6 7
84 contractual 4 7
85 diffraction 3 7
86 enact 2 7
87 enactment 3 7
88 facto 2 7
89 factual 3 7
90 inactive 3 7
91 reactor 3 7
92 tractors 2 7
93 actress 2 6
94 characterize 4 6
95 contractor 3 6
96 extract 2 6
97 factions 2 6
98 inaction 3 6
99 practicable 4 6
100 practitioners 4 6
101 reactors 3 6
102 subtraction 3 6
103 tact 1 6
104 activated 4 5
105 distracted 3 5
106 extraction 3 5
107 faction 2 5
108 impractical 4 5
109 pact 1 5
110 tracts 1 5
111 transaction 3 5
112 transactions 3 5
113 abstracts 2 4
114 attracting 3 4
115 benefactor 4 4
116 characterizes 5 4
117 climactic 3 4
118 contacted 3 4
119 counteract 3 4
120 enacting 3 4
121 extracting 3 4
122 extracts 2 4
123 manufacturer's 5 4
124 reacting 3 4
125 satisfactions 4 4
126 subtracted 3 4
127 tactic 2 4
128 abstracted 3 3
129 actresses 3 3
130 attracts 2 3
131 contracting 3 3
132 distraction 3 3
133 impacts 2 3
134 interactions 4 3
135 manufacturers' 5 3
136 radioactivity 7 3
137 retracted 3 3
138 subtracting 3 3
139 transact 2 3
140 unattractive 4 3
141 activate 3 2
142 activism 4 2
143 benefactor's 4 2
144 characterizations 6 2
145 contacting 3 2
146 contractors 3 2
147 counteracted 4 2
148 counteracting 4 2
149 distract 2 2
150 exacting 3 2
151 exacts 2 2
152 fractures 2 2
153 impacted 3 2
154 inactivate 4 2
155 inactivation 5 2
156 inexact 3 2
157 interact 3 2
158 intractable 4 2
159 lactate 2 2
160 lactating 3 2
161 manufactures 4 2
162 practicality 5 2
163 practised 2 2
164 practitioner 4 2
165 reactionaries 5 2
166 reactivated 5 2
167 reenact 3 2
168 subtract 2 2
169 tactful 2 2
170 tactile 2 2
171 activating 4 1
172 actor's 2 1
173 actuarial 5 1
174 actuate 3 1
175 artifacts 3 1
176 attractively 4 1
177 characterizing 5 1
178 chiropractor 4 1
179 chiropractor's 4 1
180 compacts 2 1
181 contractor's 3 1
182 contractors' 3 1
183 deactivated 5 1
184 detract 2 1
185 detractor 3 1
186 detractors 3 1
187 distracting 3 1
188 distractions 3 1
189 exacted 3 1
190 fractional 3 1
191 fractious 2 1
192 fracture 2 1
193 fractured 2 1
194 galactic 3 1
195 impracticable 5 1
196 inactivity 5 1
197 infraction 3 1
198 interacting 4 1
199 interacts 3 1
200 overactive 4 1
201 protracted 3 1
202 reacts 2 1
203 refractive 3 1
204 refractory 4 1
205 retraction 3 1
206 subcontracting 4 1
207 surfactant 3 1
208 tactically 4 1
209 act's 1 0
210 actava 3 0
211 actava's 3 0
212 actavas 3 0
213 actel 2 0
214 actigall 3 0
215 actin 2 0
216 actinide 3 0
217 actinidia 5 0
218 actinomycosis 6 0
219 action's 2 0
220 actionable 4 0
221 activase 3 0
222 activates 3 0
223 activator 4 0
224 active's 2 0
225 activision 4 0
226 activist 3 0
227 activists 3 0
228 activists' 3 0
229 actmedia 4 0
230 actodine 3 0
231 acton 2 0
232 actors' 2 0
233 actress's 3 0
234 actualize 4 0
235 actuaries 4 0
236 actuary 4 0
237 actuator 4 0
238 actuators 4 0
239 actus 2 0
240 antibacterial 6 0
241 anticlimactic 5 0
242 artifact 3 0
243 artiodactyl 5 0
244 artiodactyls 5 0
245 attractiveness 4 0
246 autofact 3 0
247 autofacts 3 0
248 azactam 3 0
249 bacteria's 4 0
250 bacteriology 6 0
251 bacterium 4 0
252 benefactors 4 0
253 cacti 2 0
254 cactus 2 0
255 cataract 3 0
256 cataracts 3 0
257 character's 3 0
258 characters' 3 0
259 chiropractic 4 0
260 chiropractors 4 0
261 classaction 3 0
262 classactions 3 0
263 compacted 3 0
264 compactness 3 0
265 compactor 3 0
266 contactless 3 0
267 contract's 2 0
268 contractionary 5 0
269 contractions 3 0
270 contractually 5 0
271 dactyl 2 0
272 deactivate 4 0
273 detracted 3 0
274 detracting 3 0
275 detracts 2 0
276 didactic 3 0
277 diffract 2 0
278 distracts 2 0
279 enactments 3 0
280 enacts 2 0
281 enviropact 4 0
282 exaction 3 0
283 exactions 3 0
284 exactitude 4 0
285 exactly's 3 0
286 extractions 3 0
287 extragalactic 5 0
288 facteau 2 0
289 factional 3 0
290 factionalism 5 0
291 factitious 3 0
292 factly 2 0
293 factored 2 0
294 factoring 3 0
295 factors' 2 0
296 factory's 3 0
297 factually 4 0
298 fractal 2 0
299 fractionally 4 0
300 fractiousness 3 0
301 fracturing 3 0
302 galactica 4 0
303 galactose 3 0
304 hyperactive 4 0
305 hyperactivity 6 0
306 impacting 3 0
307 inactivated 5 0
308 inactivates 4 0
309 infractions 3 0
310 interacted 4 0
311 interactive 4 0
312 interactivity 6 0
313 lactase 2 0
314 lactation 3 0
315 lacteals 2 0
316 lacter 2 0
317 lactic 2 0
318 lactobacillus 5 0
319 lactone 2 0
320 lactose 2 0
321 liquefaction 4 0
322 mactaggart 3 0
323 mactan 2 0
324 mactavish 3 0
325 malefactor 4 0
326 malefactors 4 0
327 malpractice 3 0
328 manufacturing's 5 0
329 medfact 2 0
330 medfacts 2 0
331 mischaracterization 7 0
332 mischaracterizations 7 0
333 mischaracterize 5 0
334 mischaracterized 5 0
335 mischaracterizes 6 0
336 mischaracterizing 6 0
337 non-contract 3 0
338 non-manufacturing 6 0
339 noncontract 3 0
340 nonmanufacturing 6 0
341 olfactory 4 0
342 overact 3 0
343 overacted 4 0
344 overacts 3 0
345 overreact 4 0
346 overreacted 5 0
347 overreacting 5 0
348 overreaction 5 0
349 overreacts 4 0
350 pact's 1 0
351 pactel 2 0
352 pactel's 2 0
353 pacto 2 0
354 pacts 1 0
355 photorefractive 5 0
356 practise 2 0
357 practises 3 0
358 proactive 3 0
359 proactively 4 0
360 prolactin 3 0
361 prophylactic 4 0
362 protract 2 0
363 reactivate 4 0
364 reactivating 5 0
365 reactive 3 0
366 reactor's 3 0
367 redact 2 0
368 redacted 3 0
369 redactes 2 0
370 redacting 3 0
371 reenacted 4 0
372 reenactment 4 0
373 reenactments 4 0
374 reenacts 3 0
375 refractor 3 0
376 refractories 4 0
377 refractors 3 0
378 remanufacture 5 0
379 remanufactured 5 0
380 retract 2 0
381 retractable 4 0
382 retracting 3 0
383 retracts 2 0
384 retroactive 4 0
385 retroactively 5 0
386 retroactivity 6 0
387 stereotactic 5 0
388 subcompact 3 0
389 subcompacts 3 0
390 subcontract 3 0
391 subcontracted 4 0
392 subcontractor 4 0
393 subcontractors 4 0
394 subcontracts 3 0
395 tactfully 3 0
396 tactician 3 0
397 tacticians 3 0
398 tactless 2 0
399 telaction 3 0
400 tractable 3 0
401 tractebel 3 0
402 traction 2 0
403 transacted 3 0
404 transaction's 3 0
405 uncharacteristic 6 0
406 uncharacteristically 7 0
407 wactlar 2 0
408 x-acto 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "act".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 fact 1 447
2 backed 1 24
3 lacked 1 19
4 packed 1 19
5 tact 1 6
6 pact 1 5
7 hacked 1 2
8 tacked 1 2
9 whacked 1 2
10 racked 1 1
11 wracked 1 1
12 jacked 1 0
13 sacked 1 0
14 schacht 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 at 1 5372
2 fact 1 447
3 facts 1 87
4 acts 1 39
5 exact 2 27
6 tract 1 17
7 react 2 15
8 facto 2 7
9 enact 2 7
10 tact 1 6
11 pact 1 5
12 yacht 1 4
13 tacit 2 2
14 facet 2 2
15 ct 1 0
16 ac 2 0
17 pacts 1 0
18 pacto 2 0
19 macht 1 0
20 jacot 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 act of 1 13
2 act as 1 4
3 act was 1 2
4 act which 1 2
5 act in 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 an act 1 7
2 to act 1 6
3 authorization act 5 3
4 the act 1 2
5 and act 1 2
6 who act 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 seems 1 2
2 protection 3 2
3 believes 2 2
4 communication 5 2
5 considered 3 2
6 recording 3 2
7 vinson 2 2
8 authorization 5 2
9 intended 3 2
10 napoleon's 4 2
11 parish 2 2
12 housing 2 2
13 charter 2 2
14 force 1 2
15 must 1 2
16 players 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 act's 1 0
2 oct 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 15

Fragments: 408

Sound Alikes: 14

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 5

Words that Precede: 6

Statistically Associated: 16

Consonant Matches: 2

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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