acting
Definitions
Noun
- The performance of a part or role in a drama
Verb
- Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- Play a role or part
- Discharge one's duties
- Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- Be suitable for theatrical performance
- Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- Behave unnaturally or affectedly
- 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 "acting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acting | 2 | 61 |
| 2 | attracting | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | enacting | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | extracting | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | reacting | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | contracting | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | subtracting | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | contacting | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | counteracting | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | exacting | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | distracting | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | interacting | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | subcontracting | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | detracting | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | impacting | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | overreacting | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | redacting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | retracting | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "acting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carrying | 3 | 71 |
| 2 | asking | 2 | 67 |
| 3 | dancing | 2 | 43 |
| 4 | gathering | 3 | 28 |
| 5 | landing | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | camping | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | lasting | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | panting | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | taxing | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | rattling | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | chattering | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | handing | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | shattering | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | gasping | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | ranking | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | shadowing | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | casting | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | calving | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | thanking | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | banking | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | basking | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | battering | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | chanting | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | rallying | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | sanding | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | sapling | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | badgering | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | banding | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | lapsing | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | masking | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | waxing | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | yanking | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | allying | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | anding | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | damping | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | farrowing | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | fasting | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | faxing | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | gatling | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | hamling | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | hammering | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | lamping | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | lancing | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | lansing | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | lanting | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | mannering | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | nanjing | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | nanking | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | nattering | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | rafting | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | ramping | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | ranching | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | ranting | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | sandling | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | sansing | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | shafting | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | tackling | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | tallying | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | tamping | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | tanking | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | tasking | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "acting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | action | 2 | 291 |
| 2 | facing | 2 | 34 |
| 3 | eating | 2 | 32 |
| 4 | racing | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | rating | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | mating | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | pacing | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | aching | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | reacting | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | enacting | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | dating | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | citing | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | yachting | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | exacting | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | hating | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | actin | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | vacating | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | gating | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | ting | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | redacting | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "acting" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acting as | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "acting" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "acting" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consummate | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | well | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | also | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | accused | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | various | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "acting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 18
Sound Alikes: 61
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 2
Statistically Associated: 5
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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