defend
Definitions
Verb
- Argue or speak in defense of
- Be on the defensive; act against an attack
- Protect against a challenge or attack
- Fight against or resist strongly
- Protect or fight for as a champion
- Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- State or assert
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "defend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defend | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | defended | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | defending | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | defendants | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | defendant | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | defenders | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | defends | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | defender | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | defendant's | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | defendants' | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | defender's | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "defend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designed | 2 | 108 |
| 2 | demand | 2 | 102 |
| 3 | depend | 2 | 45 |
| 4 | defined | 2 | 39 |
| 5 | diamond | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | descend | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | deepened | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | discerned | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | disowned | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | dead-end | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | detained | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | adarand | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | auditioned | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | dearmond | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | defund | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | deland | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | demeaned | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | demond | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | dimond | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | doland | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | dowland | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | dumond | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | durand | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | durland | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | dymond | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "defend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defense | 2 | 167 |
| 2 | depends | 2 | 49 |
| 3 | depend | 2 | 45 |
| 4 | defined | 2 | 39 |
| 5 | defended | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | defending | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | deed | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | defenders | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | defendant | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | defends | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | defied | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | descend | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | defender | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | defence | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | defund | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | deafen | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | fend | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | deen | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | deified | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | defused | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "defend" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defend against | 2 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "defend" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to defend | 1 | 6 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "defend" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "defend".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defund | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 11
Sound Alikes: 25
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 4
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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