enlightening
Definitions
Adjective
- Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
Verb
- Make understand
- Give spiritual insight to; in religion
- Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "enlightening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entertaining | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | everlasting | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | recommending | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | expending | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | recollecting | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "enlightening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listening | 3 | 39 |
| 2 | lighting | 2 | 23 |
| 3 | lightning | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | frightening | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | enlightened | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | tightening | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | lengthening | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | heightening | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | enlightenment | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | enlighten | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | delighting | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | weighting | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | lightening | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | lightnings | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | enlivening | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | enlightens | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | benighting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | tightenings | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | brightening | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | slighting | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "enlightening" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "enlightening" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "enlightening" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "enlightening".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 5
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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