heightens
Definitions
Verb
- Become more extreme
- Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
- Increase
- Increase the height of
- Make (one's senses) more acute
- Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "heightens".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happens | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | heavens | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | hawkins | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | herons | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | hammons | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | havens | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | hawkins' | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | haydn's | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | heaven's | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | herman's | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | hogan's | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | houghton's | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | huggins | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | hagans | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | hagens | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | haggins | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | hagins | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | haitians | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | haitiens | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | hastens | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | havins | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | helen's | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | helens | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | hermanns | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | hermans | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | heron's | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | hewins | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | heyman's | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | heymann's | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | hichens | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | higgens | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | higgins | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | hirons | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | hitchens | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | hitchins | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | hobbins | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | hodgens | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | hodgins | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | hogans | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | hollins | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | homans | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | houchens | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | houchins | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | houtchens | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | houten's | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | huckins | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | hudgens | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | hudgins | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | huffines | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | hussein's | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | hutchens | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | hutton's | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | hymans | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | ohioans | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "heightens".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | height | 1 | 35 |
| 2 | heights | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | eighteen | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | weights | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | heightened | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | tighten | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | eighties | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | heightening | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | heighten | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | lightens | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | enlighten | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | brightens | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | eighteens | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | enlightens | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | eighteen's | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | tightens | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | heiges | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | eights | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | frightens | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | lighten | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "heightens" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "heightens" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "heightens" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "heightens".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 54
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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