refuse
Definitions
Noun
- Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
Verb
- Show unwillingness towards
- Refuse to accept
- Elude, especially in a baffling way
- Refuse to let have
- Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- Refuse entrance or membership
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
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Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "refuse".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refused | 2 | 60 |
| 2 | refuse | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | refuses | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | refusenik | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | refuseniks | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "refuse".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "refuse".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refused | 2 | 60 |
| 2 | refusal | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | refuge | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | refuses | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | fuse | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | refuted | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | refuel | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | ruse | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | refute | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | reuse | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | reused | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | recuse | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | rafuse | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | defuse | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | refusenik | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | refocuses | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | refocused | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | reusser | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | repulse | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | refutes | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "refuse" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse to | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "refuse" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "refuse" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | genocide | 3 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "refuse".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rafuse | 3 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 5
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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