tempered
Definitions
Adjective
- Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element
Verb
- Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
- Harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- Adjust the pitch (of pianos)
- Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
- Restrain
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "tempered".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | standard | 2 | 110 |
| 2 | tortured | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | triggered | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | stamford | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | treasured | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | stanford | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | starboard | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | tendered | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | stockford | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | talford | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | tampered | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | tankard | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | tedford | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | telford | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | tenured | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | tilford | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | tinkered | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | trafford | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | twiford | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | twyford | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tempered".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emerged | 2 | 26 |
| 2 | tempted | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | temper | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | tapered | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | steered | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | tethered | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | temperate | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | empowered | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | tempers | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | tempore | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | tempera | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | temperance | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | tendered | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | tampered | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | tremper | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | templer | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | stemper | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | emersed | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | teper | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | tempe | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "tempered" in a sentence.
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|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "tempered" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "tempered" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | days | 1 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tempered".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tampered | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 20
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
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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