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Definition: Achievement |
AchievementNoun1. The action of accomplishing something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "achievement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Health | Success in bringing an effort to the desired end; the degree or level of success attained in some specified area (esp. scholastic) or in general. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AchievementSynonym: accomplishment (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Deed, act, overt act, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan). |
Completion | Noun: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close; (end); terminus; (arrival); winding up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link; superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli. |
Courage | Exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke. |
Production | Noun: {ant., } production, creation, construction, formation, fabrication, manufacture; building, architecture, erection, edification; coinage; diaster; organization; nisus formativus; putting together; Verb: establishment; workmanship, performance; achievement; (completion). |
Record | Monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento; (memory); testimonial, medal; commemoration; (celebration). |
Summit | Summit conference, summit; peak of achievement, peak of performance; peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | This scroll of Broken Sword's isn't about sword technique but about swordsmanship's ultimate ideal. Swordsmanship's first achievement is the unity of man and sword (Ying xiong; writing credit: Feng Li; Bin Wang) I'Ve Always felt that I was destined for some great achievement, what I don't know (Patton; writing credit: Ladislas Farago; Omar N. Bradley) Our trophy for superior achievement! The Admiral John J. Finchley award for delivering more toothpaste and toilet paper than any other Navy cargo ship in the safe area of the Pacific (Mister Roberts; writing credit: Thomas Heggen; Joshua Logan) The medical profession would love to claim my achievement as part of their own and call it a giant stride forward of medicine (Flesh for Frankenstein; writing credit: Tonino Guerra; Paul Morrissey) | |
Lyrics | An inspiring achievement, (We Will All Go Together When We Go; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Her Crowning Achievement (1917) Lifetime's Achievement Awards: Women Changing the World (2003) AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks (2002) National Achievement Day (1995) Theory of Achievement (1991) | |
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 | James Webb Presents Group Achievement Award to KSC. Credit: NASA. |  | Overhead view of a TIROS satellite showing interior arrangement of satellite sensing packages including TV cameras and infra-red sensors. In: "TIROS A Story of Achievement" RCA, February 28, 1964, Figure 2. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | TIROS performance summary as of February 10, 1964. In: "TIROS A Story of Achievement" RCA, February 28, 1964, Table 5. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Senior Master Sgt. Stephanie Harwell, Air Force Communications Agency, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., earned the National Security Agency's 1999 Frank B. Rowlett Trophy for individual achievement in Information Systems Security. (Courtesy photo). |
 | Boy Scouts building a bridge in the Ft. Stanton Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) to complete requirements for the Eagle Scout level of achievement. Credit: Howard Parman. |  | "Filling out volunteer achievement awards". Credit: Saundra Miles. |
 | United States Public Health Service Dental Corps : 70 Years of Dedicated Service and Achievement / Salvador Bru. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Left to right: Julius Robertson of the 66th transportation truck company ... and Pfc. Richard Langley receiving the commendation ribbon for meritorious achievement connected with Operation Vittles from Major General Carter B. Magruder, Heidelberg, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | American Achievement Boys touring the world. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | William H. West's great achievement, The storming of San Juan Hill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Edwin Hubbel Chapin | Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. |
Fyodor Dostoevski | Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. |
Harry Emerson Fosdick | Self denial is not negative repression but the cost of positive achievement. |
John Wooden | Never mistake activity for achievement. |
| Don't mistake activity for achievement. | |
Marquis De Vauvenargues | The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources. |
Nelson Mandela | Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. |
Ovid | I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | If you look around you, you must feel not only the sense of duty done but also you must feel anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | He would either have gloried in the achievement, or been ashamed of it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Among them are 97 scientists who have won the Nobel Prize for achievement in medicine. (references) | |
In the case of very large tumors, only partial achievement of this goal may be possible. (references) | ||
Probably the greatest achievement in the history of NINDS stroke research was the success of the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Study. (references) | ||
Business | In Sept. 30th, 1998, EGAT recorded a cumulative achievement of 1.64 million tons reduction in CO2 output. (references) | |
SADC member states have as one of their objectives the achievement of economic integration through the establishment of a single regional market. (references) | ||
MoCA is the agency responsible for the formulation of national policies and programs for the development and regulation of civil aviation, as well as devising and implementing programs for the achievement of sustainable growth and expansion of civil air transportation in India. (references) | ||
Children | Malawi | Despite recent significant gains in girls' access to education, large gaps remain between girls' and boys' achievement levels. (references) |
Benin | However, elementary school pass rates in recent years highlighted significant progress by girls in literacy and scholastic achievement. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Laos | The Foundation for Promoting Education, a private voluntary organization in Vientiane Municipality, was active during the year and awarded prizes for educational achievement and scholarships to needy students. (references) |
Economic History | Lithuania | Despite Lithuania's achievement of complete independence, sizable numbers of Russian forces remained on its territory. (references) |
Italy | On inflation, Italy is now firmly within norms specified for the EMU, a major achievement for this historically inflation-prone country. (references) | |
Syria | U.S.-Syrian relations, severed in 1967, were resumed in June 1974, following the achievement of the Syrian-Israeli disengagement agreement. (references) | |
Minorities | Singapore | The Government has taken steps to encourage greater educational achievement among Malay students as a key to economic advancement. (references) |
Political Rights | Australia | The deleterious effects of poor educational achievement and a generally inferior socioeconomic status have contributed significantly to the underrepresentation of Aboriginals among political leadership. (references) |
Women | Ecuador | The increasingly active women's movement alleges that culture and tradition inhibit achievement of full equality for women. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Pervez Musharraf | Well, the duration of the operation is dependent on achievement of objectives. So any military operation has to identify clearly what the military objectives are, and one has to achieve those objectives before bringing the operation to an end. |
Rush Limbaugh | We need to reward risk and stop punishing achievement. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The completion of the commitment on both sides and the achievement of a peaceful solution to the Cuban crisis might well open the door to the solution of other outstanding problems. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Some of the laws that we wrote have already, in front of our eyes, taken on the flesh of achievement. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | At the end of World War II, we turned a similar challenge into an historic opportunity and, I might add, an historic achievement. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | It's an achievement that belongs to every individual American. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | But the resolve of America and its NATO allies has opened the way for unprecedented achievement in arms reduction. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We are profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievement of our forbears. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Achievement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.93% of the time. "Achievement" is used about 3,030 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.93% | 3,028 | 3,097 |
| Noun (common) | 0.07% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,030 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "achievement": achievement test ♦ brilliant achievement ♦ crowning achievement ♦ desire for achievement ♦ heroic achievement ♦ it is no mean achievement ♦ scientific achievement. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "achievement": achievement-full, achievement-orientated, achievement-oriented. | |
Ending with "achievement": under-achievement. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "achievement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aksie (act, action, activity), sukses (success), daad (accomplishment, act, action). (various references) | |
Albanian | arritur (accomplishment, feat), arritje (accomplishment, acquirement, arrival, attainment, effort, reach, success), kryerje (accomplishment, acquittal, commission, commitment, committal, discharge, execution, exercise, feasibility, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance, transaction). (various references) | |
Arabic | منجز عظيم, مأثرة (contribution, deed, exploit), إنجاز (accomplishment, despatch, dispatch, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, implementing, performance, realization). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | осъществяване (accomplishment, fruition, fulfillment, implementation, materialization, realization), постигане (attainment, effectuation, realization), постижение (accession, accomplishment, acquest, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, effort, performance), подвиг (exploit, feat, performance), извършване (performance, prosecution), достигане (accession, arrival, attainment). (various references) | |
Chinese | 成就. (various references) | |
Czech | vymoženost, výkon (exercise, feat, operation, output, performance, prosecution), úspìch (killing, result, speed, success), èin (act, action, deed). (various references) | |
Danish | succes (success), handling (accomplishment, act, action). (various references) | |
Dutch | actie (act, action, activity, campaign, share), zet (act, action, movement, push), werking (act, action, activity, effect), welslagen (success), verrichting (accomplishment, act, action), succes (success), prestatie (accomplishment, acquirement, act, action, feat), handeling (accomplishment, act, action, activity), daad (accomplishment, act, action). (various references) | |
Faeroese | gerð (act, action). (various references) | |
Finnish | teko (act, action, deed, work). (various references) | |
French | atteinte, action (act, action), achèvement (accomplishment), accomplissement (accomplishment, acquittal), aboutissement, succès, réussite, réalisation (accomplishment), performance (acting, action), ouvrage (accomplishment), gain, exécution. (various references) | |
Frisian | died (accomplishment, act, action). (various references) | |
German | Leistung (accomplishment, benefit, capacity, effort, feat, merit, obligation, output, payment, performance, power, produce, rating, result, service, showing, work). (various references) | |
Greek | κατόρθωμα (deed, feat, tour de force), επίτευξη (attainment), άθλοσ (deed, feat). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | arritur (accomplishment, feat). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "יש', "ש' (accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, exploit, feat, gain, record), בצוע (carrying into effect, completion, execution, implementation, operation, performance, pursuance, realization, rendering, rendition). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tett (act, action, deed, doing, exploit, feat), véghezvitel (commission, completion, performance, pursuance), teljesítmény (accomplishment, capacity, effect, efficacy, efficiency, level of norm, output, performance, throughput, turning out, yield), teljesítés (accomplishment, acquiescence, acquitment, acquittal, acquitting, compliance, consummation, discharge, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, non-compliance, performance), eredmény (accomplishment, at giveaway prices, effect, grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff, issue, outcome, outgrowth, pay-off, result, succeeding, success, the long and the short, throughput, upshot). (various references) | |
Indonesian | prestasi (accomplishment). (various references) | |
Italian | successo (chanced, happened, hit, occurred, outcome, prosperousness, success, triumph, win), realizzazione (accomplishment, actualization, carrying out, executing, execution, fruition, implementation, production, realisation, realization, satisfaction), azione (act, action, certificate, deed, diploma, document, doing, exertion, feat, motion, operation, play, prise, prize, process, share, stock). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "成 , 功業 (exploit), 事績 (exploit, merits), 働き (ability, action, activity, conjugation, function, inflection, labor, motion, movement, operation, talent, work, workings), 手柄 (distinguished service, feat, meritorious deed), 業績 (performance, results), 業績 (contribution, performance, results, work), 奏功 (fruition, success), 学績 (school record). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎょうせき (behavior, contribution, performance, results, work), たっせい, がくせき (school record, school register), そう"う (armored, bustle, conduct, deportment, document transmission, draft, efficacy, fruition, hatch, hatchway, hurry, manuscript, meanwhile, notes, plain food, rousing, running a wheeled vehicle, simple living, success, traveling), "うぎょう (entertainment industry, exploit, industrial enterprise, industry, mining industry, show business), じせき (assistant, associate, evidence, exploit, junior, merits, one's desk, one's seat, runner-up, self-condemnation, trace, vestige), はたらき (ability, action, activity, conjugation, function, inflection, labor, motion, movement, operation, talent, work, workings), てがら (distinguished service, feat, meritorious deed). (various references) | |
Korean | 공 (Feat). (various references) | |
Manx | cooilleeney (achieve, acquit, acquittal, avenge, compensate, compensation, consummate, consummation, execute, fulfil, fulfilment, punishment, satisfaction, satisfy, vengeance), ard-obbyr (magnum opus, masterpiece), ard-nhee. (various references) | |
Papiamen | akto (accomplishment, act, action, certificate, diploma, document), akshon (accomplishment, act, action, activity), echo (accomplishment, act, action), èksito (success). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | achievementay.(various references) | |
Polish | sukces (success), powodzenie (success). (various references) | |
Portuguese | sucesso (accomplishment, happening, hit, prosperity, strike, success, triumph), façanha (accomplishment, action, adventure, deed, exploit, feat, prowess, stunt). (various references) | |
Romanian | realizare (accomplishment, attainment, execution, fruition, fulfilment, job, realization), lucrare (deed, piece of work, realization, study, work, working, writing), faptã (act, action, deed, exploit, feat, gesture, philanthropy, proceeding, process, work), efectuare (accomplishment, effectuation, execution, prosecution), dobândire (acquirement, acquisition, attainment, obtaining), cucerire (conquering, conquest, subjection), creaţie (creation), îndeplinire (accomplishment, acquittal, acquittance, completion, discharge, execution, fulfilment, implementation, pursuance, realization, satisfaction). (various references) | |
Russian | достижение (accomplishment, attainment, breakthrough, progress). (various references) | |
Scottish | euchd (a feat, exploit, feat). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dostignuće (accomplishment). (various references) | |
Spanish | logro (accomplishment, attainment), acción (accomplishment, act, acting, action, activity, agency, deed, engagement, equity, gesture, move, proceeding, share, stock). (various references) | |
Swahili | tendo (accomplishment, act, action). (various references) | |
Swedish | insats (contribution, deposit, input, insertion, kitty, punt, stake, stake in a game, venture), gärning (accomplishment, act, action, deed, work). (various references) | |
Turkish | amel (accomplishment, act, action, catharsis, diarrhea, diarrhoea, runs), kazanma (acquirement, acquisition, attainment, earning, gaining, obtainment, win, winning), hareket (act, action, bearing, behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanour, deportment, gesture, locomotion, motion, move, movement, play, setout, starting, step, stroke), eser (baby, consequence, creation, effort, ghost, handiwork, piece, production, vestige, work), baxari (success), başarma (accomplishment), başarı (accomplishment, click, deed, effort, feat, go, hit, joy, performance, prosperity, show, smash, speed, stroke, success, triumph, victory, win), íx (act, action, affair, business, business deal, case, chore, job, matter, work). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ьstьnlik (success). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | успіх (advance, advancement, big time, career, hit, luck, prosperity, success), виконання (accomplishment, acquittal, acting, completion, effectuation, execution, fulfilment, implementation, performance, pursuance, pursuit, realization, redemption, rendition), завершення (close, closure, come off, completion, conclusion, consummation, copestone, coping stone, ending, finality, finishing, fulfilment, perfecting, wind up), здобуток, подвиг (deed, exploit, feat, gest), перемога (break through, victory, win), досягнення (accomplishment, arrival, attainment, break through, obtaining, obtainment, obtention, progress). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | th nh tích, th nh tựu sự đạt được, sự ho n th nh huy hiệu, sự gi nh được (acquirement, acquisition, enlistment, obtainment). (various references) | |
Welsh | llwyddiant (success), cyflawniad (fulfillment, performance), camp (antics, exploit, feat, game, prize). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | factum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "achievement": achievements. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "achievement": nonachievement, overachievement, underachievement. (additional references) | |
Words containing "achievement": nonachievements, overachievements, underachievements. (additional references) | |
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"Achievement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acheivement, achevement, achieivement, achievemnt, achievment, achievnment, achivement. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "achievement" (pronounced ukhē"vmunt) |
| 6 | -ē" v m u n t | bereavement. |
| 5 | -v m u n t | improvement, enslavement, involvement, movement, pavement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-i-m-n-t-v" | |
-3 letters: echinate, enactive, hematein, hematine, vehement. | |
-4 letters: achieve, cavemen, cementa, centime, emetine, etamine, evictee, hematic, hematin, machete, machine, manchet, matinee, methane, naivete, nematic, venatic. | |
-5 letters: acetin, achene, active, anemic, anthem, canthi, cement, centai, cetane, chaine, cinema, emetic, emetin, enatic, entice, etamin, ethane, ethene, ethnic, evince, haemic, haemin, heaven, hetman, iceman, icemen, inmate, manche, mantic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-i-m-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: achievements. | |
+3 letters: nonachievement. | |
+4 letters: nonachievements, overachievement. | |
+5 letters: mechanoreceptive, overachievements, underachievement. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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