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Definition: Amusement |
AmusementNoun1. A feeling of delight at being entertained. 2. An activity that entertains. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amusement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Amusement \A*muse"ment\, noun. [Compare to the French expression amusement.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. An amusement park is more elaborate than a simple city park or playground, as an amusement park is meant to cater to adults, teenagers and small children.
An amusement park may be permanent or temporary, usually periodic, such as a few days or weeks per year. The temporary (often annual) amusement park with mobile rides etc. is called a fun fair or carnival.
The original amusement parks were the historical precursors to the modern theme parks as well as the more traditional midway arcades and rides at county and state fairs (in the United States).
History of the American amusement parks
The present article deals with amusement parks in the United States. For a remarkable example of a European park, dating from 1843 and still existing, see Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen.The first American amusement park, in the modern sense, was at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago, Illinois. The 1893 World's fair was the first to have a Ferris Wheel and an arcade midway, as well as various concessions. This conglomeration of attractions was the template used for amusement parks for the next half-century.
In 1897, Steeplechase Park, the first of three significant amusement parks opened at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. Often, it is Steeplechase Park that comes to mind when one generically thinks of the heyday of Coney Island. Steeplechase Park was a huge success and by the late 1910s, there were hundreds of amusement parks in operation around the world. The introduction of the world-famous Cyclone roller coaster at Steeplechase Park in 1927 marked the beginning of the roller coaster as one of the most popular attractions for amusement parks as well as the later modern theme parks of today.
During the peak of the "golden age" of amusement parks from roughly the turn of the 20th century through the late 1920s, Coney Island at one point had three distinct amusement parks: Steeplechase Park, Luna Park (opened in 1903), and Dreamland (opened in 1904). However, the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II during the 1940s saw the decline of the amusement park industry. Furthermore, fire was a constant threat in those days, as much of the construction within the amusement parks of the era was wooden. In 1911, Dreamland was the first Coney Island amusement park to completely burn down; in 1944, Luna Park also burned to the ground.
By the 1950s, factors such as urban decay, crime, and even desegregation led to changing patterns in how people chose to spend their free time. Many of the older, traditional amusement parks had closed or burned to the ground. Many would be taken out by the wrecking ball to make way for suburban development. In 1964, Steeplechase Park, once the king of all amusement parks, closed down for the last time.
In 1955, Disneyland in Anaheim, California revived the amusement industry with its themed lands and matching attractions instead of using the older formula with traditional rides in one area and a midway, concessions, and sideshow attractions in another. The idea of theme parks caught on and, by the 1980s, became a billion dollar-a-year industry in the United States and around the world.
Other noteworthy amusement parks
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England
- Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio
- Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- Dubai Land, Dubai
- Efteling, Netherlands
- Liseberg, Gothenburg
- Paramount Parks, with locations in Ohio, Ontario, Virginia, North Carolina and California.
- Six Flags chain, with locations in Texas, Georgia, New Jersey, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, New York, Washington, Maryland, Massachusetts, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain.
- Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
- Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida
- Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amusement park."
Synonym: AmusementSynonym: entertainment (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Place of amusement, theater; hall, concert room, ballroom, assemblyroom; music hall. |
Noun: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps, sport; labor of love; pleasure. | |
Pain | Noun: pleasurableness, pleasantness, agreeableness; Adjective: pleasure giving, jucundity, delectability; amusement. |
Pleasure | Treat, refreshment; amusement; luxury. |
Wit | Funny, amusing; (amusement). |
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Screenplays | Love above all. Nonot the artful postures of love, not playful and poetical games of love for the amusement of an evening, but love thatover-throws life (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard) You, slave, will be torn apart by horses, to the plaudits of the troops and the amusement of the children (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; writing credit: Burt Shevelove; Larry Gelbart) Since when did my personal life outside the office become fair game for your amusement inside the office (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney) This is going to be a barren source of amusement! (Inherit the Wind; writing credit: Jerome Lawrence; Robert E. Lee) Television is a goddamned amusement park (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) | |
Lyrics | The amusement park rises bold and stark ("Born to Run"; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) This amusement never ends (Sledgehammer; performing artist: Peter Gabriel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bobby Bumps' Amusement Park (1917) | |
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 | A Sudden Call, : or one of the Corporation, Summoned from his favorite Amusement. / Pub. by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | In the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the center background. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, 1939. The Palisade Amusement Park is in the left background, beyond Brooklyn's aircraft crane. Credit: NAVY. |  | A spring evening at the Beetleburg Amusement Park. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Goat eating from family tree, carefree couple with waiter, amusement ride under arbor, workers at loom. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ann Daly (No. 25) screams as she is declared "Miss Color-TV" in beauty contest at Palisades Amusement Park, N.J.; other contestants stand alongside her. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Aerial view of Edgewater, N.J., showing docks on Hudson River, city and amusement park on cliff. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Steeplechase Pier amusement park and boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Columbia Gardens Amusement Park, Butte, Mont. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Soldiers from Fort Benning at Idle Hour amusement park near Phenix City, Alabama. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Park Lights" by Krista Siniscarco Commentary: "Reflection of amusement park lights on water at night." | "AmusementPark1" by Ren Schroeder Commentary: "Amusement park." |
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 | Roller coaster; amusement park; big dipper; space mountain; Disneyland; Disney world. |
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Blaise Pascal | To find recreation in amusement is not happiness. |
Disraeli | Amusement to an observing mind is study. |
Henry Ward Beecher | Men must read for amusement as well as for knowledge. |
Joseph Addison | To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. |
Leo J. Muir | The vulgar story is Sin's frivolous comedy. For those whom this vile amusement enthralls he later stages his sad and dismal tragedies. |
Oliver Goldsmith | Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement. |
Plato | Let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to find out the natural bent. |
Queen Victoria | A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | A large party secures its own amusement. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | You would consider swimming to be a very safe amusement, if you scarcely ever heard of any one dying of it. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | These, after exhausting other modes of amusement, now thronged about Hester Prynne with rude and boorish intrusiveness |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Vicious and cruel and impatient, like a frantic child, and the whole structure overlaid with amusement. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | And this puts me in mind of an amusement wherein I spent many of my leisure hours |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It was on the whole a rare amusement, which, continued too long, might have become a dissipation |
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Business | Plans for the zone included 10 hotels that would provide a total of 5,200 rooms, three department stores, and two large amusement facilities. (references) | |
Other popular activities for Belgians in the United States include attractions like national parks, cultural and historical sites, and amusement parks. (references) | ||
U.S. destinations with entertainment and amusement attractions are also particularly popular with Egyptians, and many U.S. hotels and resorts have begun to advertise their services specifically to Egyptians. (references) | ||
Economic History | Portugal | The most popular direct marketing sectors are cultural, instruction/training and amusement materials (33% of sales) and apparel and clothing (17% of sales). (references) |
Philippines | The government controls and operates the country's casinos through the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and runs lotto/sweepstake operations through the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). (references) | |
West Bank | Franchising and distributorships are becoming more popular, with the best prospects in hardware, computers, electronics and office equipment, fast food, amusement and "theme" parks, and small business services like copying and printing. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Japan | In 1999 the Diet amended the Law on Control and Improvement of Amusement Businesses in order to supplement the Prostitution Prevention Act as an instrument against trafficking. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Amusement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Amusement" is used about 954 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) | 99.9% | 953 | 7,620 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 954 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "amusement": amusement arcade ♦ amusement center ♦ amusement centre ♦ amusement park ♦ amusement tax ♦ laughter amusement ♦ look of amusement ♦ place of amusement ♦ source of amusement. Additional references. | |
| 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 "amusement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vermaak (entertainment, fun), amusement (entertainment, fun). (various references) | |
Albanian | argëtim (cabaret, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, jamboree, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, ploy, razzle-dazzle, recreation, relaxation, revel, rollick, sport, sporting, spree, tittup), zbavitje (distraction, divertissement, entertainment, revel, sporting, spree), qejf (ball, bang, binge, delight, desire, high spirits, humor, humour, luxury, pleasure, temper, zest), gostitje (distraction, enjoyment, entertainment, treat), dëfrim (dalliance, dissipation, entertainment, fun, gaiety, jinks, ploy). (various references) | |
Arabic | كل ما يسلي, مسلي (amusing, beguiler, diverting, entertaining, pleasant, refreshing, sidesplitting), لهو (distraction, diversion, festivity, fun, lark, pastime, sport), تسلية (dissipation, distraction, diversion, entertainment, pastime, play, rec, recreation, relaxation, resource, sport). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | увеселителен (excursion, pleasure), удоволствие (delectation, delight, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, joy, kick, luxury, pleasance, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, sport), смях (laugh, laughter, mirth, yak), развеселеност, развлечение (avocation, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, fun, pastime, pleasure, recreation, relaxation, resource, sport), весело настроение, занимание (career, concern, concernment, employment, exercise, game, job, occupation, ploy, prep, pursuit, way), забавление (enjoyment, entertainment, jolly, pastime, play, recreation, sport), за забавления. (various references) | |
Catalan | diversió (fun). (various references) | |
Chinese | 消遣 (diversion, pastime), 嬉 , 娱乐 (Delectation, Entertainment). (various references) | |
Czech | zábava (delectation, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fun, kick, occupation, pastime, ploy, pursuit, recreation, sport, treat), veselí (cheerfulness, exhilaration, festivity, glee, jollification, merriment, mirth, rejoicing, spree), kratochvíle (diversion, kill time, pastime, resource). (various references) | |
Danish | temapark (amusement park, theme park), rekreativt grønt område (amusement park, funfair, leisure park), park (park), markedsforlystelse (fairground amusement), forlystelsesskat (amusement tax, entertainment tax), forlystelsespark (amusement park, funfair, leisure park, theme park), forlystelseskvarter (amusement centre, amusement quarter, entertainement area). (various references) | |
Dutch | vermaak (entertainment, fun, pleasure), amusement (entertainment, fun). (various references) | |
Esperanto | amuzo (fun), amuzado (fun). (various references) | |
Faeroese | stuttleiki (fun, pleasure). (various references) | |
Finnish | viihdytys (diversion), lysti (fun), ilonpito (merrymaking), huvitus (diversion, entertainment, pleasure), huvittelu (merry-making), huvi (entertainment, fun, pleasure), hauskuus (enjoyment, fun, merriment, pleasure), hauskutus (diversion, entertainment). (various references) | |
French | distraction, amusement. (various references) | |
Frisian | fermeits (fun). (various references) | |
German | Unterhaltung (chat, conversation, conversations, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, maintenance, operation, recreation, talk, upkeep), Belustigung (entertainment, merriment, merry making, merrymaking), Vergnügung (entertainment, gaiety, pleasure), Amüsement (entertainment, fun). (various references) | |
Greek | διασκέδαση (diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, jollification, junketing, lark, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, recreation, shindig, sport), ψυχαγωγία (entertainment, recreation, sport). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שעשוע (delight, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, game, pastime, plaything, pleasure, sport), השתעשעות (entertainment, recreation), דיצה (joy), בדור (distraction, entertainment, fun, recreation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szórakoztatás (distraction, diversion, diverting, entertainment), szórakozási lehetőség, szórakozás (distraction, divertissement, entertainment, fling, fun, high jinks, junket, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, recreation, refreshing, relaxation, sport), mulattatás (diverting, entertainment), időtöltés (diversion, fooling about, pastime, ploy, sport, time), élvezet (bang, blast, delight, enjoyment, groove, gust, gusto, indulgence, joy, pleasure, treat). (various references) | |
Indonesian | hiburan (diversion, entertainment, recreation). (various references) | |
Italian | divertimento (enjoyment, entertainment, fling, fun, kick, laugh, play, pleasure, recreation, sport). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 娯楽 (pleasure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たのしみ (diversion, enjoyment, hobby, pleasure), いっきょう (amazement, brief entertainment, fun, surprise), ごらく (pleasure), ゆうらく (hamlet), アミューズメント . (various references) | |
Korean | 오락. (various references) | |
Manx | gamman (fun, game), aittys (comicality, fun, humour, quaintness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amusementay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | divertimento (distraction, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, gambol, game, jollification, merriment, merry-making, pastime, play, recreation, revel, skittle, sport, treat). (various references) | |
Romanian | amuzament (dalliance, distraction, diversion, entertainment, jest, jocularity, pastime, picnic, recreation), agrement (agreement, assent, consent, diversion, gratification, pleasure, recreation, resource, sport), zãbavã (delay, pastime, retardation, tardiness), plãcere (delight, enjoyment, gusto, joy, liking, mind, palate, pleasure, pleasuring, prize, satisfaction, unction, willingness), petrecere (at home, bacchanalia, blow out, bout, carnival, carousal, conviviality, diversion, do, entertainment, feast, festival, festivity, fling, frolic, gaiety, game, garden party, jamboree, jollity, junket, merry making, party, spree), divertisment (afterpiece, diversion, entertainment, resource), distracţie (absence-mindedness, dalliance, distraction, diversion, do, drollery, entertainment, frolic, fun, jest, jocularity, jollity, merriment, merry making, pastime, recreation, revel, skittle, sport, sporting), delectare (delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, feast, fun, pleasure), încântare (charm, delight, enchantment, pleasuring, rapture, ravishing, ravishment). (various references) | |
Russian | развлечение (dalliance, distraction, diversion, divertissement, do, entertainment, fun, glorification, merriment, pleasure, recreation, relaxation, sport, treat). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zabava (distraction, divertissement, entertainment, fun, jamboree, merrymaking, party, ride), razonoda (avocation, dalliance, diversion, divertissement, leisure, pastime, recreation, relaxation). (various references) | |
Spanish | diversión (avocation, diversion, entertainment, fun, play, relaxation, tease), divertimento (divertissement, fun), entretenimiento (diversion, entertainment, meddling, recreation). (various references) | |
Swedish | nöje (delectation, delight, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, indulgence, joy, pastime, pleasure, recreation, sport, treat), förlustelse (entertainment, gaiety). (various references) | |
Tagalog | libangan (fun), áliwan (fun). (various references) | |
Turkish | eğlence (bash, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fete, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreation, recreational, rejoicing, relaxation, revel, saturnalia, setout, sport). (various references) | |
Turkmen | hezillik (entertainment, pleasure). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | утіха (comfort, joy, refuge, resort, solace), роздуми (meditation, thinkings), радість (exultance, exultancy, gladness, joy, joyfulness, rejoicing, sunshine), забава (fun, sport, sporting, toy), задумливість (dreaminess, muse), задоволення (bang, content, contentment, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, kick, picnic, pleasure, relish, repletion, satisfaction, treat). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trò vui (marry-making), trò tiêu khiển sự làm cho thích thú, trò giải trí (distraction, diversion), sự vui chơi (entertainment, merriment, play), sự thích thú (delectation, enjoyment, gusto, indulgence), sự làm buồn cười, sự buồn cười. (various references) | |
Welsh | digrifwch (fun, mirth), difyrrwch (diversion, fun). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | delectamenti, delectamento, delectatio, requie, requiei, requiem, requies. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "amusement": amusements. (additional references) | |
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"Amusement" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ammusement, anzusehen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amusement" (pronounced umyuw"zmunt) |
| 5 | -z m u n t | aggrandizement, amazement, appeasement, advertisement, advisement, disenfranchisement, easement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amendment, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, 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, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, 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, enslavement, 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, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, 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-e-e-m-m-n-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: maumets, meanest, meatmen, summate. | |
-3 letters: aeneus, aments, emmets, enates, enemas, mantes, maumet, meatus, mensae, mentum, mustee, mutase, neumes, sateen, seamen, senate, stamen, stemma, summae, tenues, unease, unmeet, unseam, unseat, untame, usneae. | |
-4 letters: amens, ament, amuse, antes, aunts, eaten, emeus, emmet, enate, enema, ensue, etnas, manes, manse, manus, mates, mauts, means, meant, meats, meets. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-m-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: amusements. | |
+2 letters: measurement. | |
+3 letters: commensurate, measurements. | |
+4 letters: admeasurement, communicatees, immutableness, medicamentous, remeasurement. | |
+5 letters: admeasurements, commensurately, decamethoniums, excommunicates, hexamethoniums, incommensurate, mismeasurement, monumentalizes, remeasurements. | |
| 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. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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