- Types Of Speech
- You can use arrest as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Arrest
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters a, e, r, s, and t, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters re. Arrest starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, ar, arr, arre, arres, and the ending characters are t, st, est, rest, rrest, . Arrest is also a double consonant (rr) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Arrest is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is arrest a scrabble word? A 6 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Arrest in Pig Latin is said as "arrestay or arrestway".
- Unigram
- a | r | r | e | s | t
- Bigram
- ar | rr | re | es | st
- Trigram
- arr | rre | res | est
- Quadrigram
- arre | rres | rest
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);
"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" - the state of inactivity following an interruption;
"the negotiations were in arrest";
"held them in check";
"during the halt he got some lunch";
"the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow";
"he spent the entire stop in his seat"
- Verb Examples
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy;
check the expansion or influence of;
"arrest the downward trend";
"Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia";
"Contain the rebel movement";
"Turn back the tide of communism" - take into custody;
"the police nabbed the suspected criminals" - attract and fix;
"His look caught her";
"She caught his eye";
"Catch the attention of the waiter" - cause to stop;
"Halt the engines";
"arrest the progress";
"halt the presses"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandonment | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" |
| Abash | cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self-conscious |
| Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
| Abdominal Epilepsy | |
| Abduction | (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body |
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Absorb The Attention | |
| Abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
| Abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
| Accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
View all cognitive synonyms for Arrest
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Raster | formation consisting of the set of horizontal lines composed of pixels that is used to form an image on a CRT |
| Starer | a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) |
| Sartre | French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980) |
View English words with the unique letters used in arrest. Words With The Letters Aerst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apprehend | get the meaning of something "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Capture | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| Catch | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Collar | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Cop | uncomplimentary terms for a policeman |
| Get | make children "Abraham begot Isaac" "Men often father children but don''t recognize them" |
| Nab | seize suddenly |
| Nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
| Pick Up |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capture | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| Gaining Control | |
| Seizure | the taking possession of something by legal process |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrest (6 letters) | 6 | 6 | arrest | ||
| Traverse (8 letters) | 11 +5 | 12 +6 | traverse | ||
| Tears (5 letters) | 5 | 5 | teras | ||
| Stare (5 letters) | 5 | 5 | teras | ||
| Stayer (6 letters) | 9 +3 | 8 +2 | reasty | ||
| Teras (5 letters) | 5 | 5 | teras | ||
| Sea Star (8 letters) | |||||
| Arrester (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 8 +2 | arrester | ||
| Starter (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 7 +1 | aerrstt | ||
| Treasure (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +3 | treasure | ||
| Raster (6 letters) | 6 | 6 | arrest | ||
| Swatter (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 10 +4 | swatter | ||
| Sweater (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 10 +4 | sweater | ||
| Teaser (6 letters) | 6 | 6 | rtaese | ||
| Tessera (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 7 +1 | tessera | ||
| Treasury (8 letters) | 11 +5 | 11 +5 | treasury | ||
| Waterway (8 letters) | 17 +11 | 16 +10 | waterway | ||
| Stature (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +2 | stature | ||
| Waters (6 letters) | 9 +3 | 9 +3 | wresat | ||
| Aster (5 letters) | 5 | 5 | teras | ||
| Serratus (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +3 | serratus | ||
| Ersatz (6 letters) | 15 +9 | 15 +9 | ersatz | ||
| Travesty (8 letters) | 14 +8 | 14 +8 | travesty | ||
| Sayeret (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 9 +3 | sayeret | ||
| Estuary (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 10 +4 | estuary |
Arrest Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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