9 Letter Words for Detaining
detaining
8 Letter Words for Detaining
enditing, gadinine, ideating, indigena, indigent, nidating, teinding, tingidae
7 Letter Words for Detaining
anteing, antigen, daining, danting, deaning, denting, dianite, dieting, dinting, editing, gentian, gentiin, ignited, indigen, inedita, ingenit, inteind, tannide, tending, tinding
6 Letter Words for Detaining
adenin, adient, aiding, anding, annite, anting, daeing, dating, dentin, detain, dieing, dining, diting, eaning, eating, ending, gadite, gained, gaited, gannet, ganted, genian, ginned, ginnet, idaein, ignite, indane, indent, indian, indign, indite, ingate, ingent, ingine, innage, innate, intend, intine, naigie, nidate, nidget, niding, taeing, tanged, tangie, tanned, tannid, teaing, tiding, tienda, tinage, tinean, tineid, tinged, tingid, tining, tinned, tinnie
5 Letter Words for Detaining
adige, aditi, agend, agent, anend, anent, annet, annie, anted, ating, daine, daint, dante, deign, denat, detin, diane, digit, digne, dinge, endia, engin, ennia, entad, entia, etang, gaine, gated, genii, genin, genit, getid, giant, gnide, idant, ident, ideta, idite, inane, indan, india, indie, indin, ingan, inned, innet, innit, nandi, nenta, nidge, nitid, tangi, teiid, teind, tenai, tenga, tenia, tiang, tinea, tined, tinge, tingi
4 Letter Words for Detaining
aden, adet, adit, aged, agen, aget, agin, agit, agni, aide, aine, aint, anet, anne, anni, ante, anti, ated, dain, dane, dang, dant, date, dean, deia, deni, dent, deti, detn, diag, dian, diet, dine, ding, dint, dita, dite, eadi, edit, egad, etna, gade, gadi, gaen, gaet, gaid, gain, gait, gane, gant, gate, gean, geat, gein, geit, gena, gent, geta, gied, gien, ginn, gite, gnat, idea, igad, inde, indn, inga, inia, init, inne, inta, inti, itai, nagi, naid, naig, nain, nane, nant, neat, nein, neti, ngai, nide, nidi, nied, nina, nine, tade, taed, taen, taig, tain, tane, tang, tead, tean, tega, tend, teng, tide, tidi, tied, tien, tige, tind, tine, ting
3 Letter Words for Detaining
ade, age, agt, aid, ain, ait, and, ane, ann, ant, ate, dae, dag, dan, dat, dea, deg, dei, den, det, dia, die, dig, din, dit, dna, ead, ean, eat, end, eng, eta, gad, gan, gat, ged, gen, get, gid, gie, gin, git, gtd, gte, ida, ide, ign, ind, ing, inn, int, ita, itd, nad, nae, nag, nat, nea, ned, neg, nei, net, nid, nie, nig, nit, nne, tad, tag, tai, tan, tea, ted, teg, ten, tgn, tid, tie, tig, tin, tng
Definitions for Detaining
[1] to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
[2] to keep under restraint or in custody.
[3] Obsolete . to keep back or withhold, as from a person.
[4] to delay; hold back; stop
[5] to confine or hold in custody; restrain
[6] archaic to retain or withhold
Words related to Detaining
detainapprehend, delay, confine, jail, decelerate, hinder, retard, nab, pinch, inhibit, bust, withhold, intern, restrain, ice, mire, impede, constrain, check, reserve
Words nearby Detaining
detaindetail, detail drawing, detailed, detailer, detailing, detain, detainee, detainer, detect, detection, detective
Origin of Detaining
1480–90; detainen < Anglo-French, Old French detenir < Vulgar Latin *dētenīre, for Latin dētinēre, equivalent to dē- de- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold
Other words from Detaining
de·tain·a·ble , adjective
de·tain·ment , noun
pre·de·tain , verb (used with object)
un·de·tain·a·ble , adjective
un·de·tained , adjective
Word origin for Detaining
C15: from Old French detenir, from Latin dētinēre to hold off, keep back, from de- + tenēre to hold
Synonyms for Detaining
apprehend, confine, delay, jail, bust, buttonhole, check, constrain, decelerate, hinder, ice, impede, inhibit, intern, mire, nab, pinch, reserve, restrain, retard, withhold, bog down, hang up, hold up, pick up, pull in, put away, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up
