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Pronunciation [AH B S T EY N] [AE B S T EY N]

Abstain [AH B S T EY N] Alliteration | Wikipedia.com | Dictionary.com | Google.com | Images

1 Step Apart

Obtain

2 Steps Apart

Abstain
Attain
Stain
Sustain

3 Steps Apart

Abate
Abeyance
Astray
Attained
Bane
Based
Basin
Baste
Bloodstain
Boston
Boston
Bust
Debased
Obscene
Saint
Sane
Satan
Seine
Stained
Station
Stay
Strain
Stun
Substation
Sustained
Unstained

4 Steps Apart

Abet
About
Absent
Abut
Abyss
Again
Anus
Ascertain
Assail
Assailant
Aten
Attainder
Bacon
Basement
Bast
Bataan
Baton
Baton
Batten
Bayonet
Beast
Beaten
Benet
Best
Beta
Bhutan
Blain
Bloodstained
Boast
Boatswain
Boost
Braced
Brain
Bunce
Bunt
Burst
Burton
Buster
Busty
Butane
Butane
Button
Cetacean
Cetacean
Citation
Constrain
Contain
Debase
Debate
Eyestrain
Ibsen
Nuts
Obese
Obsessed
Sabin
Sabine
Saipan
Saone
Saute
Skein
Slain
Snub
Spain
Stable
Stage
Staid
Staining
Stainless
Stake
Stale
State
Statin
Stationer
Stations
Stave
Stayer
Stays
Steak
Straighten
Strained
Strange
Stray
Stub
Stubborn
Subset
Substance
Substrate
Subway
Sunbathe
Swain
Taint
Taken
Taney
Terrain
Train
Twain
Unbiased
Unsafe
Unstable
Upstage
Upstate
Urbane

5 Steps Apart

Abatement
Ablaze
Abrasion
Abstention
Acetate
Acquaint
Adjacent
Annotate
Apostate
Ascertained
Atheist
Attainable
Backstage
Bahrain
Bahrain
Bahraini
Basal
Baseline
Basis
Bassist
Basting
Bayonne
Beefsteak
Beethoven
Benet
Bennett
Benton
Betray
Blast
Blatant
Blessed
Blest
Blunt
Bluster
Bonnet
Bonus
Boxed
Bracelet
Brainy
Brazen
Brunt
Buoyant
Buttoned
Caisson
Chasten
Constrained
Constraint
Contained
Container
Crustacean
Database
Database
Dayton
Debasement
Debater
Detain
Disobey
Estate
Estrange
Gayness
Gestation
Hasten
Heinous
Insane
Janus
Jason
Laban
Lateness
Latest
Mainstay
Mason
Mistaken
Nascent
Obeisance
Oboist
Obsess
Obstinate
Obtainable
Octane
Onstage
Peseta
Ptomaine
Restrain
Retain
Retain
Sable
Sadist
Sainted
Saintly
Salient
Salient
Sameness
Seance
Sprain
Stabile
Stakes
Staple
Statement
Stater
Statesman
Status
Steinway
Stowaway
Strafe
Straight
Straining
Strait
Stranger
Strayer
Stubbs
Stubby
Suasion
Subsist
Subspace
Subterranean
Sunburn
Sundae
Sunday
Sustainable
Table
Tehran
Teresa
Theresa
Tibet
Tobago
Trained
Trainee
Trainer
Trajan
Tubman
Turban
Unbutton
Understate
Unplaced
Unstated
Untrained

6 Steps Apart

Abasia
Aberration
Abrasive
Abruptness
Abstention
Abstinence
Abstinent
Agency
Agitate
Agitation
Ailment
Albania
Alsatian
Ancient
Ancient
Ancients
Ancients
Animate
Annotation
Annotator
Arabian
Assassinate
Associate
Associate
Atonal
Attainment
Australian
Baby-sit
Babysit
Bacchanal
Bahraini
Baseless
Batiste
Beantown
Beastly
Beltway
Betrayal
Between
Biplane
Bluntness
Bostonian
Botanist
Braces
Brainless
Brakeman
Brazenness
Break-in
Built-in
Bulbous
Buoyancy
Business
Buttocks
Buttress
Buttressed
Cadence
Castaway
Castration
Celebrate
Cellophane
Cessation
Constraining
Contagion
Contagious
Culbertson
Detainee
Devastate
Devastation
Disdain
Dissertation
Dogbane
Downstage
Emanate
Embayment
Encased
Entertain
Enunciate
Enunciate
Estimate
Estimation
Estranged
Eviscerate
Excitation
Fabian
Faintness
Fascinate
Frustrate
Frustration
Gestate
Greatest
Greatness
Habitation
Hailstone
Henbane
Herbaceous
Hiatus
Illustrate
Illustration
Imitate
Imitation
Incubate
Innovate
Instigate
Insulate
Intrastate
Isolate
Lambaste
Latency
Latent
Lusitania
Maintain
Masturbation
Matron
Misstate
Naivete
Nameless
Necessitate
Notation
Obfuscate
Obliterate
Obliteration
Obstinacy
Obstruct
Obstruction
Occasion
Oscillate
Outburst
Painless
Painted
Patient
Patron
Payment
Potato
Recitation
Restate
Restoration
Restrained
Restraint
Restraint
Retrain
Robustness
Rotation
Sailboat
Sainthood
Sanitation
Sanitation
Satanist
Sebaceous
Sebastiana
Sedation
Snakebite
Stabilize
Stadium
Stagehand
Stagnate
Stagnation
Stakeout
Stapler
Starvation
Stated
Stately
Stationary
Stationery
Straits
Strangely
Strangeness
Stubble
Stubbornness
Subjugate
Subsistence
Substandard
Substantial
Substantiate
Substantiate
Substantive
Suburban
Suitcase
Sulfate
Sulphate
Summation
Surrogate
Tablespoon
Tailspin
Tainted
Tastiness
Taxation
Tenacious
Tenebrous
Ulceration
Unabated
Unable
Unbalanced
Unbeknownst
Unbuttoned
Undertake
Unrestrained
Untainted
Upbraid
Urinate
Vacant
Waistline
Waitress
Washbasin
Wasted
Weightless
Workstation

Abstain(1) [AE B S T EY N] Alliteration | Wikipedia.com | Dictionary.com | Google.com | Images

2 Steps Apart

Abstain
Ascertain
Stain

3 Steps Apart

Abbe
Absent
Ascertained
Bane
Based
Bast
Baste
Nast
Obtain
Saint
Sane
Seine
Stained
Stay
Strain

4 Steps Apart

Abbot
Absence
Absentee
Absinthe
Acetate
Ansaid
Assayer
Asset
Aster
Astor
Attain
Backstage
Basin
Basset
Baton
Baton
Bats
Batten
Beast
Best
Bhutan
Blain
Blast
Bloodstain
Boast
Boatswain
Boost
Boston
Braced
Brain
Burst
Bust
Butane
Butane
Cast
Caste
Eyestrain
Fast
Lambaste
Last
Mast
Nasty
Passe
Past
Sabin
Saone
Satan
Satin
Saturn
Saute
Skein
Slain
Spain
Stab
Stage
Staid
Staining
Stake
Stale
Stance
Stanch
Stand
State
Statin
Station
Stave
Stayer
Stays
Steak
Strained
Strange
Stray
Sustain
Swain
Taint
Taney
Terrain
Train
Twain
Urbane

5 Steps Apart

Aberration
Abeyance
Abscess
Abscond
Absolute
Abstention
Abstinence
Abstinent
Abyssinia
Albania
Albert
Alsatian
Annotate
Antsy
Aquitaine
Asean
Ashtray
Aspartame
Aspirate
Assets
Astray
At-bat
Attache
Attained
Babbitt
Backseat
Bacon
Bahrain
Bahrain
Bahraini
Balanced
Ballast
Banister
Bannister
Bannister
Banter
Bantu
Baseline
Basement
Basket
Bassist
Bastard
Bastille
Bastille
Basting
Bastion
Batman
Bayonet
Bayonne
Beaten
Beefsteak
Betray
Blaster
Blessed
Blest
Bloodstained
Boxed
Brainy
Brandt
Brant
Buster
Busty
Button
Bystander
Cabaret
Cabernet
Cabin
Cabinet
Cabot
Castaway
Castrate
Castration
Cetacean
Cetacean
Citation
Database
Debased
Detain
Estate
Estrange
Fantail
Fascinate
Habit
Habitation
Ibsen
Insane
Lacerate
Lactase
Lambaste
Lancet
Mainstay
Masturbate
Masturbation
Matinee
Nablus
Nantes
Obscene
Octane
Onstage
Ptomaine
Rabbit
Rabbit
Restrain
Retain
Retain
Saboteur
Sainted
Saintly
Saipan
Sandstone
Santa
Saturday
Scant
Seance
Slant
Sprain
Stabile
Stable
Stagehand
Stagnate
Stainless
Stakes
Standby
Stanza
Stater
Stationer
Stations
Steinway
Strafe
Straight
Straighten
Straining
Strait
Stranger
Strayer
Stubborn
Substation
Suntan
Sustained
Tacit
Taken
Taxation
Tehran
Trained
Trainee
Trainer
Trance
Unstained

6 Steps Apart

Abacus
Abdicate
Abduct
Aberdeen
Aberrant
Abilene
Abrogate
Absoluteness
Abstract
Abstract
Abstraction
Abyssinian
Acheson
Agitate
Agitation
Alabaster
Albanian
Alberta
Albion
Altaic
Ambiance
Ambience
Ambient
Animate
Annotation
Annotator
Asbestos
Aspiration
Assailant
Assassin
Assassinate
Atlantis
Baby-sit
Babysit
Backbite
Backbone
Backdate
Backrest
Backspin
Backstitch
Backstop
Badness
Bahraini
Balance
Bandit
Bandstand
Bantam
Baptist
Baptist
Baptists
Barrister
Beantown
Beastly
Beethoven
Belfast
Beltway
Between
Biplane
Blasted
Blasted
Blasting
Blastoff
Blatant
Bombast
Botanic
Bracelet
Brainless
Branched
Brazen
Break-in
Built-in
Buttoned
Cabinet
Caftan
Campaign
Cannabis
Capsaicin
Cascade
Casket
Castigate
Catnap
Champagne
Champaign
Classmate
Constrain
Contain
Detainee
Disdain
Dogbane
Downstage
Elaborate
Encased
Entertain
Estranged
Faberge
Fantasia
Fast-paced
Fastball
Gestate
Gestation
Hailstone
Half-baked
Has-been
Haystack
Henbane
Inhabit
Laceration
Lactate
Lactation
Lambert
Landscape
Lastly
Lateness
Latinate
Magnate
Maintain
Mandate
Misstate
Mistaken
Nascent
Nastiness
Obeisance
Oboist
Outburst
Outlast
Outlast
Pakistan
Pasternak
Ransacked
Restate
Restrained
Restraint
Restraint
Retrain
Sabotage
Sailboat
Sainthood
Salient
Salient
Sameness
Sandblast
Sandstone
Sanitation
Sanitation
Santos
Saturate
Setback
Sinbad
Snakebite
Stabbing
Stagnation
Stakeout
Stanton
Stated
Stately
Statement
Statesman
Status
Straits
Strangely
Substance
Substrate
Suitcase
Sunbathe
Tablet
Tailspin
Tainted
Talbot
Taliban
Tambourine
Taxiway
Taxpayer
Translate
Unstable
Upstate
Vaccinate
Vacillate
Waistline
Wasteland