Words that rhyme with criticise

  • assize
    n 1: the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale 2: an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
  • capsize
    v 1: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" [syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle]
  • excise
    n 1: a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) [syn: excise, excise tax] v 1: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge, excise] 2: levy an excise tax on 3: remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
  • incise
    v 1: make an incision into by carving or cutting
  • outsize
    adj 1: larger than normal for its kind [syn: outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized] n 1: an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large)
  • size
    adj 1: (used in combination) sized; "the economy-size package"; "average-size house" n 1: the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" 2: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe" 3: any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics; "size gives body to a fabric" [syn: size, sizing] 4: the actual state of affairs; "that's the size of the situation"; "she hates me, that's about the size of it" [syn: size, size of it] 5: a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area" v 1: cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance) 2: sort according to size 3: make to a size; bring to a suitable size
  • downsize
    v 1: dismiss from work; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis" 2: make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive" 3: reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff"
  • criticize
    v 1: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" [syn: knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart] [ant: praise] 2: act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either" [syn: criticize, criticise]
  • laicize
    v 1: reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools" [syn: laicize, laicise]
  • metricize
    v 1: express in the metric system [syn: metricize, metricise] 2: convert from a non-metric to the metric system [syn: metricize, metricise, metrify, metricate]
  • mythicize
    v 1: interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; "mythicize the ancient stories" [syn: mythicize, mythicise] 2: make into a myth; "The Europeans have mythicized Rte. 66" [syn: mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise] [ant: demythologise, demythologize]
  • ostracize
    v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" [syn: ostracize, ostracise]
  • publicize
    v 1: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" [syn: publicize, publicise, air, bare] 2: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" [syn: advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise]
  • synthesize
    v 1: combine so as to form a more complex, product; "his operas synthesize music and drama in perfect harmony"; "The liver synthesizes vitamins" [syn: synthesize, synthesise] [ant: analyse, analyze, break down, dissect, take apart] 2: combine and form a synthesis; "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available"
  • catholicize
    v 1: cause to adopt Catholicism [syn: catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise]
  • politicize
    v 1: give a political character to; "politicize the discussion" [syn: politicize, politicise]
  • romanticize
    v 1: interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!" [syn: romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise] 2: make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress" [syn: romanticize, romanticise] 3: act in a romantic way
  • apotheosize
    v 1: deify or glorify [syn: apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose]
  • ayes
  • ais
  • gnosticize
  • gothicize
  • scotticize
  • elasticize
  • parenthesize
  • phonemicize
  • poeticize
  • depoliticize
  • graecize
  • synopsize

See also criticise definition and criticise synonyms