Words that rhyme with criticize

• advise 0
  v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: rede, advise, counsel] 2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise]
• allies 0
  n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers 3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy
• apprise 0
  v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate]
• arise 0
  v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow] 2: originate or come into being; "a question arose" [syn: arise, come up, bob up] 3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down] 4: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" [syn: arise, come up] 5: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down] 6: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 7: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in]
• assize 0
  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 0
  v 1: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" [syn: capsize, turtle, turn turtle]
• chastise 0
  v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct]
• circumcise 0
  v 1: cut the skin over the clitoris 2: cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
• comprise 0
  v 1: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" [syn: consist, comprise] 2: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain, comprise] 3: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be]
• criticise 0
  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]
• excise 0
  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"
• exercise 0
  n 1: the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" [syn: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout] 2: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise] 3: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" [syn: exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation] 4: a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook" [syn: exercise, example] 5: (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises" v 1: put to use; "exert one's power or influence" [syn: exert, exercise] 2: carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law" [syn: practice, practise, exercise, do] 3: give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" [syn: exercise, work, work out] 4: do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day" [syn: exercise, work out] 5: learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" [syn: drill, exercise, practice, practise]
• incise 0
  v 1: make an incision into by carving or cutting
• outsize 0
  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)
• oversize 0
  adj 1: larger than normal for its kind [syn: outsize, outsized, oversize, oversized]
• plasticize 0
  v 1: become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added [syn: plasticize, plasticise] 2: make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer; "plasticized PVC" [syn: plasticize, plasticise]
• resize 0
  v 1: change the size of; make the size more appropriate
• size 0
  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
• undersize 0
  adj 1: smaller than normal for its kind [syn: undersize, undersized]
• baptize 0
  v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen]
• apprize 0
  v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate]
• downsize 0
  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"
• anglicize 0
  v 1: make English in appearance; "She anglicised her name after moving from Paris to London" [syn: anglicise, anglicize]
• classicize 0
  v 1: make classic or classical [syn: classicize, classicise]
• emphasize 0
  v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words" [syn: underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise]
• exorcize 0
  v 1: expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits" [syn: exorcise, exorcize]
• fantasize 0
  v 1: indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" [syn: fantasy, fantasize, fantasise] 2: portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife" [syn: fantasize, fantasise]
• laicize 0
  v 1: reduce to lay status; "laicize the parochial schools" [syn: laicize, laicise]
• metricize 0
  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 0
  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 0
  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 0
  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 0
  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 0
  v 1: cause to adopt Catholicism [syn: catholicize, catholicise, latinize, latinise]
• hypothesize 0
  v 1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
• italicize 0
  v 1: print in italics [syn: italicize, italicise]
• metastasize 0
  v 1: spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved" [syn: metastasize, metastasise]
• politicize 0
  v 1: give a political character to; "politicize the discussion" [syn: politicize, politicise]
• romanticize 0
  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 0
  v 1: deify or glorify [syn: apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose]
• applies 0
• ayes 0
• belies 0
• buys 0
• complies 0
• cries 0
• decries 0
• ais 0
• ecstasize 0
• ethicize 0
• gallicize 0
• gnosticize 0
• gothicize 0
• scotticize 0
• elasticize 0
• grammaticize 0
• hispanicize 0
• hypostasize 0
• parenthesize 0
• phonemicize 0
• poeticize 0
• depoliticize 0
• graecize 0
• synopsize 0

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