Words that rhyme with deemphasize

  • 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
  • incise
    v 1: make an incision into by carving or cutting
  • resize
    v 1: change the size of; make the size more appropriate
  • undersize
    adj 1: smaller than normal for its kind [syn: undersize, undersized]
  • emphasize
    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]
  • 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]
  • hypothesize
    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
    v 1: print in italics [syn: italicize, italicise]
  • metastasize
    v 1: spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved" [syn: metastasize, metastasise]
  • 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
  • scotticize
  • elasticize
  • grammaticize
  • hispanicize
  • hypostasize
  • parenthesize
  • phonemicize
  • poeticize
  • depoliticize
  • graecize
  • synopsize

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