Words that rhyme with quantize

  • advertise
    v 1: call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" [syn: advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise] 2: make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: advertise, advertize, promote, push]
  • chastise
    v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct]
  • comprise
    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]
  • demise
    n 1: the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: death, dying, demise] [ant: birth] v 1: transfer by a lease or by a will
  • despise
    v 1: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" [syn: contemn, despise, scorn, disdain]
  • disguise
    n 1: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" [syn: disguise, camouflage] 2: any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity 3: the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" [syn: disguise, camouflage] v 1: make unrecognizable; "The herb masks the garlic taste"; "We disguised our faces before robbing the bank" [syn: disguise, mask]
  • flies
    n 1: (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
  • fries
    n 1: strips of potato fried in deep fat [syn: french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, chips]
  • guise
    n 1: an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" [syn: guise, pretense, pretence, pretext]
  • incise
    v 1: make an incision into by carving or cutting
  • prize
    adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select] n 1: something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe" [syn: prize, award] 2: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money] 3: something given as a token of victory [syn: trophy, prize] v 1: hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: prize, value, treasure, appreciate] 2: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy] 3: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize, prise] [ant: disesteem, disrespect]
  • revise
    n 1: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript] v 1: make revisions in; "revise a thesis" 2: revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy" [syn: retool, revise]
  • rise
    n 1: a growth in strength or number or importance [ant: downfall, fall] 2: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise, ascent, ascension, ascending] 3: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 4: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall] 5: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase] 6: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises [syn: upgrade, rise, rising slope] 7: a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground [syn: lift, rise] 8: (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" [syn: emanation, rise, procession] 9: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" [syn: rise, boost, hike, cost increase] 10: increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" [syn: advance, rise] v 1: 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] 2: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise, go up, climb] 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: rise up; "The building rose before them" [syn: rise, lift, rear] 5: come to the surface [syn: surface, come up, rise up, rise] 6: 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] 7: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn: ascend, move up, rise] 8: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane] 9: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn: heighten, rise] 10: 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] 11: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: rise, jump, climb up] 12: become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news" 13: exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion" 14: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 15: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" [syn: rise, prove] 16: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set] 17: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]
  • 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
  • surmise
    n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] v 1: infer from incomplete evidence 2: imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise]
  • surprise
    n 1: the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you 2: a sudden unexpected event 3: the act of surprising someone [syn: surprise, surprisal] v 1: cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" 2: come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene" 3: attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: storm, surprise]
  • unwise
    adj 1: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished" 2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]
  • wise
    adj 1: having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" [ant: foolish] 2: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision" [syn: judicious, wise, heady] 3: evidencing the possession of inside information [syn: knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)] 4: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise] n 1: a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" 2: United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949) [syn: Wise, Stephen Samuel Wise] 3: United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900) [syn: Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise]
  • baptize
    v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen]
  • digitize
    v 1: put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought a device to digitize the data" [syn: digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise]
  • amortize
    v 1: liquidate gradually [syn: amortize, amortise]
  • concretize
    v 1: make something concrete 2: become specific; "the idea concretized in her mind" [syn: concretize, concretise]
  • deputize
    v 1: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" [syn: substitute, deputize, deputise, step in] 2: appoint as a substitute [syn: depute, deputize, deputise]
  • dogmatize
    v 1: state as a dogma [syn: dogmatize, dogmatise] 2: speak dogmatically [syn: dogmatize, dogmatise]
  • dramatize
    v 1: put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" [syn: dramatize, dramatise, adopt] 2: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" [syn: dramatize, dramatise] 3: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]
  • fragmentize
    v 1: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" [syn: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]
  • hypnotize
    v 1: induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise]
  • magnetize
    v 1: make magnetic; "The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings" [syn: magnetize, magnetise] [ant: degauss, demagnetise, demagnetize] 2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" [syn: magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind]
  • monetize
    v 1: give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country; "They monetized the lira" [syn: monetize, monetise]
  • narcotize
    v 1: administer narcotics to [syn: narcotize, narcotise]
  • poetize
    v 1: compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" [syn: verse, versify, poetize, poetise]
  • privatize
    v 1: change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized" [syn: privatize, privatise]
  • sanitize
    v 1: make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing [syn: sanitize, sanitise, hygienize, hygienise] 2: make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features; "sanitize a document before releasing it to the press"; "sanitize history"; "sanitize the language in a book" [syn: sanitize, sanitise]
  • schematize
    v 1: formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula; "The chemists schematized the various reactions in a coherent fashion" 2: give conventional form to; "some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns" [syn: schematize, schematise]
  • sensitize
    v 1: make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" [syn: sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise] [ant: desensitise, desensitize] 2: cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male- dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] [ant: desensitise, desensitize] 3: make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" [syn: sensitize, sensitise] 4: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film" [syn: sensitize, sensitise]
  • stigmatize
    v 1: to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark] 2: mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress" [syn: stigmatize, stigmatise]
  • syncretize
    v 1: become fused [syn: syncretize, syncretise] 2: unite (beliefs or conflicting principles) [syn: syncretize, syncretise]
  • traumatize
    v 1: inflict a trauma upon [syn: traumatize, traumatise, shock]
  • acclimatize
    v 1: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" [syn: acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate]
  • achromatize
    v 1: remove color from; "achromatize the lenses" [syn: achromatize, achromatise]
  • alphabetize
    v 1: arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list" [syn: alphabetize, alphabetise] 2: provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages"
  • anaesthetize
    v 1: administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" [syn: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out] [ant: bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to]
  • anesthetize
    v 1: administer an anesthetic drug to; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth" [syn: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under, put out] [ant: bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to]
  • apostatize
    v 1: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances [syn: apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate]
  • aromatize
    v 1: fill or impregnate with an odor; "orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden" [syn: perfume, aromatize, aromatise]
  • automatize
    v 1: turn into an automaton [syn: automatize, automatise] 2: make automatic or control or operate automatically; "automatize the production"; "automate the movement of the robot" [syn: automatize, automatise, automate]
  • demagnetize
    v 1: erase (a magnetic storage device) [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise] 2: make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship" [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss] [ant: magnetise, magnetize]
  • democratize
    v 1: become (more) democratic; of nations [syn: democratize, democratise] 2: introduce democratic reforms; of nations [syn: democratize, democratise]
  • demonetize
    v 1: deprive of value for payment; "demonetize a coin" [syn: demonetize, demonetise]
  • desensitize
    v 1: cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensitise, sensitize] 2: make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize]
  • hypostatize
    v 1: construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity [syn: hypostatize, hypostatise]
  • prioritize
    v 1: assign a priority to; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" [syn: prioritize, prioritise]
  • proselytize
    v 1: convert to another faith or religion [syn: proselytize, proselytise]
  • systematize
    v 1: arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge" [syn: systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise]
  • anathematize
    v 1: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment [syn: accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise]
  • legitimatize
    v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise] [ant: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw]
  • ayes
  • cries
  • dies
  • guys
  • highs
  • implies
  • lies
  • pies
  • skies
  • spies
  • supplies
  • ties
  • tries
  • ais
  • expertize
  • graphitize
  • necrotize
  • pragmatize
  • robotize
  • sabbatize
  • diplomatize
  • parasitize
  • remonetize
  • securitize
  • mithridatize
  • phagocytize

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