Words that rhyme with rationalize

  • allies
    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
  • analyse
    v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas] 2: break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse] 3: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize] 4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
  • marginalize
    v 1: relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people; "We must not marginalize the poor in our society" [syn: marginalize, marginalise]
  • psychoanalyse
    v 1: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse, psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
  • channelize
    v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise] 2: make a channel for; provide with a channel; "channelize the country for better transportation" [syn: channelize, channelise] 3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise] 4: cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" [syn: channelize, channelise]
  • finalize
    v 1: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" [syn: finalize, finalise, settle, nail down]
  • penalize
    v 1: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: punish, penalize, penalise]
  • communalize
    v 1: make something the property of the commune or community [syn: communalize, communalise]
  • fictionalize
    v 1: make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize, fictionalise, retell] 2: convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event" [syn: novelize, novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise]
  • formalize
    v 1: make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title" [syn: formalize, formalise] 2: declare or make legally valid [syn: validate, formalize, formalise] [ant: annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void]
  • internalize
    v 1: incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; "internalize a belief" [syn: internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise]
  • nationalize
    v 1: put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks" [syn: nationalize, nationalise] [ant: denationalise, denationalize] 2: make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" [syn: nationalize, nationalise]
  • sectionalize
    v 1: divide into sections, especially into geographic sections; "sectionalize a country" [syn: sectionalize, sectionalise]
  • caramelize
    v 1: be converted into caramel; "The sugar caramelized" [syn: caramelize, caramelise] 2: convert to caramel [syn: caramelize, caramelise]
  • criminalize
    v 1: treat as a criminal 2: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." [syn: outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise] [ant: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize]
  • decimalize
    v 1: change from fractions to decimals; "Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000" [syn: decimalize, decimalise] 2: change to the decimal system; "The country decimalized the currency in 1975" [syn: decimalize, decimalise]
  • personalize
    v 1: make personal or more personal; "personalized service" [syn: personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise] [ant: depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify]
  • canalize
    v 1: provide (a city) with a canal [syn: canal, canalize, canalise] 2: direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience" [syn: channel, canalize, canalise]
  • ayes
  • reanalyse
  • ais
  • journalize
  • vernalize
  • nominalize
  • regionalize

See also rationalize definition and rationalize synonyms