Words that rhyme with slenderize

  • advise
    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]
  • apprise
    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
    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]
  • 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]
  • enterprise
    n 1: a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" [syn: enterprise, endeavor, endeavour] 2: an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" 3: readiness to embark on bold new ventures [syn: enterprise, enterprisingness, initiative, go-ahead]
  • eyes
    n 1: opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes"
  • 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]
  • incise
    v 1: make an incision into by carving or cutting
  • mesmerize
    v 1: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the audience with her tricks" [syn: magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind] 2: induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise]
  • sunrise
    adj 1: of an industry or technology; new and developing; "high- technology sunrise industries" n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun 3: the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
  • 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]
  • baptize
    v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen]
  • apprize
    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]
  • uprise
    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: ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church" 3: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand up] 4: 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] 5: 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] 6: 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] 7: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise] 8: 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]
  • aphorize
    v 1: speak or write in aphorisms [syn: aphorize, aphorise]
  • authorize
    v 1: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise, pass, clear] 2: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" [syn: empower, authorise, authorize]
  • barbarize
    v 1: become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language [syn: barbarize, barbarise] 2: make crude or savage in behavior or speech; "his years in prison have barbarized the young man" [syn: barbarize, barbarise]
  • bowdlerize
    v 1: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]
  • burglarize
    v 1: commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling [syn: burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist]
  • cauterize
    v 1: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn] 2: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals [syn: callous, cauterize, cauterise]
  • cicatrize
    v 1: form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" [syn: cicatrize, cicatrise]
  • colorize
    v 1: add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" [syn: color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in] [ant: discolor]
  • etherize
    v 1: anesthetize with ether [syn: etherize, etherise]
  • glamorize
    v 1: interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!" [syn: romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise] 2: make glamorous and attractive; "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!" [syn: glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise]
  • martyrize
    v 1: torture and torment like a martyr [syn: martyr, martyrize, martyrise]
  • memorize
    v 1: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn]
  • mercerize
    v 1: treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize cotton" [syn: mercerize, mercerise]
  • moisturize
    v 1: make (more) humid; "We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house" [syn: humidify, moisturize, moisturise] [ant: dehumidify]
  • motorize
    v 1: equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback" 2: equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage" 3: equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies" [syn: mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise]
  • notarize
    v 1: authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature notarized" [syn: notarize, notarise]
  • pasteurize
    v 1: heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk" [syn: pasteurize, pasteurise]
  • pauperize
    v 1: reduce to beggary [syn: beggar, pauperize, pauperise]
  • plagiarize
    v 1: take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property [syn: plagiarize, plagiarise, lift]
  • polarize
    v 1: cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; "polarize light waves" [syn: polarize, polarise] 2: cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions [syn: polarize, polarise] 3: become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation [syn: polarize, polarise]
  • pressurize
    v 1: increase the pressure on a gas or liquid [syn: supercharge, pressurize, pressurise] 2: maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit" [syn: pressurize, pressurise] 3: increase the pressure in or of; "The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort" [syn: pressurize, pressurise] [ant: decompress, depressurise, depressurize]
  • pulverize
    v 1: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains" [syn: powderize, powderise, powder, pulverize, pulverise] 2: destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" [syn: demolish, pulverize, pulverise] 3: become powder or dust; "When it was blown up, the building powderized" [syn: powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderise]
  • rubberize
    v 1: coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats" [syn: rubberize, rubberise, rubber]
  • satirize
    v 1: ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" [syn: satirize, satirise, lampoon]
  • solarize
    v 1: reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it [syn: solarize, solarise] 2: become overexposed; "The film solarized" [syn: solarize, solarise] 3: overexpose to sunlight; "be careful not to solarize the photographic film" [syn: solarize, solarise] 4: expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" [syn: sun, insolate, solarize, solarise]
  • summarize
    v 1: give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" [syn: sum up, summarize, summarise, resume] 2: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" [syn: summarize, summarise, sum, sum up]
  • symmetrize
    v 1: make symmetric; "symmetrized waves" [syn: symmetrize, symmetrise]
  • temporize
    v 1: draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote" [syn: temporize, temporise]
  • tenderize
    v 1: make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer; "tenderize meat" [syn: tender, tenderize, tenderise]
  • terrorize
    v 1: coerce by violence or with threats [syn: terrorize, terrorise] 2: fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: terrify, terrorize, terrorise]
  • theorize
    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] 2: construct a theory about; "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars" 3: form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"
  • vaporize
    v 1: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: zap, vaporize] 2: turn into gas; "The substance gasified" [syn: gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify] 3: lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate, vaporize, vaporise] 4: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish, fly, vaporize]
  • vulgarize
    v 1: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise] 2: debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" [syn: vulgarise, vulgarize] 3: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" [syn: vulgarize, vulgarise]
  • winterize
    v 1: prepare for winter; "winterize cars"; "winterize your houses" [syn: winterize, winterise] [ant: summerise, summerize]
  • allegorize
    v 1: interpret as an allegory [syn: allegorize, allegorise] 2: make into an allegory; "The story was allegorized over time" [syn: allegorize, allegorise]
  • categorize
    v 1: place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize" [syn: categorize, categorise]
  • catheterize
    v 1: insert a catheter into (a body part); "catheterize the patient's bladder" [syn: catheterize, catheterise]
  • characterize
    v 1: describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover" [syn: qualify, characterize, characterise] 2: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?" [syn: characterize, characterise]
  • circularize
    v 1: canvass by distributing letters [syn: circularize, circularise] 2: canvass by using a questionnaire 3: distribute circulars to [syn: circularize, circularise] 4: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around] 5: make circular
  • computerize
    v 1: provide with computers; "Our office is fully computerized now" [syn: computerize, computerise] 2: store in a computer; "computerized dictionary" [syn: computerize, computerise] 3: control a function, process, or creation by a computer; "They computerized the car industry"; "we live in a cybernated age"; "cybernate a factory" [syn: cybernate, computerize, computerise]
  • containerize
    v 1: package in a container; "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping" [syn: containerize, containerise]
  • contemporize
    v 1: happen at the same time [syn: synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise] 2: arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" [syn: synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise]
  • deodorize
    v 1: eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your armpits" [syn: deodorize, deodorise, deodourise] [ant: odorize, odourise, scent]
  • depolarize
    v 1: eliminate the polarization of [syn: depolarize, depolarise]
  • depressurize
    v 1: decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" [syn: depressurize, depressurise, decompress] [ant: pressurise, pressurize]
  • extemporize
    v 1: manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" [syn: improvise, extemporize] 2: perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" [syn: improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise]
  • familiarize
    v 1: make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings" [syn: familiarize, familiarise, acquaint]
  • formularize
    v 1: express as a formula [syn: formularize, formularise]
  • isomerize
    v 1: cause to change into an isomer [syn: isomerize, isomerise] 2: change into an isomer [syn: isomerize, isomerise]
  • linearize
    v 1: make linear or get into a linear form; "a catalyst linearizes polyethylene" [syn: linearize, linearise]
  • militarize
    v 1: lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force; "militarize Germany again after the war" [syn: militarize, militarise] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize] 2: adopt for military use; "militarize the Civil Service" [syn: militarize, militarise]
  • miniaturize
    v 1: design or construct on a smaller scale [syn: miniaturize, miniaturise]
  • polymerize
    v 1: cause (a compound) to polymerize [syn: polymerize, polymerise] 2: undergo polymerization [syn: polymerize, polymerise]
  • popularize
    v 1: cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise] 2: make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" [syn: popularize, popularise]
  • singularize
    v 1: distinguish as singular [syn: singularize, singularise]
  • copolymerize
    v 1: polymerize together; "the two substances copolymerized" [syn: copolymerize, copolymerise]
  • demilitarize
    v 1: do away with the military organization and potential of [syn: demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: militarise, militarize] 2: remove offensive capability from [syn: disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: arm, build up, fortify, gird]
  • exteriorize
    v 1: bring outside the body for surgery, of organs [syn: exteriorize, bring outside] 2: make external or objective, or give reality to; "language externalizes our thoughts" [syn: exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify]
  • ayes
  • cries
  • implies
  • moonrise
  • spies
  • ais
  • accessorize
  • highrise
  • misprize
  • curarize
  • diarize
  • sulphurize
  • texturize
  • valorize
  • velarize
  • epimerize
  • geometrize
  • panegyrize
  • revalorize
  • denuclearize
  • depolymerize

See also slenderize definition and slenderize synonyms