fictionalise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalize, novelise, novelize |
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(verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalize, retell |
fictionalize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, novelise, novelize |
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(verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalise, retell |
finalise | (verb) make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | Synonyms: finalize, nail down, settle |
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finalize | (verb) make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | Synonyms: finalise, nail down, settle |
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focalise | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus |
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(verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus, sharpen |
(verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalize, focus |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalize, localise, localize |
focalize | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus |
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(verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus, sharpen |
(verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focus |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, localise, localize |
formalise | (verb) make formal or official | Synonyms: formalize |
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(verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalize, validate |
formalize | (verb) make formal or official | Synonyms: formalise |
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(verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalise, validate |
generalise | (verb) become systemic and spread throughout the body | Synonyms: generalize |
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(verb) speak or write in generalities | Synonyms: generalize |
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: extrapolate, generalize, infer |
(verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
generalize | (verb) become systemic and spread throughout the body | Synonyms: generalise |
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(verb) speak or write in generalities | Synonyms: generalise |
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: extrapolate, generalise, infer |
(verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
globalise | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalize |
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globalize | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalise |
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hospitalise | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalize |
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hospitalize | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalise |
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idealise | (verb) consider or render as ideal | Synonyms: idealize |
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(verb) form ideals | Synonyms: idealize |
idealize | (verb) consider or render as ideal | Synonyms: idealise |
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(verb) form ideals | Synonyms: idealise |
illegalise | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalize, outlaw |
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illegalize | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw |
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immaterialise | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialize, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize |
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immaterialize | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, unsubstantialise, unsubstantialize |
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immortalise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalize |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
immortalize | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, memorialise, memorialize |
individualise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualize, personalise, personalize |
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(verb) make or mark or treat as individual | Synonyms: individualize |
individualize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, personalise, personalize |
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(verb) make or mark or treat as individual | Synonyms: individualise |
industrialise | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialize |
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(verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialize |
industrialize | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialise |
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(verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialise |
initialise | (verb) divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data | Synonyms: format, initialize |
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(verb) assign an initial value to a computer program | Synonyms: initialize |
initialize | (verb) divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data | Synonyms: format, initialise |
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(verb) assign an initial value to a computer program | Synonyms: initialise |
instalike | (verb) to instantly vote for something on social media | - |
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institutionalise | (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalize, send |
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institutionalize | (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalise, send |
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internalise | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorise, interiorize, internalize |
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internalize | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorise, interiorize, internalise |
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internationalise | (verb) make international in character | Synonyms: internationalize |
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(verb) put under international control | Synonyms: internationalize |
internationalize | (verb) make international in character | Synonyms: internationalise |
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(verb) put under international control | Synonyms: internationalise |
invalid | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, handicap, incapacitate |
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(verb) force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen | - |
invalidate | (verb) take away the legal force of or render ineffective | Synonyms: vitiate, void |
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(verb) show to be invalid | Synonyms: nullify |
(verb) make invalid for use | Synonyms: cancel |
(verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, avoid, nullify, quash, void |
italicise | (verb) print in italics | Synonyms: italicize |
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italicize | (verb) print in italics | Synonyms: italicise |
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labialise | (verb) pronounce with rounded lips | Synonyms: labialize, round |
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labialize | (verb) pronounce with rounded lips | Synonyms: labialise, round |
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lateralize | (verb) move or displace to one side so as to make lateral | - |
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legalise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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legalize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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lexicalise | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalize |
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lexicalize | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalise |
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liberalise | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalize |
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(verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalize |
liberalize | (verb) make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules | Synonyms: liberalise |
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(verb) become more liberal | Synonyms: liberalise |
literalise | (verb) make literal | Synonyms: literalize |
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literalize | (verb) make literal | Synonyms: literalise |
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localise | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localize, place, set |
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(verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localize |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localize |
(verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localize, place |
localize | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, place, set |
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(verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localise |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localise |
(verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localise, place |
malign | (verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce |
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malinger | (verb) avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill | Synonyms: skulk |
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marginalise | (verb) relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people | Synonyms: marginalize |
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marginalize | (verb) relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people | Synonyms: marginalise |
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materialise | (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: happen, materialize |
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materialize | (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: happen, materialise |
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memorialise | (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, immortalize, memorialize |
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(verb) address in a memorial | Synonyms: memorialize |
memorialize | (verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, immortalize, memorialise |
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(verb) address in a memorial | Synonyms: memorialise |
metalize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metallize |
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mineralize | (verb) transform (a metal) into an ore | - |
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(verb) convert into a mineral substance | - |
misalign | (verb) align imperfectly or badly | - |
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monumentalise | (verb) record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | Synonyms: monumentalize |
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monumentalize | (verb) record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | Synonyms: monumentalise |
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moralise | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralize |
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(verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
(verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralize |
moralize | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralise |
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(verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
(verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralise |
nasalise | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalize |
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(verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalize |
nasalize | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalise |
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(verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalise |
nationalise | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalize |
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(verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalize |
nationalize | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalise |
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(verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalise |
naturalise | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalize |
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(verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalize |
(verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalize |
(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalize, tame |
naturalize | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalise |
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(verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalise |
(verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalise |
(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame |
(verb) explain with reference to nature | - |
neutralise | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralize |
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(verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralize, nullify |
(verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralize |
(verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralize, waste |
neutralize | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralise |
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(verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralise, nullify |
(verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralise |
(verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, waste |
(verb) make politically neutral and thus inoffensive | - |
(verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, countervail |
normalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalize, renormalise, renormalize |
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(verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalize |
normalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, renormalise, renormalize |
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(verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, temper |
(verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalise |
occidentalise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalize, westernise, westernize |
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occidentalize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, westernise, westernize |
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officialise | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialize |
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officialize | (verb) make official | Synonyms: officialise |
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opalise | (verb) replace or convert into opal | Synonyms: opalize |
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(verb) make opalescent | Synonyms: opalize |
opalize | (verb) replace or convert into opal | Synonyms: opalise |
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(verb) make opalescent | Synonyms: opalise |
orientalise | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalize |
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orientalize | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalise |
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overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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(verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
(verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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(verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
(verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
overgeneralise | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralize |
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overgeneralize | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralise |
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overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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palisade | (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, surround, wall |
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penalise | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalize, punish |
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penalize | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, punish |
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personalise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalize |
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personalize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalise |
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pluralise | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralize |
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pluralize | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralise |
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