| agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agonize | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
| agonized | (adjective) expressing pain or agony | Synonyms: agonised |
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| alkalinize | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
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| (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinise |
| aluminize | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminise |
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| antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
| attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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| avianize | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianise |
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| bituminize | (verb) treat with bitumen | Synonyms: bituminise |
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| botanize | (verb) collect and study plants | Synonyms: botanise |
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| canonize | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, saint |
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| (verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonise |
| canonized | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonised, glorified |
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| caponize | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponise |
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| carbonize | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonise |
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| (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carburise, carburize |
| cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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| cognize | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about | Synonyms: cognise, know |
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| colonize | (verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | Synonyms: colonise |
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| (verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world | Synonyms: colonise |
| colonized | (adjective) inhabited by colonists | Synonyms: colonised, settled |
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| colonizer | (noun) someone who helps to found a colony | Synonyms: coloniser |
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| communize | (verb) make into property owned by the state | Synonyms: communise |
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| (verb) make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles | Synonyms: bolshevise, bolshevize, communise |
| cutinize | (verb) convert into cutin | - |
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| deaminize | (verb) remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination | Synonyms: deaminate |
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| decarbonize | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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| decolonize | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonise |
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| defeminize | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminise |
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| dehumanize | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanise |
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| (verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanise |
| dehumanized | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, unhuman |
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| deionize | (verb) deprive of ions | - |
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| demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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| demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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| denizen | (noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region | - |
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| (noun) a person who inhabits a particular place | Synonyms: dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant |
| derecognize | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognise |
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| desalinize | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalt |
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| destalinize | (verb) counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism | Synonyms: destalinise |
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| desynchronize | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronise |
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| disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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| disorganize | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganise |
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| disorganized | (adjective) lacking order or methodical arrangement or function | Synonyms: disorganised |
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| ebonize | (verb) stain black to make it look like ebony | Synonyms: ebonise |
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| effeminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, feminise, feminize, womanize |
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| eternize | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, immortalise, immortalize |
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| (verb) cause to continue indefinitely | - |
| euthanize | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, mercy kill |
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| feminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminise, womanize |
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| (verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics | Synonyms: feminise |
| fraternize | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternise |
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| galvanize | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanise |
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| (verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanise |
| (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, startle |
| galvanizer | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvaniser, inspirer |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvaniser |
| gelatinize | (verb) become gelatinous or change into a jelly | Synonyms: gelatinise |
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| (verb) convert into gelatinous form or jelly | Synonyms: gelatinise |
| (verb) coat with gelatin | - |
| gluttonize | (verb) eat a lot and without restraint | Synonyms: fress, gluttonise |
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| harmonize | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: chord, harmonise |
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| (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, reconcile |
| (verb) bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) sing or play in harmony | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) write a harmony for | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise |
| harmonized | (adjective) involving or characterized by harmony | Synonyms: consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonised |
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| harmonizer | (noun) a mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another | Synonyms: harmoniser |
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| (noun) a musician who sings or plays in harmony | Synonyms: harmoniser |
| homogenize | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
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| (verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
| (verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenise |
| homogenized | (adjective) formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance | Synonyms: homogenised |
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| (adjective) made homogeneous | Synonyms: homogenised |
| humanize | (verb) make more humane | Synonyms: humanise |
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| hygienize | (verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, sanitise, sanitize |
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| immunize | (verb) perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation | Synonyms: immunise, inoculate, vaccinate |
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| (verb) grant immunity from prosecution | Synonyms: immunise |
| immunized | (adjective) having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease | Synonyms: immunised, vaccinated |
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| ionize | (verb) convert into ions | Synonyms: ionise |
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| (verb) become converted into ions | Synonyms: ionise |
| ionized | (adjective) converted totally or partly into ions | Synonyms: ionised |
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| keratinize | (verb) become horny and impregnated with keratin | Synonyms: keratinise |
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| (verb) convert into keratin | Synonyms: keratinise |
| latinize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, catholicize, latinise |
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| lionize | (verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: celebrate, lionise |
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| lysogenize | (verb) become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium) | - |
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| masculinize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, virilise, virilize |
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| (verb) give a masculine appearance or character to | - |
| mechanize | (verb) make mechanical | Synonyms: mechanise |
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| (verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine | Synonyms: mechanise |
| (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, motorise, motorize |
| mechanized | (adjective) equipped with machinery | Synonyms: mechanised |
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| (adjective) using vehicles | Synonyms: mechanised, motorized |
| melanize | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanise |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanise |
| modernize | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernise |
| modernized | (adjective) brought up to date | Synonyms: modernised |
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| nitrogenize | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenise |
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| nonionized | (adjective) not converted into ions | Synonyms: nonionic, nonionised, unionised, unionized |
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| nonunionized | (adjective) not affiliated in a trade union | Synonyms: nonunionised, unorganised, unorganized |
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| opsonize | (verb) make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes | - |
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| organize | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: coordinate, organise |
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| (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, prepare |
| (verb) cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea | Synonyms: organise |
| (verb) create (as an entity) | Synonyms: form, organise |
| (verb) form or join a union | Synonyms: organise, unionise, unionize |
| organized | (adjective) methodical and efficient in arrangement or function | - |
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| (adjective) formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale | - |
| (adjective) being a member of or formed into a labor union | Synonyms: organised, unionised, unionized |
| organizer | (noun) a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | Synonyms: organiser, PDA, personal digital assistant, personal organiser, personal organizer |
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| (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: arranger, organiser |
| (noun) someone who enlists workers to join a union | Synonyms: labor organizer, organiser |
| oxygenize | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| ozonize | (verb) convert (oxygen) into ozone | Synonyms: ozonise |
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| paganize | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganise |
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| patinize | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinise |
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| patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronise |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patronized | (adjective) having patronage or clients | Synonyms: patronised |
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| platinize | (verb) coat with metallic platinum | - |
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| platitudinize | (verb) utter platitudes | - |
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| porcelainize | (verb) coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface | - |
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| recognize | (verb) perceive to be the same | Synonyms: recognise |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, realize, recognise |
| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: acknowledge, know, recognise |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: acknowledge, recognise |
| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: greet, recognise |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, spot, tell apart |
| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: accredit, recognise |
| (verb) show approval or appreciation of | Synonyms: recognise |
| (verb) exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate) | - |
| recognized | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: accepted, recognised |
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| (adjective) provided with a secure reputation | Synonyms: recognised |
| reharmonize | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonise |
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| reorganize | (verb) organize anew | Synonyms: reorganise, shake up |
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| (verb) organize anew, as after a setback | Synonyms: regroup, reorganise |
| reorganized | (adjective) organized again | Synonyms: reorganised |
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| revolutionize | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: overturn, revolutionise |
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| (verb) fill with revolutionary ideas | Synonyms: inspire, revolutionise |
| (verb) overthrow by a revolution, of governments | - |
| scrutinize | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, inspect, scrutinise |
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| (verb) to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail | Synonyms: scrutinise, size up, take stock |
| scrutinizer | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutiniser |
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| sermonize | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise |
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| sermonizer | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher, preacher man, sermoniser |
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| shamanize | (verb) practice shamanism | Synonyms: shamanise |
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| solemnize | (verb) make solemn and grave | Synonyms: solemnise |
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| (verb) observe or perform with dignity or gravity | Synonyms: solemnise |
| (verb) perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies | Synonyms: solemnise |
| stalinize | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinise |
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| suburbanize | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
| suburbanized | (adjective) surrounded by many suburbs | Synonyms: suburbanised |
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