diphthongize

Questions about diphthongize

What is another word for diphthongize?

It depends which diphthongize you mean. In the sense “change from a simple vowel to a diphthong”, the synonyms are diphthongise. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of diphthongize?

WordNet records no antonym for diphthongize. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for diphthongize come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of diphthongize

• Full entry for diphthongizeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for diphthongizeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.