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generalize has 7 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is specify.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
draw from specific cases for more general cases
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for generalize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
speak or write in generalities
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”
become systemic and spread throughout the body
“this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system”