apostatize

Questions about apostatize

What does apostatize mean?

apostatize means "abandon one's beliefs or allegiances".

How many syllables are in apostatize?

apostatize has 4 syllables and divides as a-po-sta-tize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for apostatize?

Close synonyms include apostatise, tergiversate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apostatize a common word?

apostatize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.