centralise

Questions about centralise

What does centralise mean?

centralise means "make central".

How many syllables are in centralise?

centralise has 3 syllables and divides as cen-tra-lise 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 centralise?

Close synonyms include centralize, concentrate. 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.

What is the opposite of centralise?

The recorded antonyms are decentralise.

Is centralise a common word?

centralise 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.