destabilize

Other forms of destabilize

past tense

destabilized·

present participle

destabilizing·

third person

destabilizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about destabilize

What does destabilize mean?

destabilize means "become unstable". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in destabilize?

destabilize has 4 syllables: de-sta-bi-lize. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /dɪˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for destabilize?

Close synonyms include destabilise, destabilise. 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 destabilize?

The recorded antonyms are stabilize, stabilize.

Is destabilize a common word?

destabilize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with destabilize?

83 words rhyme with destabilize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.