etherize

Questions about etherize

What does etherize mean?

etherize means "anesthetize with ether".

How many syllables are in etherize?

etherize has 3 syllables: e-the-rize. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for etherize?

Close synonyms include etherise. 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 etherize a common word?

etherize 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.