etherize

Questions about etherize

What does etherize mean?

etherize means "anesthetize with ether".

How many syllables are in etherize?

etherize has 3 syllables and divides as e-the-rize 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 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.