fertilize

Other forms of fertilize

past tense

fertilized·

present participle

fertilizing·

third person

fertilizes·

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 fertilize

What does fertilize mean?

fertilize means "provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fertilize?

fertilize has 3 syllables: fer-ti-lize. The stress falls on "fer". In IPA it is /ˈfɝtəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for fertilize?

Close synonyms include fertilise, feed, fecundate, fertilise, inseminate. 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 fertilize a common word?

fertilize 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 fertilize?

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