galvanize

Other forms of galvanize

past tense

galvanized·

present participle

galvanizing·

third person

galvanizes·

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 galvanize

What does galvanize mean?

galvanize means "to stimulate to action". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in galvanize?

galvanize has 3 syllables: gal-va-nize. The stress falls on "gal". In IPA it is /ˈɡælvəˌnaɪz/.

What is another word for galvanize?

Close synonyms include startle, galvanise, galvanise, galvanise. 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 galvanize a common word?

galvanize 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.

What rhymes with galvanize?

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