homogenize

1. 1.

   cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing

   “homogenize the main ingredients”

   Synonymshomogenise

   Broaderequal
2. 2.

   break up the fat globules of

   “homogenized milk”

   Synonymshomogenise

   Antonymscurdle

   Broaderchange state
3. 3.

   become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing

   “The two liquids homogenized in the blender”

   Synonymshomogenise

   Broaderchange state

Other forms of homogenize

past tense

homogenized·

present participle

homogenizing·

third person

homogenizes·

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 homogenize

What does homogenize mean?

homogenize means "cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in homogenize?

homogenize has 4 syllables: ho-mo-ge-nize. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /hoʊˈmɑdʒəˌnaɪz/.

What is another word for homogenize?

Close synonyms include homogenise, homogenise, homogenise. 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 homogenize?

The recorded antonyms are curdle.

Is homogenize a common word?

homogenize 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 homogenize?

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