hybridize

Other forms of hybridize

past tense

hybridized·

present participle

hybridizing·

third person

hybridizes·

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 hybridize

What does hybridize mean?

hybridize means "breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties".

How many syllables are in hybridize?

hybridize has 3 syllables: hy-bri-dize. The stress falls on "hy". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪbɹəˌdaɪz/.

What is another word for hybridize?

Close synonyms include crossbreed, cross, hybridise, interbreed. 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 hybridize a common word?

hybridize 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 hybridize?

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