justify

Other forms of justify

past tense or participle

justified

present participle

justifying·

third person

justifies·

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 justify

What does justify mean?

justify means "show to be right by providing justification or proof". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in justify?

justify has 3 syllables: jus-ti-fy. The stress falls on "jus". In IPA it is /ˈdʒʌstəˌfaɪ/.

What is another word for justify?

Close synonyms include vindicate. 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 justify a common word?

justify is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 justify?

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