legalize

Other forms of legalize

past tense

legalized·

present participle

legalizing·

third person

legalizes·

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 legalize

What does legalize mean?

legalize means "make legal".

How many syllables are in legalize?

legalize has 3 syllables: le-ga-lize. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /ˈliɡəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for legalize?

Close synonyms include legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise. 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 legalize?

The recorded antonyms are outlaw.

Is legalize a common word?

legalize 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 legalize?

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