magnetize

Other forms of magnetize

past tense

magnetized·

present participle

magnetizing·

third person

magnetizes·

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 magnetize

What does magnetize mean?

magnetize means "make magnetic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in magnetize?

magnetize has 3 syllables: mag-ne-tize. The stress falls on "mag".

What is another word for magnetize?

Close synonyms include magnetise, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch. 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 magnetize?

The recorded antonyms are demagnetize.

Is magnetize a common word?

magnetize 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.