militarize

Other forms of militarize

past tense

militarized·

present participle

militarizing·

third person

militarizes·

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 militarize

What does militarize mean?

militarize means "lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in militarize?

militarize has 4 syllables: mil-i-ta-rize. The stress falls on "mil". In IPA it is /ˈmɪlətɚˌaɪz/.

What is another word for militarize?

Close synonyms include militarise, militarise. 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 militarize?

The recorded antonyms are demilitarize.

Is militarize a common word?

militarize 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 militarize?

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