mobilize

Other forms of mobilize

past tense

mobilized·

present participle

mobilizing·

third person

mobilizes·

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 mobilize

What does mobilize mean?

mobilize means "make ready for action or use". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mobilize?

mobilize has 3 syllables: mo-bi-lize. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmoʊbəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for mobilize?

Close synonyms include mobilise, marshal, summon, call up, mobilise. 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 mobilize?

The recorded antonyms are demobilize, demobilize.

Is mobilize a common word?

mobilize is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 mobilize?

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