naturalize

Other forms of naturalize

past tense

naturalized·

present participle

naturalizing·

third person

naturalizes·

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 naturalize

What does naturalize mean?

naturalize means "make into a citizen". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in naturalize?

naturalize has 4 syllables: nat-u-ra-lize. The stress falls on "nat". In IPA it is /ˈnætʃɚəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for naturalize?

Close synonyms include naturalise, naturalise, naturalise, domesticate, cultivate. 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 naturalize?

The recorded antonyms are denaturalize, denaturalize.

Is naturalize a common word?

naturalize 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 naturalize?

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