odorize

Other forms of odorize

past tense

odorized·

present participle

odorizing·

third person

odorizes·

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 odorize

What does odorize mean?

odorize means "cause to smell or be smelly".

How many syllables are in odorize?

odorize has 3 syllables: o-do-rize. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for odorize?

Close synonyms include odourise, scent. 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 odorize?

The recorded antonyms are deodorize.

Is odorize a common word?

odorize 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.