ostracize

Other forms of ostracize

past tense

ostracized·

present participle

ostracizing·

third person

ostracizes·

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 ostracize

What does ostracize mean?

ostracize means "expel from a community or group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ostracize?

ostracize has 3 syllables: o-stra-cize. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈɔstɹəˌsaɪz/.

What is another word for ostracize?

Close synonyms include banish, ban, ostracise, shun, cast out. 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.

Is ostracize a common word?

ostracize 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 ostracize?

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