oxidize

Other forms of oxidize

past tense

oxidized·

present participle

oxidizing·

third person

oxidizes·

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 oxidize

What does oxidize mean?

oxidize means "enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oxidize?

oxidize has 3 syllables: ox-i-dize. The stress falls on "ox". In IPA it is /ˈɑksəˌdaɪz/.

What is another word for oxidize?

Close synonyms include oxidise, oxidate, oxidise, oxidate. 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 oxidize?

The recorded antonyms are deoxidize.

Is oxidize a common word?

oxidize 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 oxidize?

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