paralyse

Other forms of paralyse

past tense

paralysed·

present participle

paralysing·

third person

paralyses·

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 paralyse

What does paralyse mean?

paralyse means "make powerless and unable to function". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paralyse?

paralyse has 3 syllables: pa-ra-lyse. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for paralyse?

Close synonyms include paralyze, paralyze. 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 paralyse a common word?

paralyse 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.