paralyze

Other forms of paralyze

past tense

paralyzed·

present participle

paralyzing·

third person

paralyzes·

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 paralyze

What does paralyze mean?

paralyze 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 paralyze?

paralyze has 3 syllables: par-a-lyze. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɛɹəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for paralyze?

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

paralyze 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.

What rhymes with paralyze?

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