penalise

Other forms of penalise

past tense

penalised·

present participle

penalising·

third person

penalises·

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 penalise

What does penalise mean?

penalise means "impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on".

How many syllables are in penalise?

penalise has 3 syllables: pe-na-lise. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for penalise?

Close synonyms include punish, penalize. 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 penalise a common word?

penalise 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.