polymerize

Other forms of polymerize

past tense

polymerized·

present participle

polymerizing·

third person

polymerizes·

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 polymerize

What does polymerize mean?

polymerize means "cause (a compound) to polymerize". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polymerize?

polymerize has 4 syllables: po-ly-me-rize. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpɑlɪmɚˌaɪz/.

What is another word for polymerize?

Close synonyms include polymerise, polymerise. 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 polymerize a common word?

polymerize 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 polymerize?

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