regularize

Other forms of regularize

past tense

regularized·

present participle

regularizing·

third person

regularizes·

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 regularize

What does regularize mean?

regularize means "bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in regularize?

regularize has 4 syllables: re-gu-la-rize. The stress falls on "gu".

What is another word for regularize?

Close synonyms include regulate, regularise, order, govern, regularise. 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 regularize a common word?

regularize 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.