stabilise

1. 1.

   support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

   “brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel”

   Synonymsbracesteadystabilize

   Broaderstrengthen

   Narrowerballastguy
2. 2.

   become stable or more stable

   “The economy stabilized”

   Synonymsstabilize

   Broaderchange

   Narrowersettlesteady
3. 3.

   make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium

   “The drug stabilized her blood pressure”

   “stabilize prices”

   Synonymsstabilize

   Antonymsdestabilise

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerpeg

Other forms of stabilise

past tense

stabilised·

present participle

stabilising·

third person

stabilises·

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 stabilise

What does stabilise mean?

stabilise means "support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stabilise?

stabilise has 3 syllables: sta-bi-lise. The stress falls on "sta".

What is another word for stabilise?

Close synonyms include brace, steady, stabilize, stabilize, stabilize. 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.

What is the opposite of stabilise?

The recorded antonyms are destabilise.

Is stabilise a common word?

stabilise 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.