stabilize

Other forms of stabilize

past tense

stabilized·

present participle

stabilizing·

third person

stabilizes·

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 stabilize

What does stabilize mean?

stabilize means "make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stabilize?

stabilize has 3 syllables: sta-bi-lize. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /ˈsteɪbəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for stabilize?

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

The recorded antonyms are destabilize, destabilize, destabilise.

Is stabilize a common word?

stabilize is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for 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 stabilize?

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