theorize

Other forms of theorize

past tense

theorized·

present participle

theorizing·

third person

theorizes·

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 theorize

What does theorize mean?

theorize means "to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in theorize?

theorize has 3 syllables: the-o-rize. The stress falls on "the". In IPA it is /ˈθiɚˌaɪz/.

What is another word for theorize?

Close synonyms include speculate, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise. 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 theorize a common word?

theorize 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.

What rhymes with theorize?

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