tranquilize

Other forms of tranquilize

past tense

tranquilized·

present participle

tranquilizing·

third person

tranquilizes·

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 tranquilize

What does tranquilize mean?

tranquilize means "make calm or still". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tranquilize?

tranquilize has 3 syllables: tranq-ui-lize. The stress falls on "tranq". In IPA it is /ˈtɹæŋkwəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for tranquilize?

Close synonyms include calm, calm down, quiet, tranquillize, tranquillise. 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 tranquilize a common word?

tranquilize 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 tranquilize?

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