vitalize

1. 1.

   give life to

   “The eggs are vitalized”

   Synonymsvitalise

   Broaderchange
2. 2.

   make more lively or vigorous

   “The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man”

   Synonymsvitalise

   Antonymsdevitalize

   Broaderstrengthen

Other forms of vitalize

past tense

vitalized·

present participle

vitalizing·

third person

vitalizes·

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 vitalize

What does vitalize mean?

vitalize means "give life to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vitalize?

vitalize has 3 syllables: vi-ta-lize. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for vitalize?

Close synonyms include vitalise, vitalise. 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 vitalize?

The recorded antonyms are devitalize.

Is vitalize a common word?

vitalize 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.