volatilize

Questions about volatilize

What does volatilize mean?

volatilize means "make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor".

How many syllables are in volatilize?

volatilize has 4 syllables and divides as vo-la-ti-lize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for volatilize?

Close synonyms include volatilise. 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 volatilize a common word?

volatilize 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.