westernise

Questions about westernise

What does westernise mean?

westernise means "make western in character".

How many syllables are in westernise?

westernise has 3 syllables: we-ster-nise. The stress falls on "we".

What is another word for westernise?

Close synonyms include occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize. 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 westernise a common word?

westernise 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.