Rhyme Dictionary
Rhymes with “Apologizes”
(often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Apologizes"
50 wordsThese words rhyme exactly with "apologizes" — same ending sound.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| comprises | 3 | verb | (transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). |
| criticizes | 4 | verb | To find fault (with something). |
| epitomizes | 5 | verb | To be an epitome of. |
| emphasizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something). |
| enterprises | 4 | noun | A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor. |
| prizes | 2 | noun | An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort. |
| surprises | 3 | noun | Something unexpected. |
| realizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time). |
| theorizes | 4 | verb | (intransitive) To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject. |
| characterizes | 5 | verb | (transitive) To be typical of. |
| despises | 3 | verb | To regard with contempt or scorn. |
| surmises | 3 | noun | (intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises. |
| utilizes | 4 | verb | (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise. [To make use of; to use.] |
| neutralizes | 4 | verb | (American spelling) Alternative spelling of neutralises; third-person singular simple present indicative of neutralize |
| monopolizes | 5 | verb | (transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else. |
| advises | 3 | verb | (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. |
| recognizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. |
| rises | 2 | verb | (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. |
| sympathizes | 4 | verb | (intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected |
| synchronizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way. |
| arises | 3 | verb | (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. |
| categorizes | 5 | verb | (transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes. |
| materializes | 6 | verb | (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere. |
| patronizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly. |
| supervises | 4 | verb | (transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization. |
| symbolizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To be symbolic of; to represent. |
| guises | 2 | noun | An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape. |
| marginalizes | 5 | verb | (transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise. |
| rhapsodizes | 4 | verb | (intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something). |
| exercises | 4 | noun | A ceremony or assembly: opening exercises; graduation exercises. |
| excises | 3 | noun | To cut out; to remove. |
| compromises | 4 | noun | The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions. |
| dieses | 2 | noun | a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote |
| organizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To arrange in working order. |
| stabilizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To make stable. |
| crystallizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To give a definite or precise form to (something). |
| devises | 3 | verb | (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something). |
| disguises | 3 | noun | Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another. |
| franchises | 3 | noun | The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area. |
| immunizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease. |
| normalizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To make normal, to bring into alignment with an established standard. |
| analyzes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To subject to analysis. |
| galvanizes | 4 | verb | (figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock. |
| hypnotizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To induce a state of hypnosis in. |
| paralyzes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To render unable to move; to immobilize. |
| sterilizes | 4 | verb | (transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product. |
| authorizes | 4 | verb | (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to. |
| capitalizes | 5 | verb | (transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case. |
| enfranchises | 4 | verb | To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people. |
| fertilizes | 4 | verb | To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it. |
🎵 Near Rhymes for "Apologizes"
3 wordsThese words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.
| Word | Syllables | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| hided | 2 | Having hide (skin) of a specified kind. | |
| apologizing | 5 | noun | The act of making an apology. |
| noises | 2 | noun | (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. |
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