Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Criticize”

/ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/

To find fault (with something).

♬100 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Criticize"

50 words

These words rhyme exactly with "criticize" — same ending sound.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
scrutinize	3	verb	(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.
surmise	2	verb	(intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
aggrandize	3	verb	(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
emphasize	3	verb	(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
recognize	3	verb	(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
actualize	4	verb	(transitive) To make real; to realize.
analyze	3	verb	(transitive) To subject to analysis.
reprise	2	noun	(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.
comprise	2	verb	(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
likewise	2		(conjunctive) also; moreover; too.
demise	2	noun	(countable) Death; decease.
rise	1	noun	(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
chastise	2	verb	(transitive) To castigate; to scold or censure.
apprise	2	verb	To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
despise	2	verb	To regard with contempt or scorn.
devise	2	verb	(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
optimize	3	verb	(transitive) To make (something) optimal.
utilize	3	verb	(US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise. [To make use of; to use.]
exemplifies	4	verb	(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
arise	2	verb	(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
advise	2	verb	(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
realize	3	verb	(transitive) To become aware of, understand, or appreciate (a fact or situation, especially something which has been true for some time).
ostracize	3	verb	(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
jeopardize	3	verb	(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
materialize	5	verb	(intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
wise	1	noun	Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
patronize	3	verb	(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
sympathize	3	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
empathize	3	verb	(intransitive) to feel empathy for another person
compromise	3	noun	The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
disguise	2	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.
signifies	3	verb	To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
galvanize	3	verb	(figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
maximize	3	verb	(transitive) To make as large as possible.
prise	1	noun	To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
characterize	4	verb	(transitive) To be typical of.
synthesize	3	verb	(transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
exercise	3	noun	(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
tantalize	3	verb	(transitive) To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
supervise	3	verb	(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
prize	1	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.
organize	3	verb	(transitive) To arrange in working order.
minimize	3	verb	(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
mobilize	3	verb	(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.
sunrise	2	noun	The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
catalyze	3	verb	(transitive) To accelerate a process.
prioritize	4	verb	(transitive) To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
crystallize	3	verb	(transitive) To give a definite or precise form to (something).
lionize	3	verb	(transitive) To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
capitalize	4	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.

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Criticize"

50 words

These words don't rhyme perfectly but share a similar sound — great for slant rhyme and song lyrics.

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
delight	2	noun	Joy; pleasure.
identify	4	verb	(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
describe	2	verb	(transitive) To represent in words.
satisfied	3		In a state of satisfaction.
advice	2	noun	(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
specify	3	verb	(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
sacrifice	3	noun	(figurative) The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
occupy	3	verb	To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
signify	3	verb	To give (something) a meaning or an importance.
suicide	3	noun	(uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.
inspire	2	verb	(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
device	2	noun	Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
realized	3		successfully completed or brought to an end
alive	2		Having life; living; not dead.
justify	3	verb	(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
satisfy	3	verb	(transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone).
civilized	3		Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization.
decide	2	verb	(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
vilify	3	verb	(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
hypnotized	3		Under hypnosis
testify	3	verb	To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
sometimes	2		On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
solidify	4	verb	(intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
criticized	3	verb	To find fault (with something).
survive	2	verb	(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
crucify	3	verb	(hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
mystify	3	verb	(transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
demoralized	4		disheartened.
signified	3	noun	(linguistics, semiotics, philosophy) The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier.
romanticized	4		Interpreted in an unrealistic, idealized fashion.
inside	2	noun	The interior or inner part.
simplify	3	verb	(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.
dignify	3	verb	(transitive) To invest with dignity or honour.
paralyzed	3		Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.
minimized	3		reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree
visualized	3		Having been the subject of visualization; having had (its) appearance or existence imagined or designed.
iodine	3	noun	A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
analyzed	3		Having been subject to analysis; examined closely, carefully considered.
good-bye	2	noun	Alternative form of goodbye. [An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone.]
reorganized	4		That has been subjected to reorganization
decides	2	verb	(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
tonight	2	noun	During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
goodbye	2	noun	To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.
unionized	3		(participial adjective, of workers, workforces, companies, or industries) Organized into a trades union or trades unions.
denied	2	verb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
memorized	3	verb	To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
televised	3		Broadcast by television.
maximized	3	verb	(transitive) To make as large as possible.
politicized	4		given political characteristics or overtones (of a thing)
divine	2	noun	Of or pertaining to a god.