Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Patronize”

♬88 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Patronize"

50 words

These words rhyme exactly with "patronize" — 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.
criticize	3	verb	To find fault (with something).
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 "Patronize"

38 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
provide	2	verb	To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
gratified	3		having received what was desired
defy	2	verb	(transitive) To refuse to obey.
homicide	3	noun	(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
satisfied	3		In a state of satisfaction.
amplified	3		Having been made the subject of amplification; more potent or stronger, louder
scrutinized	3	verb	(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.
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.
falsify	3	verb	To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
gratify	3	verb	(transitive) To please.
ray of light	3	noun	(physics) A path that a photon or a group of photons takes through space, visible as a column of light.
analyse	3	verb	British standard spelling of analyze.
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.
emphasized	3		Having been given extra stress or focus.
alibi	3	noun	(law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
purify	3	verb	(transitive) To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
crucify	3	verb	(hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
classify	3	verb	to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
simplify	3	verb	(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.
vandalized	3		Damaged by vandalism.
patronized	3		having patronage or clients
diversify	4	verb	(transitive, intransitive) To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.
alkalize	3	verb	(transitive) To cause to become alkaline, more basic and less acidic.
alchemize	3	verb	Alternative spelling of alchemise. [(transitive) To change something's properties by means of alchemy or as if by magic.]
anywise	3		In any case.
atlantides	3	noun	(greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that gaea gave as a wedding gift to hera
pesticide	3	noun	Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
atomize	3	verb	(transitive) To fragment; to break into small pieces or concepts.
affranchise	3	verb	(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
untied	2		Not tied; undone
agonise	3	verb	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize. [(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.]
atomise	3	verb	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of atomize. [(transitive) To separate or reduce into atoms.]
memorized	3	verb	To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
anglicise	3	verb	(transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
maronite	3	noun	A member of the Maronite Church.
serpentine	3	noun	Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.