Rhyme Dictionary

Rhymes with “Rationalize”

To make something rational or more rational.

♬76 rhyming words found

🎯 Perfect Rhymes for "Rationalize"

50 words

These words rhyme exactly with "rationalize" — 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.
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.

🎵 Near Rhymes for "Rationalize"

26 words

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

Word	Syllables	Type	Definition
reconcile	3	verb	(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
describe	2	verb	(transitive) To represent in words.
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.
deny	2	verb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
parasite	3	noun	(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
despised	2		Hated; viewed with scorn.
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).
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.
decide	2	verb	(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
define	2	verb	To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
hypnotized	3		Under hypnosis
compromised	3		That has been exposed to danger, risk, or discredit.
survive	2	verb	(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
demoralized	4		disheartened.
advised	2		Informed, appraised or made aware.
inside	2	noun	The interior or inner part.
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.
modified	3	noun	changed; altered
justified	3		Having a justification.
animalize	4	verb	To represent in the form of an animal.
rationalized	4		Alternative spelling of rationalised [Given a rational explanation]
apologized	4	verb	(intransitive, 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
tonight	2	noun	During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
gemini	3	noun	(astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).