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civilize

verb

• educate
• school
• train
• cultivate
• civilise
• alter
• change
• down
• fine-tune
• modify
• polish
• refine

sounds kind of like

• cephalalgia
• cephalic
• chablis
• chafflike
• chock-a-block
• chockablock
• civilise
• coevals
• cubelike
• cuplike

rhymes with

• actualize
• advertise
• aggrandize
• agonize
• alphabetize
• aluminize
• americanize
• amortize
• analyze
• anglicize
• antagonize
• apologize
• balkanize
• brutalize
• cannibalize
• capitalize
• capsize
• caramelize
• carbonize
• catalyze
• centralize
• christianize
• circumcise
• clockwise
• collateralize
• collectivize
• colonize
• commercialize
• communize
• compartmentalize
• compromise
• creolize
• criminalize
• criticize
• crosswise
• crystallize
• customize
• decentralize
• demobilize
• democratize
• demonize
• demoralize
• denationalize
• depersonalize
• deputize
• desensitize
• destabilize
• digitize
• disenfranchise
• disorganize
• dramatize
• economize
• edgewise
• editorialize
• empathize
• emphasize
• energize
• enfranchise
• enterprise
• epitomize
• equalize
• eulogize
• evangelize
• exercise
• fantasize
• federalize
• fertilize
• fictionalize
• finalize
• formalize
• fossilize
• franchise
• fraternize
• galvanize
• generalize
• globalize
• harmonize
• homogenize
• hospitalize
• humanize
• hybridize
• hydrolyze
• hypnotize
• hypothesize
• idealize
• idolize
• immobilize
• immunize
• improvise
• industrialize
• internalize
• internationalize
• ionize
• itemize
• jeopardize
• legalize
• legitimize
• lengthwise
• liberalize
• likewise
• lionize
• localize
• marginalize
• materialize
• maximize
• mechanize
• memorialize
• merchandise
• metabolize
• metastasize
• mineralize
• minimize
• mobilize
• modernize
• monopolize
• moralize
• nationalize
• naturalize
• neutralize
• normalize
• optimize
• organize
• ostracize
• otherwise
• outsize
• overemphasize
• oxidize
• paralyze
• patronize
• penalize
• personalize
• politicize
• prioritize
• privatize
• professionalize
• propagandize
• proselytize
• publicize
• radicalize
• randomize
• rationalize
• realize
• recognize
• reorganize
• revitalize
• revolutionize
• rhapsodize
• romanticize
• sanitize
• scandalize
• scrutinize
• sensitize
• serialize
• sidewise
• socialize
• soliloquize
• specialize
• stabilize
• stalinize
• standardize
• sterilize
• stigmatize
• streetwise
• stylize
• subsidize
• suburbanize
• sunrise
• supervise
• symbolize
• sympathize
• synchronize
• synthesize
• tantalize
• televise
• tranquilize
• traumatize
• trivialize
• unionize
• urbanize
• utilize
• vandalize
• verbalize
• visualize
• westernize
• womanize