STABILIZE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STABILIZE?

Need another word that means the same as “stabilize”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “stabilize” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stabilize” are: stabilise, brace, steady, strengthen, make stronger, make secure, secure, make stable, reinforce, fortify, tighten, harden, stiffen, cement, enhance

Stabilize as a Verb

Definitions of "Stabilize" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stabilize” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make or become unlikely to change, fail, or decline.
• Become stable or more stable.
• Make or become unlikely to give way or overturn.
• Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace.
• Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium.

Synonyms of "Stabilize" as a verb (15 Words)

brace	Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. Brace your elbows while working on the potter s wheel.
cement	Cover or coat with cement. Wooden posts were cemented into the ground.
enhance	Make better or more attractive. This will enhance your enjoyment.
fortify	Provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack. The girl was fortified by her religious faith.
harden	Cause to accept or become hardened to habituate. She hardened her heart.
make secure	Constitute the essence of.
make stable	Have a bowel movement.
make stronger	Calculate as being.
reinforce	Strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or equipment. The next few months reinforced my opinion of Vince as a man of his word.
secure	Seek to guarantee repayment of (a loan) by having a right to take possession of an asset in the event of non-payment. Pins secure the handle to the main body.
stabilise	Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium.
steady	Make steady. I took a deep breath to steady my nerves.
stiffen	Become stiff or stiffer. The regime s resistance stiffened.
strengthen	Make or become stronger. The wind won t strengthen until after dark.
tighten	Make or become tight or tighter. Central government has tightened control over local authority spending.

Usage Examples of "Stabilize" as a verb

• His condition appears to have stabilized.
• Stabilize prices.
• The drug stabilized her blood pressure.
• The craft was stabilized by throwing out the remaining ballast.
• The economy stabilized.
• An emergency program designed to stabilize the economy.

Associations of "Stabilize" (30 Words)

algae	Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
balanced	Keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions. A balanced personality.
bivalve	(of a mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate) having a hinged double shell.
carapace	Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. I don t blame him for building a carapace around his true self.
clam	Flesh of either hard shell or soft shell clams. The beaches are ideal for beachcombing clamming and observing wildlife.
conch	A conch shell blown like a trumpet to produce a hollow sounding musical note often depicted as played by Tritons.
coral	The pinkish red colour of red coral. Coral beads.
crab	Fish for crabs. George crabbed the plane into the wind.
crayfish	Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.
crustacean	Relating to or denoting crustaceans.
crustaceous	Relating to or denoting crustaceans. Africa is a theme close to my otherwise crustaceous heart.
decapod	Relating to or denoting decapods.
freshwater	Of or found in fresh water; not of the sea. Freshwater and marine fish.
guppy	A small live-bearing freshwater fish widely kept in aquaria. Native to tropical America, it has been introduced elsewhere to control mosquito larvae.
keep	Store or keep customarily. The guidance system keeps the machine on course.
lobster	A deep red colour typical of a cooked lobster. She ordered lobster and a glass of white wine.
maintain	Maintain by writing regular records. Agricultural prices will have to be maintained.
marine	A member of the United States Marine Corps. A contingent of 2 000 marines.
mollusc	Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
mollusk	Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
octopus	Tentacles of octopus prepared as food.
oyster	Gather oysters dig oysters. As a kid he crabbed and oystered for fun.
scallop	Fish for scallops. The spaces between the frets are scalloped out to form concavities.
seafood	Edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc. Local seafood.
seahorse	Small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position.
shell	Bombard with shells. He was a shell of the man he had been previously.
shellfish	Shellfish as food. They plied me with enormous platters of fresh shellfish.
shrimp	Fish for shrimp. At Trebetherick you paddle on Daymer Bay or shrimp off Gully.
stabilization	The act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn. He worked for price stabilization for farm products.
starfish	A marine echinoderm (invertebrate) with five or more radiating arms. The undersides of the arms bear tube feet for locomotion and, in predatory species, for opening the shells of molluscs.