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Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crystallize

4 senses of crystallize

Sense 1
crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize -- (cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts")
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Sense 2
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate -- (make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault")
       => clarify, clear up, elucidate -- (make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death")

Sense 3
crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise -- (cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals")
       => change integrity -- (change in physical make-up)

Sense 4
crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce -- (assume crystalline form; become crystallized)
       => solidify -- (become solid; "The metal solidified when it cooled")

Antonyms of adj crystallized

2 senses of crystallized

Sense 1
crystallized (vs. uncrystallized), crystallised -- (having become fixed and definite in form; "distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts)

uncrystallized (vs. crystallized), uncrystallised -- (not finally or definitely formed; "uncrystallized ideas")

Sense 2
crystallized, crystalised -- (having both internal structure and external form of a crystal; "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized")

INDIRECT (VIA crystalline) -> noncrystalline -- (not crystalline)

Similarity of adj crystallized

2 senses of crystallized

Sense 1
crystallized (vs. uncrystallized), crystallised -- (having become fixed and definite in form; "distinguish between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"- Psychological Abstracts)

Sense 2
crystallized, crystalised -- (having both internal structure and external form of a crystal; "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized")
       => crystalline (vs. noncrystalline) -- (consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; "granite is crystalline")


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