Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb generalise
4 senses of generalise
Sense 1
generalize, generalise -- (speak or write in generalities)
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")
Sense 2
generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer -- (draw from specific cases for more general cases)
=> reason, reason out, conclude -- (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house")
Sense 3
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise -- (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors")
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around -- (cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news")
Sense 4
generalize, generalise -- (become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system")
=> spread, distribute -- (distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country")
Antonyms of adj generalised
1 sense of generalised
Sense 1
generalized, generalised -- (not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal")
INDIRECT (VIA unspecialized) -> specialized, specialised -- (developed or designed for a special activity or function; "a specialized tool")
Similarity of adj generalised
1 sense of generalised
Sense 1
generalized, generalised -- (not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal")
=> unspecialized (vs. specialized), unspecialised -- (not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function)