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

1 sense of lexicalize

Sense 1
lexicalize, lexicalise -- (make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English")
       => give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate -- (put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees")