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

3 senses of ossify

Sense 1
ossify -- (become bony; "The tissue ossified")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Sense 2
rigidify, ossify, petrify -- (make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking")
       => stiffen -- (make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine")

Sense 3
ossify -- (cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Antonyms of adj ossified

1 sense of ossified

Sense 1
fossilized, fossilised, ossified -- (set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system")

INDIRECT (VIA inflexible) -> flexible -- (capable of being changed; "flexible schedules")

Similarity of adj ossified

1 sense of ossified

Sense 1
fossilized, fossilised, ossified -- (set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system")
       => inflexible (vs. flexible) -- (incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose")