Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sensitizing

1 sense of sensitizing

Sense 1
sensitizing, sensitising, sensitization, sensitisation -- (rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections)
       => immunization, immunisation -- (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))

Antonyms of verb sensitize

2 of 4 senses of sensitize

Sense 1
sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise -- (make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs")
       Antonym of desensitize (Sense 2)
      => desensitize, desensitise -- (make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him")

Sense 2
sensitize, sensitise -- (cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine")
       Antonym of desensitize (Sense 1)
      => desensitize, desensitise -- (cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized")

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

4 senses of sensitize

Sense 1
sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise -- (make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs")
       => 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")

Sense 2
sensitize, sensitise -- (cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine")

Sense 3
sensitize, sensitise -- (make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen")
       => 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")

Sense 4
sensitize, sensitise -- (make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film")
       => 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 sensitizing

1 sense of sensitizing

Sense 1
sensitizing (vs. desensitizing), sensitising -- (making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli)

desensitizing (vs. sensitizing), desensitising -- (making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli)
        => numbing -- (causing numbness or insensitivity; "the numbing effect of grief")

Similarity of adj sensitizing

1 sense of sensitizing

Sense 1
sensitizing (vs. desensitizing), sensitising -- (making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli)