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thesaurize

thesaurize verb: to hoard (typically treasure).

Verb

thesaurize (third-person singular simple present thesaurizes, present participle thesaurizing, simple past and past participle thesaurized)

  1. To hoard (typically treasure)
  2. To change out words in a sentence for more academic sounding ones without concern for their connotations or denotations

Forms of thesaurize

third-person singular presentthesaurizes
present participlethesaurizing
past participlethesaurized
pastthesaurized

Questions about thesaurize

What does thesaurize mean?
Thesaurize means to hoard (typically treasure).
What part of speech is thesaurize?
Thesaurize is a verb.
What is the past tense of thesaurize?
The past tense of thesaurize is thesaurized.

Words near thesaurize in the dictionary

  1. thesauri
  2. thesauric
  3. thesaurismosis
  4. thesaurismotic
  5. thesaurization
  6. thesaurize
  7. thesaurosis
  8. thesaurus
  9. thesauruses
  10. thesaurusi
  11. thesauruslike

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