'Equalize' definitions:
Definition of 'equalize'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Equalize'
From: GCIDE
- Equalize \E"qual*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing.] [Cf. F. ['e]galiser.]
- 1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. [1913 Webster]
- One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers. --Whately. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal. [1913 Webster]
- Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. --Orrery. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'equalize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accord,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- align,
- assimilate,
- assimilate to,
- attune,
- balance,
- cancel,
- compensate,
- coordinate,
- counterbalance,
- counterpoise,
- countervail,
- cut to,
- dab,
- damp,
- drag,
- dress,
- dub,
- equal,
- equate,
- equilibrize,
- even,
- even up,
- fell,
- fit,
- fix,
- flatten,
- flush,
- gear to,
- grade,
- grease,
- harmonize,
- harrow,
- homogenize,
- homologate,
- homologize,
- integrate,
- key to,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay flat,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- lubricate,
- make plumb,
- make uniform,
- match,
- measure,
- mow,
- normalize,
- oil,
- plane,
- planish,
- plaster,
- poise,
- proportion,
- proportionate,
- put in tune,
- rase,
- raze,
- reconcile,
- rectify,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- right,
- roll,
- roll flat,
- set,
- set right,
- shave,
- similarize,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth out,
- smoothen,
- square,
- stabilize,
- standardize,
- steamroll,
- steamroller,
- stereotype,
- strike a balance,
- symmetrize,
- sync,
- synchronize,
- tailor,
- trim to,
- true,
- true up,
- tune,
- uniformize
Words containing 'Equalize'
- Equal,
- Equaled,
- Equaling,
- Equalities,
- Equality,
- Equalization,
- Equalized,
- Equalizer,
- Equalizing,
- Equalled,
- Equalling,
- Equally,
- Equalness,
- equal to,
- Confessional equality,
- Equal temperament,
- Equality, IL,
- Equalizing bar,
- at an equal rate,
- equal opportunity,
- equal sign,
- equality before the law,
- equality state,
- equalizing dividend,
- Equal decrement of life,
- congress of racial equality,
- equal protection of the laws,
- law of equal areas,
- equal-area projection,
- equal-area map projection