Meanings
present singular third person customizes · participle present customizing · participle past customized · past customized · alternative UK customise
- To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
High-priced lattes and customized drinks helped lift the coffee chain’s US sales in the quarter ending on October 1, the company said Thursday.
2023 November 2, Danielle Wiener-Bronner, “Starbucks is leaning into its sugary concoctions to boost the business”, in CNN Business
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From custom + -ize. First attested in 1934 in American English.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian изработвам по поръчка, приспособявам според потребностите си
- изработвам по поръчкаalter according to preferences
- приспособявам според потребностите си (prisposobjavam spored potrebnostite si)alter according to preferences
Chinese Mandarin 定制, 定做
- 定制 (dìngzhì)alter according to preferences
- 定做 (dìngzuò)alter according to preferences
- 客製化 /客制化 (kèzhìhuà)alter according to preferences
- 自定義 /自定义 (zìdìngyì)alter according to preferences
Czech přizpůsobit
- přizpůsobitalter according to preferences
Danish skræddersy, specialbygge
- skræddersyalter according to preferences
- specialbyggealter according to preferences
Esperanto agordi
- agordialter according to preferences
Estonian kohandama, isiksustama
- kohandamaalter according to preferences
- isiksustamaalter according to preferences
Finnish mukauttaa, muuttaa toiveiden mukaiseksi
- mukauttaaalter according to preferences
- muuttaa toiveiden mukaiseksialter according to preferences
- kustomoidaalter according to preferences
French personnaliser
- personnaliseralter according to preferences
German speziell anfertigen, personalisieren
- speziell anfertigenalter according to preferences
- personalisierenalter according to preferences
- anpassenalter according to preferences
Hungarian testre szab
- testre szabalter according to preferences
Indonesian menyesuaikan
- menyesuaikanalter according to preferences
Italian customizzare, personalizzare
- customizzarealter according to preferences
- personalizzarealter according to preferences
Japanese カスタマイズする
- カスタマイズする (kasutamaizu-suru)alter according to preferences
Lithuanian pritaikymas individualiam vartojimui
- pritaikymas individualiam vartojimuialter according to preferences
Māori whakawhaiaro
- whakawhaiaroalter according to preferences
Persian سفاریستن
- سفاریستنalter according to preferences
Polish dostosowywać, personalizować
- dostosowywaćalter according to preferences
- personalizowaćalter according to preferences
Portuguese personalizar, customizar
- personalizaralter according to preferences
- customizaralter according to preferences
Russian модифици́ровать
- модифици́ровать (modificírovatʹ)alter according to preferences
Spanish entallar, customizar
- entallaralter according to preferences
- customizaralter according to preferences
- confeccionar a la medidaalter according to preferences
- costumizaralter according to preferences
Swedish anpassa, skräddarsy
- anpassaalter according to preferences
- skräddarsyalter according to preferences
Tagalog ipasadya
- ipasadyaalter according to preferences
Yiddish אינדיווידואַליזירן
- אינדיווידואַליזירן (individualizirn)alter according to preferences
Cite this entry
customize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/customize
“customize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/customize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “customize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/customize.
Source: customize on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.