Meanings
verbstabilize (third-person singular simple present stabilizes, present participle stabilizing, simple past and past participle stabilized)
present singular third person stabilizes · participle present stabilizing · participle past stabilized · past stabilized · alternative UK stabilise
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
Similar
Opposite
verbsupport or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Proto-Italic*staðlis?
- Latinstabili
- Old Frenchestable
- Anglo-Normanstabe
- Middle Englishstable
- Englishstable
- Englishstabilize
Translations
Bulgarian стабилизи́рам, стабилизи́рам се
- стабилизи́рам (stabilizíram)to make stable
- стабилизи́рам се (stabilizíram se)to become stable
Catalan estabilitzar, estabilitzar-se
- estabilitzarto make stable
- estabilitzar-seto become stable
Czech stabilizovat
- stabilizovatto make stable
Esperanto stabiligi
- stabiligito make stable
Finnish vakauttaa
- vakauttaato make stable
French stabiliser, se stabiliser
- stabiliserto make stable
- se stabiliserto become stable
German stabilisieren, sich stabilisieren
- stabilisierento make stable
- sich stabilisierento become stable
Greek σταθεροποιώ
- σταθεροποιώ (statheropoió)to make stable
Hungarian stabilizál, stabilizálódik
- stabilizálto make stable
- stabilizálódikto become stable
Indonesian menstabilkan
- menstabilkanto make stable
Irish cobhsaigh, cobhsaigh
- cobhsaighto make stable
- cobhsaighto become stable
Latin stabiliō
- stabiliōto make stable
Malay menstabilkan
- menstabilkanto make stable
Māori whakamatua, tauta
- whakamatuato make stable
- tautato make stable
- whakawhenato make stable
- whakapūmauto make stable
- whakawhenato become stable
Polish stabilizować
- stabilizowaćto make stable
Portuguese estabilizar, estabilizar-se
- estabilizarto make stable
- estabilizar-seto become stable
Romanian stabiliza, stabiliza
- stabilizato make stable
- stabilizato become stable
Russian стабилизи́ровать, стабилизи́роваться
- стабилизи́ровать (stabilizírovatʹ)to make stable
- стабилизи́роваться (stabilizírovatʹsja)to become stable
Spanish estabilizar, estabilizarse
- estabilizarto make stable
- estabilizarseto become stable
Swahili imarisha, imarisha
- imarishato make stable
- imarishato become stable
Turkish stabilize etmek, stabilize olmak
- stabilize etmekto make stable
- stabilize olmakto become stable
- stabilleşmekto become stable
Ukrainian стабілізува́ти, стабілізува́тися
- стабілізува́ти (stabilizuváty)to make stable
- стабілізува́тися (stabilizuvátysja)to become stable
Cite this entry
APA
stabilize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilize
MLA
“stabilize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stabilize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabilize.
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