Meanings
verbsubstantivise (third-person singular simple present substantivises, present participle substantivising, simple past and past participle substantivised)
present singular third person substantivises · participle present substantivising · participle past substantivised · past substantivised · alternative British English Oxford US substantivize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo use as or convert into a substantive (noun).
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Origin
From substantive (noun and adjective) + -ise.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian субстантивизи́рам
- субстантивизи́рам (substantivizíram)to convert into or use as a noun
Catalan substantivar
- substantivarto convert into or use as a noun
Chinese Mandarin 名詞化 /名词化
- 名詞化 /名词化 (míngcíhuà)to convert into or use as a noun
Czech substantizovat
- substantizovatto convert into or use as a noun
Danish substantivere
- substantivereto convert into or use as a noun
Dutch substantiveren
- substantiverento convert into or use as a noun
French substantiver
- substantiverto convert into or use as a noun
German substantivieren
- substantivierento convert into or use as a noun
Greek ουσιαστικοποιώ
- ουσιαστικοποιώ (ousiastikopoió)to convert into or use as a noun
Italian sostantivare
- sostantivareto convert into or use as a noun
Latvian substantivēt
- substantivētto convert into or use as a noun
Norwegian Bokmål substantivere
- substantivereto convert into or use as a noun
Polish substantywizować, zsubstantywizować
- substantywizowaćto convert into or use as a noun
- zsubstantywizowaćto convert into or use as a noun
Portuguese substantivar
- substantivarto convert into or use as a noun
Romanian substantiviza
- substantivizato convert into or use as a noun
Russian субстантиви́ровать
- субстантиви́ровать (substantivírovatʹ)to convert into or use as a noun
Slovak substantizovať
- substantizovaťto convert into or use as a noun
Spanish sustantivar, substantivar
- sustantivarto convert into or use as a noun
- substantivarto convert into or use as a noun
Swedish substantivera
- substantiverato convert into or use as a noun
Cite this entry
APA
substantivise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substantivise
MLA
“substantivise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substantivise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “substantivise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substantivise.
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