Meanings
verburbanize (third-person singular simple present urbanizes, present participle urbanizing, simple past and past participle urbanized)
present singular third person urbanizes · participle present urbanizing · participle past urbanized · past urbanized · alternative urbanise
- To make something more urban in character.
- To take up an urban way of life.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbimpart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*werbʰ-
- Proto-Italic*worβis?
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰerdʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰórdʰosder.?
- Latinurbs
- Latinurbānus
- Middle Frenchurbain
- Latinurbānus
- Englishurban
- Englishurbanize
Translations
Bulgarian урбанизирам
- урбанизирам (urbaniziram)to take up an urban way of life
Catalan urbanitzar
- urbanitzarto make something more urban in character
Chinese Mandarin 城市化
- 城市化 (chéngshìhuà)to make something more urban in character
Finnish kaupunkimaistaa, kaupunkilaistua
- kaupunkimaistaato make something more urban in character
- kaupunkilaistuato take up an urban way of life
German urbanisieren
- urbanisierento make something more urban in character
Greek αστικοποιώ
- αστικοποιώ (astikopoió)to make something more urban in character
Hungarian urbanizál, városiasít
- urbanizálto make something more urban in character
- városiasítto make something more urban in character
- urbanizálódikto take up an urban way of life
- városiasodikto take up an urban way of life
Polish urbanizować, zurbanizować
- urbanizowaćto make something more urban in character
- zurbanizowaćto make something more urban in character
- stawać się mieszczuchemto take up an urban way of life
- stać się mieszczuchemto take up an urban way of life
Portuguese urbanizar, urbanizar-se
- urbanizarto make something more urban in character
- urbanizar-seto take up an urban way of life
Romanian urbaniza
- urbanizato make something more urban in character
Russian урбанизи́ровать
- урбанизи́ровать (urbanizírovatʹ)to make something more urban in character
Spanish urbanizar, urbanizarse
- urbanizarto make something more urban in character
- urbanizarseto take up an urban way of life
Ukrainian урбанізува́ти
- урбанізува́ти (urbanizuváty)to make something more urban in character
Cite this entry
APA
urbanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanize
MLA
“urbanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urbanize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urbanize.
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