rationalize
rationalize is a 11-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.
- transitive verb. To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.
- transitive verb. To form a rational conception of.
- transitive verb. To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.
- intransitive verb. To use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism.
- verb. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
- verb. remove irrational quantities from
"This function can be rationalized"
- verb. think rationally; employ logic or reason
"When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
- verb. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"
"he rationalized his lack of success"
- verb. structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
"We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
Synonyms
cut, prune, rationalise, apologise, apologize, excuse, justify
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rationalize:
Common word forms
rationalized, rationalizer, rationalizes, rationalizing
Words from these letters
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