subtilize

subtilize is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 23 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
2. transitive verb. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.
3. intransitive verb. To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.
4. verb. make (senses) more keen

   Synonyms: subtilise

5. verb. make more subtle or refined

   Synonyms: rarefy, sublimate

6. verb. mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

Synonyms

subtilise, rarefy, sublimate

Common word forms

subtilized, subtilizer, subtilizing

Words from these letters

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