vverb.changemake stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibriumSynset:stabilise stabilize
Examples:- The drug stabilized her blood pressure
- stabilize prices
Antonyms:destabilizedestabilise
Derivationally Related Form:stabilizerstabilisationstabiliserstabilization
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:stabilizechange
Direct Hyponyms:peg
Full Troponyms:peg
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactsupport or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a braceSynset:brace stabilise stabilize steady
Examples:- brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel
Derivationally Related Form:stabilizationbrace
Hypernyms:beef up fortify strengthen
Inherited Hypernyms:bracestrengthenchange
Direct Hyponyms:ballastguy
Full Troponyms:ballastguy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome stable or more stableSynset:stabilise stabilize
Antonyms:destabilizedestabilise
Derivationally Related Form:stabilisation
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:stabilizechange
Direct Hyponyms:becalmcalmrootsettlesettle downsteadysteady downtake root
Full Troponyms:roostsettlesteady
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
adj satadj.allcausing to become stableSynset:stabilising
Examples:- the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society
Antonyms:unhelpful
Inherited Hypernyms:stabilizing
Similar to:helpful