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Synonyms for baptize

6 synonyms
2 meanings

verb

Most common

christen wet bury

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Christen — to perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water

2. Bury — to extinguish the life of

bury, wet, juice up, wax

Definitions

v. 1
To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
v. 2
To extinguish the life of.

Related words

Word family: baptism baptistery
Other spellings: baptise UK

Forms

Past participle: baptized
e.g. baptized → christened, fulled, buried, wetted…

Example sentences

christen The priest will christen Mary's child.
wet Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
bury Gray squirrels bury nuts, but red squirrels don't.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
baptize		rising
christen		rising
wet		steady
bury		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: wet¹, wax¹
4 letters: full¹, bury²
8 letters: christen²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bury² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: baptiser
Italiano: battezzare
Español: bautizar
Deutsch: einweihen