Synonyms for bastardize
All synonyms
Verb
1. Corrupt — to reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased…
corrupt, dilute, butcher, alloy, debase, sophisticate, mongrelize, mongrelise UK, adulterize, adulterise UK, adulterate formal dated, adulter dated rare, abase dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
Related words
- Other spellings
- bastardise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- bastardized
e.g. bastardized → corrupted, diluted, butchered, alloyed…
Example sentences
- butcher I have to go to the butcher shop to buy some meat.
- alloy Electrum is a natural alloy of gold and silver.
- dilute Can I use this solvent to dilute my sample?
- debase You will debase yourself with such behavior.
By length
- 5 letters
- alloy2, abase
- 6 letters
- dilute2, debase2
- 7 letters
- corrupt2, butcher2, adulter
- 10 letters
- adulterate4, mongrelize, mongrelise, adulterize, adulterise
- 12 letters
- sophisticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alloy2 = 2 syllables).