Synonyms for particularize
Most common
detail distinguish specify differentiate set apart clarify severalize
All synonyms
Verb
1. Specify
specify, differentiate, detail, distinguish, designate, characterize, characterise UK, specialize UK US, specialise UK, individualize UK US, individualise UK, explicitize
Other
set apart, clarify, severalize, particulate dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
Related words
- Other spellings
- particularise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- particularized
e.g. particularized → specified, differentiated, detailed, distinguished…
Example sentences
- detail He described the accident in detail to the police.
- distinguish We cannot distinguish her from her younger sister.
- specify Please specify profit after taxes, amortisation, etc.
- differentiate We differentiate between living and dead objects.
- clarify Mary's analysis will help to clarify the problem.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| particularize | falling | |
| detail | steady | |
| distinguish | steady | |
| specify | steady | |
| differentiate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- detail2
- 7 letters
- clarify3, specify3
- 9 letters
- designate3
- 10 letters
- specialize3, specialise, severalize
- 11 letters
- distinguish3, particulate4, explicitize
- 12 letters
- characterize4, characterise
- 13 letters
- differentiate5, individualize6, individualise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (detail2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- particulariser