1
[ adjective ] causing to become stable

Synonyms

stabilising

Examples

"the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society"

Related terms

helpful

2
[ adjective ] causing to become stable

Examples

"the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Religion usually exercises a stabilizing conserving function .

Related terms

helpful

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Rhymes with

immobilizing symbolizing crystallizing moralizing demoralizing tranquilizing centralizing socializing tantalizing decentralizing revitalizing unappetizing patronizing desensitizing compromising ionizing emphasizing maximizing sanitizing galvanizing antagonizing publicizing uncompromising agonizing merchandising energizing appetizing self-aggrandizing downsizing uprising surprising buzzing supervising mesmerizing exercising modernizing advertising sizing losing rising enterprising comprising opposing appeasing amazing zing browsing blazing devising revising causing unsurprising revising surprising accusing cleansing boozing housing rousing decomposing composing appraising amusing closing carousing warehousing oozing easing pleasing bruising enclosing disclosing using confusing posing teasing seizing wheezing dozing raising razing grazing squeezing phrasing sneezing praising wheezing musing freezing defusing diffusing imposing perusing

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

stabilising stabilize stabilizer stabilized stabilization Stablein stability stabilise stabilisation stabiliser stabilised stabilizer_bar stabling stifling

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