verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To bring (a private entity, or a decentralized entity) under government control; to nationalize. US, transitive

Antonyms

All antonyms

privatize

Etymology

From governmental + -ize.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.