The news will definitely galvanize the public into protesting the matter.
Source: tatoeba (6759735)
Galvanize
//ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z//
Synonyms for "galvanize" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Verb(18 words)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
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7 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- галванизирам verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- оживя verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- оживявам verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- поцинковам verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
Catalan
3 entries- galvanitzar verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanitzar verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- galvanitzar verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 鍍鋅 /镀锌 verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- 電鍍 /电镀 verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
Czech
1 entries- galvanizovat verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
Danish
3 entries- forzinke verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanisere verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanisere verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
Dutch
3 entries- galvaniseren verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- verzinken verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- verzinken verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
Esperanto
3 entries- galvanizi verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanizi verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- galvanizi verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
Estonian
3 entries- galvaniseerima verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvaniseerima verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- galvaniseerima verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
Faroese
1 entries- málmklæða verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
Finnish
3 entries- galvanoida verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanoida verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- sähköistää verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
French
3 entries- galvaniser verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvaniser verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- galvaniser verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
Georgian
4 entries- გალვანიზება verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- გამოცოცხლება verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- მოტივირება verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- წახალისება verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
German
4 entries- aufrütteln verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- aufschrecken verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- beleben verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- einen Impuls setzen verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
Greek
3 entries- γαλβανίζω verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- γαλβανίζω verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- ξεσηκώνω verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
Italian
4 entries- elettrizzare verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- galvanizzare verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanizzare verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- galvanizzare verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
Japanese
1 entries- 活性化する verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forsinke verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- forsinka verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- forsinke verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
Portuguese
2 entries- galvanizar verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanizar verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
Russian
4 entries- гальванизи́ровать verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
- оживи́ть verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- оживля́ть verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- оцинко́вывать verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
Spanish
4 entries- asustar verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- espabilar verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- estimular verb (to shock or stimulate into sudden activity)
- galvanizar verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
Swedish
2 entries- galvanisera verb (to coat with rust-resistant zinc)
- galvanisera verb (to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
It is a lost river; and it is still a common thing to see a brown, lifeless, floating log suddenly flash, strike, and galvanize into a diving alligator.
Source: tatoeba (11912646)
We then galvanize the steel so that the zinc coating will sacrificially take the corrosion for many years.
Source: wiktionary
The girl’s picture helped galvanize public opinion against the administration’s policy.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.