Neutralize

//ˈnjuːtɹəlaɪz//

Synonyms for "neutralize" (87 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

counteract abrogate absorb the shock annul balance break the fall bring to nothing buffer cancel cancel out come to nothing compensate compensate for conquer correct

Verb(3 words)

counteract assassinate baptize

Strong matches (26)

Related words (43)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

10 entries

alter cancel change demilitarise demilitarize kill modify offset set off weaken

Synonyms

2 entries

counteract secure

derived

18 entries

bioneutralize deneutralize electroneutralize gender-neutralize immunoneutralize immunoneutralized neutralizable neutralization neutralizer nonneutralizing overneutralize preneutralize reneutralize seroneutralize seroneutralizing subneutralizing

Showing 16 of 18 words.

derived from

1 entries

neutral

form of

1 entries

neutralise

has context

1 entries

american spelling

manner of

4 entries

change demilitarize kill weaken

Translations

51 translations across 35 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

asnjanësoj verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Armenian

1 entries

չեզոքացնել verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Asturian

1 entries

neutralizar verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Belarusian

1 entries

нейтралізава́ць verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Bulgarian

2 entries

неутрализирам verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
неутрализирам verb (To make chemically neutral)

Catalan

1 entries

neutralitzar verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

中和 verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
抵消 verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Danish

1 entries

neutralisere verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Dutch

1 entries

neutraliseren verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Esperanto

1 entries

neŭtraligi verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Finnish

2 entries

neutralisoida verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
neutraloida verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

French

2 entries

neutraliser verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
neutraliser verb (To make chemically neutral)

Galician

1 entries

neutralizar verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

German

1 entries

neutralisieren verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Greek

2 entries

εξουδετερώνω verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
εξουδετερώνω verb (To make chemically neutral)

Hebrew

3 entries

לְנַטְרֵל verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
לְנַטְרֵל verb (To make chemically neutral)
לְנַטְרֵל verb (To kill (euphemism))

Hungarian

2 entries

semlegesít verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
semlegesít verb (To make chemically neutral)

Interlingua

1 entries

neutralisar verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Irish

1 entries

neodraigh verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Italian

2 entries

neutralizzare verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
neutralizzare verb (To make chemically neutral)

Japanese

2 entries

中和する verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
相殺する verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Korean

1 entries

중화하다 verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Latvian

1 entries

neitralizēt verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Māori

4 entries

whakangoikore verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
whakangū verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
whakangū verb (To make chemically neutral)
whakaruhi verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

nøytralisere verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

nøytralisera verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
nøytralisere verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Polish

1 entries

neutralizować verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Portuguese

1 entries

neutralizar verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Romanian

1 entries

neutraliza verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Russian

1 entries

нейтрализова́ть verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Spanish

1 entries

neutralizar verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Swedish

1 entries

neutralisera verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Turkish

1 entries

etkisiz hale getirmek verb (To kill (euphemism))

Ukrainian

1 entries

нейтралізува́ти verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Vietnamese

3 entries

trung hòa verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)
trung hòa verb (To make chemically neutral)
trung lập hóa verb (to make even, inactive or ineffective)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Alkalis neutralize acids.

Source: tatoeba (326833)

In two years the world may have an automated system that could instantly discover and neutralize hackers’ attacks against government, corporate or private computers.

Source: tatoeba (11297955)

Flavio can try using antibiotics to neutralize the bacteria.

Source: tatoeba (11696954)

The antidote neutralised the toxin.

Source: wiktionary

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