immobilize

The word “immobilize” has 4 syllables: im-mo-bi-lize

It's pronounced as /ɪˈmoʊ.bɪˌlaɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for immobilize?

In the thesaurus, “immobilize” has 74 synonyms and 43 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for immobilize along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for immobilize

  • action
  • attenuate
  • batter
  • bind
  • blunt
  • bring to a screeching halt
  • clog
  • confine
  • cripple
  • curb
  • damage
  • debilitate
  • delay
  • disable
  • disarm
  • disenable
  • disqualify
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • entrammel
  • exhaust
  • fetter
  • hamstring
  • harm
  • hobble
  • hock
  • hog-tie
  • hogtie
  • hold
  • hurt
  • idle
  • impair
  • incapacitate
  • invalidate
  • kibosh
  • knock out
  • lame
  • leash
  • limit
  • lock up
  • maim
  • mangle
  • mar
  • mutilate
  • muzzle
  • obstruct
  • paralyze
  • pinion
  • prostrate
  • put out of action
  • render incapable
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • ruin
  • sabotage
  • sap
  • shackle
  • shatter
  • shoot down
  • spoil
  • stop
  • take out
  • throw monkey wrench in
  • tie up
  • tire
  • total
  • trammel
  • unbrace
  • undercut
  • undermine
  • unfit
  • unstrengthen
  • weaken
  • wreck

Antonyms for immobilize

  • advance
  • aid
  • allow
  • animate
  • assist
  • assuage
  • benefit
  • build
  • cure
  • empower
  • encourage
  • energize
  • fix
  • fortify
  • free
  • freshen
  • galvanize
  • grow
  • heal
  • help
  • improve
  • increase
  • invigorate
  • let go
  • loose
  • loosen
  • mend
  • mobilize
  • permit
  • please
  • refresh
  • refreshen
  • regenerate
  • rejuvenate
  • release
  • repair
  • restore
  • revitalize
  • revive
  • soothe
  • strengthen
  • support
  • vitalize

Meanings of immobilize

  • verb
    1. To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
    2. To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it.

Example Sentences

  • The doctor needed to immobilize the patient’s broken leg to prevent further injury.
  • The new policy aims to immobilize resources effectively to address urgent needs.
  • In the event of an accident, it’s crucial to immobilize the victim until professional help arrives.
  • The company’s strict regulations seemed to immobilize innovation and creativity within the team.
  • The heavy snowfall can immobilize vehicles, causing delays and disruptions on the roads.

On this page you'll find 117 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to immobilize, such as: action, advance, aid, allow, animate, assist, assuage.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fagged

  • all in
  • annoyed
  • ashen
  • asleep
  • attacked
  • banged away
  • beat
  • been around
  • blah
  • bleary
  • blown
  • bone-tired
  • bored
  • bowed low
  • broke
  • broken-down
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • bushed
  • bust
  • busted
  • careworn
  • collapsing
  • consumed
  • cool
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • debilitated
  • dejected
  • depleted
  • depressed
  • did in
  • did up
  • disarmed
  • disbursed
  • discontented
  • disgusted
  • dissipated
  • distressed
  • dog-tired
  • done
  • done for
  • done in
  • done it all
  • down the drain
  • drained
  • drawn
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • drove
  • drowned
  • drowsy
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • dulled
  • effete
  • eked out
  • emaciated
  • empty
  • endeavored
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • essayed
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • faded
  • faint
  • far-gone
  • fatigued
  • fed up
  • finished
  • flagging
  • frazzled
  • fretted
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • grubbed
  • had it
  • haggard
  • harassed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • immobilized
  • impatient
  • incapacitated
  • inconsolable
  • indifferent
  • irked
  • irritated
  • jaded
  • killed
  • knocked out
  • knocked over
  • knuckled down
  • labored
  • lank
  • lean
  • limp
  • lost
  • moiled
  • narcoleptic
  • obedient
  • on last leg
  • out of gas
  • outwore
  • overcome
  • overexerted
  • overtaxed
  • overworked
  • pale
  • pallid
  • paralyzed
  • petered out
  • pinched
  • pitched in
  • played-out
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • pooped
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • punchy
  • put out
  • ready to drop
  • run down
  • sapped
  • sated
  • satiated
  • scrabbled
  • scraggy
  • scratched
  • scrawny
  • shattered
  • shot
  • shrunken
  • sick and tired
  • sick of
  • skinny
  • slaved
  • sleepy
  • slogged
  • spare
  • spent
  • stale
  • starved
  • strained
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • surfeited
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • taxed
  • thin
  • thrown away
  • tired
  • tired-out
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tuckered
  • tuckered out
  • tugged
  • up to here
  • used
  • used-up
  • waded
  • wan
  • washed out
  • washed-out
  • washed-up
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • weary
  • wiped-out
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • worked
  • worn
  • worn-down
  • worn-out
  • wrinkled
  • wrought
  • zonked

halt

  • Mexican standoff
  • abate
  • abeyance
  • abolish
  • abort
  • adjourn
  • ailing
  • annul
  • arrest
  • arrestment
  • back down
  • baffle
  • balance
  • balk
  • bar
  • be defective
  • bind
  • bite the dust
  • blind
  • block
  • blockade
  • blow the whistle on
  • blunder
  • bottleneck
  • brake
  • break
  • break down
  • break off
  • break up
  • breakoff
  • bring to an end
  • bring to standstill
  • bring up
  • call
  • call it a day
  • can
  • catch
  • cease
  • cessation
  • challenged
  • check
  • choke off
  • clamp down
  • clog
  • close
  • close down
  • closedown
  • closure
  • come to an end
  • complete
  • conclude
  • conclusion
  • consider
  • cool it
  • corner
  • curb
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • cut short
  • cutoff
  • dally
  • dam
  • dawdle
  • deactivate
  • dead end
  • dead-end
  • deadlock
  • deaf
  • debate
  • delay
  • deliberate
  • demolish
  • desist
  • destroy
  • detain
  • deter
  • determine
  • die
  • differently abled
  • difficulty
  • dilemma
  • disabled
  • discontinuance
  • discontinuation
  • discontinue
  • diseased
  • dissolve
  • dither
  • dodder
  • draw up
  • drop
  • drop anchor
  • elapse
  • end
  • ending
  • equivocate
  • exceptional
  • expiration
  • expire
  • falter
  • fetch up
  • finish
  • fix
  • flounder
  • freeze
  • frustrate
  • give over
  • go
  • gridlock
  • grinding halt
  • hamper
  • hang back
  • hard of hearing
  • have done with
  • haw
  • hedge
  • hem
  • hesitate
  • hinder
  • hitch
  • hobble
  • hold
  • hold at bay
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • hole
  • ill
  • immobile
  • immobilized
  • impaired
  • impasse
  • impede
  • incapacitated
  • intermit
  • interrupt
  • interruption
  • jam
  • kibosh
  • kill
  • knock off
  • lame
  • lapse
  • lay off
  • layoff
  • leave off
  • let up
  • letup
  • limp
  • linger
  • logjam
  • lurch
  • mop-up
  • morass
  • moratorium
  • mute
  • obstruct
  • offset
  • oscillate
  • paralyzed
  • pass
  • pause
  • phaseout
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • plight
  • ponder
  • postponement
  • predicament
  • problem
  • procrastinate
  • pull up
  • punctuate
  • pussyfoot
  • put a cork in
  • put the kibosh on
  • quadriplegic
  • quagmire
  • quandary
  • quit
  • repress
  • rest
  • ruin
  • screaming halt
  • screeching halt
  • scruple
  • scuttle
  • shamble
  • shilly-shally
  • shuffle
  • shut off
  • shutdown
  • shutoff
  • sick
  • snag
  • snuff
  • special-needs
  • spot
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stagger
  • stalemate
  • stall
  • stammer
  • stamp
  • stanch
  • stand
  • stand still
  • standoff
  • standstill
  • staunch
  • stay
  • stem
  • still
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • stumble
  • stunt
  • suppress
  • surcease
  • suspend
  • suspension
  • sway
  • teeter
  • terminate
  • termination
  • totter
  • turn back
  • unfit
  • unhealthy
  • unsound
  • unwell
  • vacillate
  • wabble
  • waffle
  • wait
  • waver
  • weigh
  • whiffle
  • wiggle-waggle
  • wind down
  • wind up
  • wobble

hamstring

hamstrings

hamstrung

  • abortive
  • attenuated
  • bedridden
  • bootless
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • counterproductive
  • crippled
  • debilitated
  • disabled
  • disconnected
  • down
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • faulty
  • feckless
  • feeble
  • frail
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • game
  • handcuffed
  • helpless
  • high and dry
  • hobbled
  • hog-tied
  • housebound
  • immobilized
  • impaired
  • impotent
  • impuissant
  • in disrepair
  • incapable
  • incapacitated
  • incompetent
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inefficacious
  • inefficient
  • inept
  • inexpedient
  • infirm
  • inoperative
  • jammed
  • knocked out
  • lamed
  • limited
  • maimed
  • malfunctioning
  • mutilated
  • nonproductive
  • on the fritz
  • out of order
  • out of service
  • paralytic
  • paralyzed
  • passive
  • pointless
  • powerless
  • profitless
  • prostrated
  • restricted
  • sapped
  • spineless
  • supine
  • tired
  • unaggressive
  • unavailing
  • undercut
  • undermined
  • unfit
  • unproductive
  • unprofitable
  • unsuccessful
  • useless
  • weak
  • weakened
  • worthless
  • wrecked

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