Sensitize (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Sensitise
• Sensify
• Sensibilize
• Sensibilise

Antonyms

• Desensitize

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Related Words

• Sensitization (noun)

Meaning ²

Make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Sensitise

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify

Related Words

• Sensitizer (noun)
• Sensitization (noun)

Meaning ³

Cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Sensitise

Antonyms

• Desensitize

Hyponyms

• Stir
• Photosensitise
• Excite

Meaning ⁴

Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Sensitise

Hypernyms

• Alter
• Modify