Home › Words › O › oligopolizeoligopolizeoligopolize means to convert a market into an oligopoly.EtymologyFrom oligopoly + -ize.verbTo convert a market into an oligopoly.e.g.“Also, another reason to oligopolize is uncertainity^([sic]) of world economy because of value of the US high dollar.” — 1987, United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth, United States-Japanese Trade in Semiconductors: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on TrDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.oligarchise 74% match — To make oligarchic. vs oligopolize →oligarchize 73% match — To make (a political system) oligarchic. vs oligopolize →oligopolistic 62% match — Having the character of, or dominated by, an oligopoly vs oligopolize →marketize 61% match — To convert to management by open-market principles. vs oligopolize →unmonopolize 61% match — To remove a monopoly of. vs oligopolize →demonopolize 60% match — To break up (a monopoly), sometimes by privatizing a previously nationalized industry. vs oligopolize →deoligarchization 58% match — The act or process of reversing oligarchization, that is, the act or process of democratization by lessening the political power of oligarchs or removing them from influential positions. vs oligopolize →cartelize 57% match — Of an industry, to be subjected to the control of a cartel. vs oligopolize →