Home › Words › S › specificizespecificizespecificize means to make specific.EtymologyFrom specific + -ize.verbTo make specific.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.specialize 72% match — To make distinct or separate from what is common; To go into specific details. vs specificize →specificate 71% match — To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify. vs specificize →specifying 71% match — The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly. vs specificize →spec 70% match — To specify, especially in a formal specification document. vs specificize →particularize 70% match — To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out. vs specificize →specificatively 69% match — In a specificative manner. vs specificize →underspecify 68% match — To give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information; to specify incompletely. vs specificize →overspecify 68% match — To specify in excessive detail. vs specificize →