Home › Words › Y › yankeeizeyankeeizeyankeeize means to make Yankee.EtymologyFrom Yankee + -ize.verbTo make Yankee.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.yankeeization 86% match — The process of Yankeeizing. vs yankeeize →yankeefy 85% match — To make Yankee. vs yankeeize →yankeeism 69% match — An American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism. vs yankeeize →yankeeness 68% match — The quality of being Yankee. vs yankeeize →yiddishize 67% match — To make more Yiddish or Yiddishist. vs yankeeize →americanize 65% match — To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America. vs yankeeize →texanize 64% match — To make Texan. vs yankeeize →yankeedom 63% match — The region inhabited by Yankees. vs yankeeize →