Home › Words › Z › zoologizezoologizezoologize · verb — to study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom zoology + -ize.verbTo study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied.To discuss zoology.e.g.“The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors.” — 1866, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard, The Eclectic Magazine - Volume 4, page 188:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.entomologize 74% match — To collect specimens in the study of entomology. vs zoologize →zoologically 73% match — With regard to zoology. vs zoologize →zoographic 66% match — Of or pertaining to zoography. vs zoologize →zoölogy 65% match — Dated spelling of zoology. vs zoologize →zoographically 64% match — By means of or in terms of zoography. vs zoologize →zoogeological 64% match — Relating to zoogeology. vs zoologize →zoognosy 63% match — zoology vs zoologize →zoolike 63% match — Resembling or characteristic of a zoo. vs zoologize →