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stabilizer

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈsteɪbəlaɪzɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S T EY1 B AH0 L AY2 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any person or thing that brings stability.

Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any person or thing that brings stability.

An additional wheel on a bicycle to keep it upright to assist a learner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: training wheel

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any person or thing that brings stability.

A gyroscopically controlled fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship in rough seas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Any person or thing that brings stability.

An airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Any person or thing that brings stability.

A piece of backing fabric used in embroidery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles

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6

noun

Meaning 6

For a group operating on a set and an element x of the set, the set of all group elements fixing x.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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7

noun

Meaning 7

a device for making something stable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stabiliser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: device

Narrower terms: fin, gyrostabilizer, gyrostabiliser, outrigger, stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar

8

noun

Meaning 8

airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface

Narrower terms: horizontal tail, vertical stabilizer, vertical stabiliser, vertical fin, tail fin, tailfin

9

noun

Meaning 9

a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemical, chemical substance

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English stabilize English -er English stabilizer From stabilize + -er.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: стабилизатор (stabilizator) — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Catalan: estabilitzador — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Czech: stabilizátor — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Dutch: stabilisator — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Finnish: stabilointiaine — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Finnish: stabilaattori — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Finnish: vakaute — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • French: stabilisateur — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Galician: estabilizador — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • German: Stabilisator — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Greek: σταθεροποιητής (statheropoiitís) — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Irish: cobhsaitheoir — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Italian: stabilizzatore — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Kazakh: тұрақтандырғыш (tūraqtandyrğyş) — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Polish: stabilizator — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Portuguese: estabilizador — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Spanish: estabilizador — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Turkish: dengeleyici — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Turkish: stabilizatör — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Ukrainian: стабіліза́тор (stabilizátor) — substance added to something in order to stabilize it
  • Danish: støttehjul — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Finnish: apupyörät — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • French: roulettes — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Irish: cobhsaitheoir — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: støttehjul — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Portuguese: rodinha — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Swedish: stödhjul — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Turkish: denge tekeri — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Turkish: denge tekerleği — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Ukrainian: страхувальні колеса (straxuvalʹni kolesa) — training wheels on child's bicycle
  • Finnish: evävakain — fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship
  • Finnish: evävakaaja — fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship
  • Polish: stabilizator — fin or similar device that prevents the excess rolling of a ship
  • Bulgarian: стабилизатор (stabilizator) — airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
  • Finnish: vakain — airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
  • Finnish: vakaaja — airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
  • French: stabilisateur — airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
  • Kazakh: тұрақтандырғыш (tūraqtandyrğyş) — airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krengningsstabilisator — airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
  • Tamil: நிலைப்படுத்தி (nilaippaṭutti) — airfoil that stabilizes the flight of an aircraft or missile
  • Finnish: stabilisaattori — set of group elements fixing an element of a set operated on by the group
  • German: Stabilisator — set of group elements fixing an element of a set operated on by the group
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