equalizer

noun

equal·​iz·​er ˈē-kwə-ˌlī-zər 

: one that equalizes: such as

a

: a score that ties a game

b

: an electronic device (as in a sound-reproducing system) used to adjust response to different audio frequencies

Examples of equalizer in a Sentence

He scored the equalizer in the 60th minute.

Recent Examples on the Web

Thielbar calls his slider an equalizer. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

Levi’s jeans are fashion’s great equalizers — worn by the Hadid sisters, Anne Hathaway, David Beckham, and your next-door neighbor. —Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2025

While once heralded as the great equalizer, technology has also in many instances in recent times been dilutive in its latest role as the great commoditizer. —Billee Howard, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025

There are now six genre presets as well as manual adjustment via the seven-band equalizer - the default setting is the flat preset. —New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing equalizer

• graphic equalizer

Rhymes for equalizer

• advertiser
• analyser
• analyzer
• appetizer
• atomizer
• breathalyzer
• colonizer
• crystallizer
• digitizer
• fertilizer
• localizer
• merchandiser