Synonyms of crystallize

crystallize

verb

ˈkri-stə-ˌlīz 

variants also crystalize

as in to form

to take on a definite form

after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize

Synonyms & Similar Words

• form
• solidify
• shape (up)
• connect
• jell
• coalesce
• cohere
• combine
• join
• unite
• fuse
• unify
• couple
• associate
• link (up)
• conjugate
• conjoin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• break down
• decay
• decompose
• disintegrate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crystallize

If your honey has started to crystallize or harden, there’s no need to be alarmed. — Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026

That brittleness, though, is exactly what has made Criston’s turn toward nihilism at the end of the second season, and now crystallized in episode five, so gratifying. — The Editors, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Whitehead, meanwhile, crystalizes his sense of what makes the city run, where Carney fits in, and how the straight and crooked worlds are entwined in one strange ecosystem with laws that only the lawless can enforce. — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

According to interviews with Hooper, the concept for the film crystallized for him after a Christmastime visit to a Montgomery Ward department store. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026