Synonyms of the word

specialise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of specialize.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

differentiate

• v. (transitive) To show, or be the distinction between two things.
• v. (intransitive) To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To modify, or be modified.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
• v. (intransitive, biology) To produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions by a process of development…

dilate

• v. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on"…

elaborate

• adj. Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
• adj. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
• v. (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).

enlarge

• v. (transitive) To make larger.
• v. (transitive) To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to…
• v. (intransitive) To speak at length upon or on (some subject).
• v. (archaic) To release; to set at large.
• v. (nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
• v. (law) To extend the time allowed for compliance with (an order or rule).

evolve

• v. To move in regular procession through a system.
• v. (intransitive) To change; transform.
• v. To come into being; develop.
• v. (biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process…
• v. (chemistry) To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
• v. (transitive) To cause something to change or transform.

expand

• v. (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form and/or size to a larger one.
• v. (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
• v. (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
• v. (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent sum of terms.
• v. (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same…
• v. (intransitive) To (be) change(d) from a smaller form/size to a larger one.
• v. (intransitive) To (be) increase(d) in extent, number, volume or scope.
• v. (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
• v. (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.

expatiate

• v. (now rare) To range at large, or without restraint.
• v. To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion, to descant.
• v. (obsolete) To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.

exposit

• v. to expound.

expound

• v. (transitive) To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length.

lucubrate

• v. (rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night.
• v. To work or write like a scholar.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

narrow

• adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison…
• adj. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
• adj. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
• adj. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted.
• adj. Having a small margin or degree.
• adj. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened.
• adj. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
• adj. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
• adj. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate;…
• v. (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
• v. (intransitive) To get narrower.
• v. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait…

particularise

• v. Alternative spelling of particularize.

particularize

• v. (transitive) To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to…
• v. (intransitive) To differentiate, make distinct from others.

specialize

• v. To make distinct or separate, particularly.
• v. (intransitive) To become distinct or separate, particularly.

speciate

• v. (taxonomy) To form new biological species by the division of an existing one.

specify

• v. (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
• v. (transitive) To include in a specification.
• v. (transitive) To bring about a specific result.

vary

• v. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
• v. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
• v. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
• v. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
• v. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
• v. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key,…
• v. (obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
• n. (obsolete) alteration; change.

work

• n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
• n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
• n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
• n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
• n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
• n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
• v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
• v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
• v. (transitive) To set into action.
• v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
• v. (intransitive) To ferment.
• v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
• v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
• v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
• v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
• v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
• v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
• v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
• v. (transitive) To cause to work.
• v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
• v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
• v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
• v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.