Synonyms for utilize
ˈyut lˌaɪzuti·lize

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1. utilize

   Synonyms:
   localize, economize, husband

   Antonyms:
   dissipate, waste, squander, sacrifice, lose

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1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb

   put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

   "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, use, practice, give, hold, utilise, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, go for, apply, habituate

2. utilizeverb

   convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

   Synonyms:
   apply, use, employ, utilise

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1. utilizeverb

   Synonyms:
   put to use, make use of, make useful, turn to account, take advantage of

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1. utilizeverb

   Synonyms:
   use, employ, exploit

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1. List of paraphrases for "utilize":

   use, used, using, uses, utilization, utilizing, exploit

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1. Scott Pace:

   This is not a crude race to plant a flag, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 says space is the province of all mankind. China has a right to explore and utilize space. I just don't want them there without us.

2. William A. Smith:

   Engineering is the science of economy, of conserving the energy, kinetic and potential, provided and stored up by nature for the use of man. It is the business of engineering to utilize this energy to the best advantage, so that there may be the least possible waste.

3. Eran Elinav:

   Measuring such a large cohort without any prejudice really enlightened us on how inaccurate we all were about one of the most basic concepts of our existence, which is what we eat and how we integrate nutrition into our daily life, in contrast to our current practices, tailoring diets to the individual may allow us to utilize nutrition as means of controlling elevated blood sugar levels and its associated medical conditions.

4. Tommy Potter:

   The production company that has been working with us for Discovery has been very good about letting us do our job, so if it means having to put information out there for the public, utilize our crime lines here in the area — they want us to do that. They understand the investigation is first and foremost. That’s the priority. Then everything else is secondary to that.

5. Ian Davies:

   People use water on board for flushing toilets and washing their hands. We said,' if there's a way we can utilize( the water byproduct from the cells), let's do it.' We're looking at a no-waste solution.