stabilize
Bring to equilibrium
Stabilize means to make or become stable—to steady something that was fluctuating, wavering, or at risk of collapse.
Doctors work to stabilize patients in critical condition.
Governments stabilize currencies.
A relationship stabilizes after a rocky period.
The word implies bringing something to a state of equilibrium where it can hold its position: Her condition has stabilized.
Device providing structural stability
- reinforceAdd strength to something
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- secureProtected from harm
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
shore · scaffold · support · bolster · fortify · underpin · foundation · framework
State of balance
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- equalizeMake uniform or balanced
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
center · calibrate · adjust · distribute · alignment · poise · symmetry · proportion
Free from agitation
- sootheGently ease discomfort
- composeCreate or arrange
- settleReach final terms
- reassureEase someone's doubts
ground · steady · regulate · center · decompress · collect · pacify · placate
Control by rules
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- manageDirect or handle successfully
- controlAuthority to direct
normalize · dosage · medication · therapy · insulin · vitals · defibrillator · IV
Cancel an effect
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- emulsifyDisperse one liquid throughout another
- catalyzeAccelerate a process
- pHMeasure of solution acidity
reagent · preservative · additive · suspension · solution · compound · inert · reaction
Keep in condition
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
- unchangingNot varying at all
fixed · reliable · dependable · persistent · regular · invariable · unwavering · unvarying
brace
Device providing structural stability
buttress · shore · scaffold · support · bolster · fortify · underpin · foundation · framework · girder
equilibrium
State of balance
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- equalizeMake uniform or balanced
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
steady · center · calibrate · adjust · distribute · alignment · poise · symmetry · proportion · homeostasis
calm
Free from agitation
reassure · ground · steady · regulate · center · decompress · collect · pacify · placate · mollify
regulate
Control by rules
control · normalize · dosage · medication · therapy · insulin · vitals · defibrillator · IV · triage
neutralize
Cancel an effect
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- emulsifyDisperse one liquid throughout another
- catalyzeAccelerate a process
pH · reagent · preservative · additive · suspension · solution · compound · inert · reaction · precipitate
maintain
Keep in condition
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- consistentNot varying or contradicting
unchanging · fixed · reliable · dependable · persistent · regular · invariable · unwavering · unvarying · plateau
regulate
Control by rules
- interveneCome between opposing sides
- subsidizeProvide financial assistance
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
stimulus · inflation · deflation · currency · market · prices · interest · monetary · fiscal · austerity
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
- calmingcalm, calm down, soothe, relax, pacify
- camera actionsshoot, capture, photograph, focus, expose
- strengthenstrengthen, reinforce, fortify, bolster, toughen
- balance verbsbalance, equilibrate, steady, counterbalance, equalize
- settle downcalm down, relax, chill out, cool off, simmer down
stabilizedestabilize
Make unsteady or insecure
destabilise · unsettle · shake · upset · rock
stabilizeweaken
Reduce in strength
undermine · compromise · erode · deteriorate · impair
- mood stabilizerDrug regulating emotional fluctuations
- emotional stabilityResilient, even-keeled temperament
- global stabilityBalanced international conditions
- rent stabilizationLaws limiting lease increases
- financial stabilitySound economic standing
- political stabilityEnduring, predictable state authority
stability, instability, stabilizer, stabilizing, destabilize, stabilized, stabilization, stabilizers, stabilizes