Definitions For Rationalize
verb
- Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- Remove irrational quantities from
- Think rationally; employ logic or reason
- Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- Structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
- To think about or describe something (such as bad behavior) in a way that explains it and makes it seem proper, more attractive, etc.
- To find ways to make (something, such as an industry, a company, etc.) waste less time, effort, and money
Is Rationalize a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
22
The word Rationalize is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Rationalize in a Sentence
- She tried to rationalize her grandson's strange behavior by blaming it on the boy's father.
- He couldn't rationalize buying such an expensive car.
- She knows she shouldn't have done it—she's just trying to rationalize.