Definition for Fossilize:

• To be changed into a stony or fossil state.

Synonyms for Fossilize:

• n.

  •
  • carboniferous,
  • era.

• v.

  •harden (verb)
  • indurate,
  • buttress,
  • press,
  • thicken,
  • coagulate,
  • anneal,
  • fortify,
  • bake,
  • callous,
  • densify,
  • starch,
  • gird,
  • precipitate,
  • stiffen,
  • crystallize,
  • reinforce,
  • cake,
  • consolidate,
  • fix,
  • amalgamate,
  • congeal,
  • fossilize,
  • close,
  • toughen,
  • cement,
  • clot,
  • freeze,
  • brace,
  • contract,
  • settle,
  • strengthen,
  • nerve,
  • temper,
  • dry,
  • jell,
  • compact,
  • vitrify,
  • firm,
  • steel,
  • curdle,
  • calcify,
  • set.
  •petrify (verb)
  • clarify.
  •shrivel (verb)
  • mummy,
  • sear,
  • wither,
  • wilt,
  • dwindle,
  • stale,
  • wrinkle,
  • scorch,
  • welter,
  • parch,
  • shrink,
  • burn,
  • desiccate,
  • wizen.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • glacial,
  • prehistory,
  • prehistoric,
  • paleontology,
  • fossil,
  • neolithic,
  • fossilized,
  • ammonite,
  • primordial,
  • homo erectus,
  • Cro-Magnon man,
  • the Dreamtime,
  • Neanderthal Man,
  • the Cretaceous,
  • jurassic,
  • ice age,
  • paleolithic,
  • troglodyte,
  • caveman.
  •
  • missing link,
  • primeval,
  • neanderthal.
  •
  • primitive.
  •harden
  • Caked,
  • Calcified,
  • Starched,
  • curdled,
  • fossilizes,
  • calloused,
  • vitrified,
  • firming,
  • firmed,
  • callousing,
  • Calcifying,
  • Starching,
  • harden,
  • Caking,
  • callouses,
  • Fossilizing,
  • curdling.
  •shrivel
  • Mummying,
  • Weltering,
  • Mummies,
  • Mummied,
  • Weltered,
  • Staled,
  • stales,
  • Staling.

Antonyms for Fossilize:

• v.

  • harden
    liquefy, soften, melt.
  • shrivel
    expand, Unwrinkle, enlarge, grow.