'assimilate' definitions:
Definition of 'assimilate'
From: WordNet
verb
Take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" [syn: absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in]
verb
Become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" [ant: dissimilate]
verb
Make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" [ant: dissimilate]
verb
Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution [syn: assimilate, imbibe]
verb
Become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant" [ant: dissimilate]
Synonyms of 'assimilate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- absorb,
- accommodate,
- accommodate with,
- accord,
- acculturate,
- acculturize,
- adapt,
- adapt to,
- add,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- admit,
- adopt,
- adsorb,
- affiliate,
- agree with,
- amalgamate,
- Americanize,
- analogize,
- Anglicize,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- appropriate,
- approximate,
- assimilate,
- assimilate to,
- attune,
- balance,
- be guided by,
- be with one,
- become,
- bend,
- bleed white,
- blend,
- blot,
- blot up,
- bring into analogy,
- bring into comparison,
- bring near,
- bring to,
- burn up,
- catch,
- catch on,
- change,
- change into,
- change over,
- chemisorb,
- chemosorb,
- chime in with,
- coalesce,
- combine,
- come together,
- compare,
- compare and contrast,
- compare with,
- complete,
- comply,
- comply with,
- compose,
- compound,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- conceive,
- confer citizenship,
- conform,
- confront,
- connaturalize,
- connect,
- consolidate,
- consume,
- contain,
- contrast,
- convert,
- coordinate,
- corner,
- correct,
- correspond,
- count in,
- counterpose,
- cover,
- cut to,
- damp,
- deplete,
- dig,
- digest,
- discipline,
- do over,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- draw a comparison,
- draw a parallel,
- drink,
- drink in,
- drink up,
- eat,
- eat up,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- engross,
- envisage,
- equalize,
- equilibrize,
- erode,
- espouse,
- even,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- fall in with,
- fathom,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- filter in,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fit,
- fix,
- flatten,
- flux,
- follow,
- fuse,
- gear to,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- go by,
- go native,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- grasp,
- harmonize,
- have,
- have it taped,
- hold,
- homogenize,
- homologate,
- homologize,
- imbibe,
- imbue,
- impoverish,
- include,
- incorporate,
- infiltrate,
- infuse,
- ingest,
- ingrain,
- inoculate,
- integrate,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- join,
- ken,
- key to,
- know,
- learn,
- leaven,
- level,
- liken,
- liken to,
- lump together,
- make,
- make conform,
- make one,
- make over,
- make plumb,
- make uniform,
- master,
- match,
- measure,
- measure against,
- meet,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- metabolize,
- metaphorize,
- mix,
- mold,
- monopolize,
- naturalize,
- normalize,
- number among,
- observe,
- occupy,
- oppose,
- osmose,
- paragon,
- parallel,
- percolate in,
- place against,
- predigest,
- proportion,
- put in tune,
- put together,
- read,
- realize,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- reconcile,
- reconvert,
- rectify,
- reduce to,
- reembody,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- relate,
- render,
- resolve into,
- reverse,
- right,
- roll into one,
- rub off corners,
- run a comparison,
- savvy,
- seep in,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- set,
- set in contrast,
- set in opposition,
- set off against,
- set over against,
- set right,
- settle,
- shade into,
- shape,
- shift,
- similarize,
- similize,
- slurp up,
- smooth,
- soak in,
- soak up,
- solidify,
- sorb,
- spend,
- sponge,
- squander,
- stabilize,
- standardize,
- stereotype,
- straighten,
- suck dry,
- suffuse,
- suit,
- swallow,
- swallow up,
- swill up,
- switch,
- switch over,
- symmetrize,
- sync,
- synchronize,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- synthesize,
- tailor,
- take,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- tally with,
- transform,
- trim to,
- true,
- true up,
- tune,
- turn back,
- turn into,
- understand,
- uniformize,
- unify,
- unite,
- use up,
- view together,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- weigh,
- weigh against,
- yield