'Socialize' definitions:
Definition of 'socialize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Take part in social activities; interact with others; "He never socializes with his colleagues"; "The old man hates to socialize" [syn: socialize, socialise]
verb
Train for a social environment; "The children must be properly socialized" [syn: socialize, socialise]
verb
Prepare for social life; "Children have to be socialized in school" [syn: socialize, socialise]
verb
Make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!" [syn: socialize, socialise]
Definition of 'Socialize'
From: GCIDE
- Socialize \So"cial*ize\, v. t.
- 1. To render social. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To subject to, or regulate by, socialism. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'socialize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acculturate,
- advance,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- annex,
- associate,
- attach,
- better,
- boost,
- bring forward,
- civilize,
- collectivize,
- commandeer,
- communalize,
- communize,
- confiscate,
- democratize,
- distrain,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- emend,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- expropriate,
- fatten,
- favor,
- forward,
- foster,
- fraternize,
- garnish,
- get out,
- get together,
- go out,
- go straight,
- impound,
- impress,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- lard,
- levy,
- lift,
- make an improvement,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- mingle,
- mix,
- nationalize,
- nurture,
- politicize,
- press,
- promote,
- raise,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- republicanize,
- sequester,
- sequestrate,
- straighten out,
- transfigure,
- transform,
- upgrade,
- uplift
Words containing 'Socialize'
- Social,
- Socialism,
- Sociality,
- Socially,
- Socialness,
- socialization,
- socialized,
- socializer,
- socializing,
- Christian Socialism,
- Social Circle,
- Social science,
- Social statics,
- Social whale,
- Socialism of the chair,
- State socialism,
- The social evil,
- guild socialism,
- national socialism,
- social action,
- social activity,
- social affair,
- social anthropologist,
- social anthropology,
- social assistance,
- social class,
- social climber,
- social climbing,
- social club,
- social contract,
- social control,
- social convention,
- social dancer,
- social dancing,
- social democracy,
- social disease,
- social drinker,
- social event,
- social function,
- social gathering,
- social grace,
- social group,
- social insect,
- social insurance,
- social intercourse,
- social lion,
- social movement,
- social occasion,
- social organisation,
- social organization,
- social outcast,
- social phobia,
- social policy,
- social process,
- social psychology,
- social rank,
- social reformer,
- social relation,
- social scientist,
- social season,
- social secretary,
- social security,
- social service,
- social station,
- social status,
- social stratification,
- social structure,
- social system,
- social unit,
- social welfare,
- social work,
- social worker,
- socialized medicine,
- utopian socialism,
- Social Circle, GA,
- economic and social council,
- medical social worker,
- social democratic party,
- social development commission,
- social security administration,
- social security number,
- economic and social council commission,
- socially connected well-connected