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Defenition of the word assimilate

    • Defenition of the word assimilate

      • To bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like.
      • To include so that it no longer has separate existence.
      • take up, as of knowledge or beliefs
      • become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
      • make similar
      • become similar in sound; in phonetics
      • take into solution, as of gas, light, or heat
      • become similar to one''s environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
      • make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
      • become similar in sound; "The nasal assimialates to the following consonant"
      • take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
      • take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
      • become similar to one's environment
      • become similar in sound
      • take up mentally

    Synonyms for the word assimilate

      • absorb
      • imbibe
      • ingest
      • take in

    Hyponyms for the word assimilate

      • acculturate
      • imbibe

    Hypernyms for the word assimilate

      • absorb
      • acquire
      • adapt
      • adjust
      • alter
      • change
      • conform
      • larn
      • learn
      • modify

    Antonyms for the word assimilate

      • dissimilate

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