Synonyms for assimilate
əˈsɪm əˌleɪt; -lɪt, -ˌleɪtas·sim·i·late

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1. assimilate

   Synonyms:
   compare, liken, match, engross, identify, incorporate, absorb, appropriate

   Antonyms:
   separate, segregate, part, contrast, reject

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1. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take inverb

   take up mentally

   "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

   Synonyms:
   earn, take in, engulf, put one over, gather in, suck up, invite, befool, adopt, slang, gull, engross, pull in, put on, view, soak up, take, have, suck, occupy, make, see, take over, collect, gain, steep, ingest, realise, sop up, watch, receive, clear, imbibe, plunge, cod, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, immerse, consume, put one across, take up, engage, suck in

   Antonyms:
   dissimilate

2. assimilateverb

   become similar to one's environment

   "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"

   Synonyms:
   absorb, ingest, imbibe, take in

   Antonyms:
   dissimilate

3. assimilateverb

   make similar

   "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"

   Synonyms:
   absorb, ingest, imbibe, take in

   Antonyms:
   dissimilate

4. assimilate, imbibeverb

   take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

   Synonyms:
   suck, ingest, drink, suck up, soak up, sop up, take in, imbibe, absorb, take up, draw

   Antonyms:
   dissimilate

5. assimilateverb

   become similar in sound

   "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"

   Synonyms:
   absorb, ingest, imbibe, take in

   Antonyms:
   dissimilate

Matched Categories

1. • Absorb
   • Adjust
   • Change
   • Phonetics

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1. assimilateverb

   Synonyms:
   liken, make like, bring to a resemblance

2. assimilateverb

   Synonyms:
   digest, turn to one's own substance

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1. List of paraphrases for "assimilate":

   equate, absorb, digest, internalize, conflate, liken

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1. John Kelly:

   Let me step back and tell you that the vast majority of the people that move illegally into United States are not bad people. They're not criminals. They're not MS13, but they're also not people that would easily assimilate into United States into our modern society.

2. Roddy Quin:

   He showed us what it was to assimilate to and embrace other cultures without losing your identity, an anthropologist that used his music to speak to every person. With his unique style of music he traversed cultural barriers like few others. In many of us he awakened awareness.

3. John Cooper:

   Given the threat that we found in the 1.5 generation, more needs to be done in the U.S. assimilation process, we ca n’t vet an 8-year-old to see if he will become a terrorist when he turns 18 or 28. Instead, we as a country need to rethink the way we assimilate refugees, and immigrants as a whole for that matter.

4. United States:

   For Asian immigrants, the racial argument at the time was that' It didn't matter whether one were born in the United States or not, Asians as a race, are unassimilable. They are diametrically opposite from us Americans,' that was the argument that was used to intern Japanese citizens. It was the denial of citizenship in favor of race :' The ability to become American, the ability to assimilate, they just didn't have it.'.

5. Juan Marcelo Parizot:

   The goal is to assimilate the best operational and management practices.