Synonyms of assimilating

assimilating

verb

present participle of assimilate

1

as in comparing

to describe as similar

assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comparing
• equating
• linking
• connecting
• analogizing
• relating
• referring
• likening
• bracketing
• associating
• coupling
• alluding
• equalling
• matching
• paralleling
• equaling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contrasting

2

as in understanding

to have a clear idea of

still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understanding
• knowing
• deciphering
• comprehending
• recognizing
• seeing
• appreciating
• grasping
• getting
• perceiving
• realizing
• conceiving
• sensing
• apprehending
• discerning
• making
• seizing
• intuiting
• decoding
• registering
• digging
• cognizing
• beholding
• catching
• tumbling (to)
• compassing
• absorbing
• grokking
• digesting
• twigging
• catching on (to)
• making out
• savvying
• picking up on
• fathoming
• cottoning (to or on to)
• penetrating
• taking in
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• misinterpreting
• mistaking
• misreading
• misunderstanding
• misconstruing
• misconceiving
• misperceiving
• misapprehending

3

as in integrating

to make a part of a body or system

social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• integrating
• incorporating
• embodying
• absorbing
• merging
• co-opting
• combining
• amalgamating
• blending
• intermingling
• commingling
• mingling
• fusing
• acculturating
• accustoming
• conditioning
• habituating
• naturalizing
• enculturating