acclimated

adjective

ac·​cli·​mat·​ed ˈa-klə-ˌmā-təd 

ə-ˈklī-mə-, 

-ˌmā-

: adapted to a new altitude, climate, environment, or situation

… people can and must become acclimated to extreme weather. It can be a matter of life and death.

—Jack Williams

Hampsten, well acclimated from training in Colorado all summer, had LeMond on the ropes …

—John Krakauer

Examples of acclimated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He’s become acclimated to the difference in the level of competition along with how things work in the States as opposed to France. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026

Started a little rough, and then each start got a little bit better, got more acclimated to game speed and rhythm and tempo and all those kinds of things. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2026

South Floridians who cross railroad tracks often for work or school may be more acclimated to freight trains, which move slower than Brightline trains. — Allison Beck, Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025

The key, though, is getting Jenkins to camp to become acclimated to his positional change as quickly as possible. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for acclimated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated
• amputated