Synonyms of adapting

adapting

verb

present participle of adapt

as in adjusting

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

it always takes freshmen a little while to adapt themselves to high school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjusting
• tailoring
• conforming
• putting
• suiting
• shaping
• editing
• preparing
• customizing
• fitting
• acclimating
• accommodating
• fashioning
• modifying
• conditioning
• transforming
• altering
• matching
• acclimatizing
• converting
• doctoring
• bending
• establishing
• readjusting
• equipping
• correcting
• revising
• tuning
• modeling
• reworking
• remaking
• redesigning
• gearing
• readapting
• orienting
• regulating
• harmonizing
• attuning
• rooting
• training
• reclaiming
• orientating
• recasting
• reinventing
• familiarizing
• squaring
• settling
• patterning
• remodeling
• acquainting
• recycling
• revamping
• rehearsing
• hardening
• refashioning
• reengineering
• redeveloping
• redoing
• accustoming
• refitting
• habituating
• readying
• refocusing
• toughening
• inuring
• priming
• phasing
• rigging
• naturalizing
• registering
• seasoning
• rejiggering
• refiguring
• making over
• habilitating
• fine-tuning
• fiddling (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misadjusting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adapting

Literacy is about adapting to this constant flux between the physical and digital world. — Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Mann Theatres co-owner Michelle Mann said the company wanted to continue adapting to what moviegoers are looking for. — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Engineers are now adapting the same marine reactor for civilian energy grids on land and along coastlines. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Resilience means communities capable of adapting without losing the things that make life worth adapting for. — Solitaire Townsend, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Howard struggled adapting to married life, specifically with leaving his mother’s house and moving in with Bernadette. — Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 22 Aug. 2026

With no European football, Chelsea can focus on adapting to Alonso’s methods in training and to setting the long-term ‘project’ back on track. — George Edwards, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

On top of directing, Hancock wrote the script, adapting the book by Matt and Harrison Query, which in turn was based on a short story by Matt Query that first appeared on Reddit. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Production On a rainy day in 2014, Herron attended back-to-back meetings—the first two soaking wet—with production houses interested in adapting his Slough House books. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026