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

His novel Dissolution, is currently in development at Sony Pictures with Eric Heisserer adapting and Chronology and Temple Hill producing. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Binge’s novel Dissolution is currently in development at Sony Pictures with Eric Heisserer adapting and Chronology and Temple Hill co-producing. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

People were part of Pleistocene history, adapting to the colder climates in the north and traversing the unglaciated regions to the south of the glacial margins. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Show me a dress that delivers on both fronts, while also adapting to wildly changing temperatures over an eight-hour period, and still feel comfortable after consuming several mini cones of fish and chips. — Joy Montgomery, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2026

And what does answering these questions reveal about adapting to change and starting anew? — Chris Borland, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Nigerian sibling directors Arie and Chuko Esiri have adopted a nonlinear structure that collapses the past into the present—a correlative to the stream-of-consciousness that makes adapting Virginia Woolf such a daunting task for any filmmaker. — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

The design is also very flexible, something Gray said was essential for reflecting and adapting with today’s youth. — Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

The brands adapting best aren’t the ones creating the most assets. — Richard McSweeney, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026