Synonyms of assimilate

assimilate

verb

1

as in to compare

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

• compare
• equate
• connect
• refer
• analogize
• bracket
• relate
• link
• liken
• couple
• associate
• match
• allude
• parallel
• equal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contrast

• contrast

2

as in to understand

to have a clear idea of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understand
• know
• decipher
• comprehend
• recognize
• grasp
• appreciate
• see
• perceive
• discern
• get
• realize
• apprehend
• conceive
• sense
• seize
• make
• decode
• register
• cotton (to or on to)
• dig
• intuit
• tumble (to)
• make out
• catch on (to)
• absorb
• catch
• grok
• behold
• digest
• twig
• compass
• cognize
• pick up on
• savvy
• fathom
• penetrate
• take in
• pierce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• misunderstand
• misinterpret
• misread
• misconstrue
• mistake
• misconceive
• misperceive
• misapprehend

• miss
• misunderstand
• misinterpret
• misread
• misconstrue
• mistake
• misconceive
• misperceive
• misapprehend

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3

as in to integrate

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

• integrate
• incorporate
• absorb
• embody
• co-opt
• amalgamate
• merge
• combine
• intermingle
• commingle
• blend
• acculturate
• mingle
• accustom
• habituate
• naturalize
• fuse
• enculturate
• condition