ASSIMILATED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

assimilated

verb

past tense of assimilate

as in compared

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

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contrasted

as in understood

to have a clear idea of still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition

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as in integrated

to make a part of a body or system social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community

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Recent Examples of assimilated Those students will be assimilated into their home campuses. —

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026 Gombrowicz never really ‘assimilated’ to life in Argentina, partly due to the unique and unprecedented circumstances that brought him there in the first place, but also because of his naturally irreverent and at times even childish attitude towards literary establishment. —

Literary Hub, 11 May 2026 Another appearance in print occurs in 1880, in the memoirs of a Canadian missionary called Sheldon Jackson—also a prominent founder of schools where Native children were forcibly assimilated. —

Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026 The growth of colonial Australian society came at the expense of the Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who were often dispossessed of their land, exposed to foreign diseases, and either pushed into marginal areas or forcibly assimilated into European culture. —

Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026 His steely aide-de-camp, Mauricio Corredor (also based on a historical figure), is of Rarámuri heritage but has assimilated into Mexican culture. —

Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 She was assimilated into the suburban New England life in America. —

Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025 New York was built by immigrants such as Italians, Irish and lately, Hispanics, many of whom assimilated into the fabric of the city and eventually became woven into the culture. —

Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025 Her generation and the next one may have assimilated, Luna said, but the family members still know Mexican food and the family story. —

Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025

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Violent crime dropped by nearly half from his first year as mayor to his last, according to LAPD and FBI-era data, and city leaders frequently touted LA’s turnaround compared with the 1990s.

— James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Just under 40% of its housing is occupied by its owners, compared with the national average of 65%, according to Census Bureau figures.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 May 2026