Synonyms of assimilates

assimilates

verb

present tense third-person singular of assimilate

1

as in compares

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

• compares
• equates
• refers
• connects
• analogizes
• likens
• relates
• links
• alludes
• brackets
• associates
• couples
• parallels
• equals
• matches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contrasts

2

as in understands

to have a clear idea of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understands
• knows
• deciphers
• comprehends
• recognizes
• sees
• grasps
• appreciates
• perceives
• conceives
• discerns
• gets
• realizes
• senses
• apprehends
• intuits
• decodes
• beholds
• seizes
• makes
• registers
• absorbs
• digs
• tumbles (to)
• twigs
• catches
• cognizes
• groks
• catches on (to)
• makes out
• digests
• picks up on
• cottons (to or on to)
• penetrates
• savvies
• takes in
• compasses
• pierces
• fathoms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misses
• misunderstands
• misinterprets
• misconstrues
• misreads
• mistakes
• misconceives
• misapprehends
• misperceives

3

as in integrates

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

• integrates
• incorporates
• embodies
• absorbs
• co-opts
• merges
• amalgamates
• intermingles
• combines
• commingles
• mingles
• blends
• accustoms
• naturalizes
• habituates
• fuses
• conditions
• acculturates
• enculturates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assimilates

His ashen skin is snaked with circuitry, his voice flattened into the cold register of the Borg, a cybernetic collective that assimilates entire civilizations and reshapes them in its own image. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 5 Apr. 2026