as in understandings
the act or process of learning or gaining understanding
The dog's rapid assimilation of new tricks pleased his owners.
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assimilations
Noun
-
Gelb said the broad crime rate decreases have made some criminologists question historic understandings of what drives trends in violent crime and how to battle it.—
Claudia Lauer,
Fortune,
22 Jan. 2026 -
And as states started to abandon Common Core, school controversies began to focus less on standards and achievement than on competing understandings of America itself.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
-
Farrell and Kidman are outstanding, even as Lanthimos' ritualistic plotting and direction keep them hemmed into their characters' rigid conceptions.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
-
So this was quite a departure from traditional conceptions of the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
In 2024 research by Feigenson and his colleagues showed that an attorney’s description of a video could color jurors’ perceptions of the actual footage.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Jan. 2026
-
With housing costs so central to voters’ perceptions about the economy, both parties have put forward proposals in recent weeks targeting affordability.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
Neither of those realizations requires a revolution.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
-
Those realizations — shaped by years of touring, lessons from their personal and professional lives and the sheer weight of growing up — ultimately led the musicians to what would become Nat & Alex Wolff.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Assimilations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assimilations. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
