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incorporate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of incorporate

1 to make a part of a body or system

  • astronomers had to incorporate the existence of Pluto into their scheme of the solar system after the dwarf planet was discovered
Synonyms of incorporate

absorb, assimilate, co-opt, embody, integrate
Words Related to incorporate

amalgamate, blend, combine, commingle, fuse, intermingle, merge, mingle

acculturate, accustom, condition, enculturate, habituate, naturalize

2 to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout

  • incorporated all the ingredients for the cheesecake mixture
Synonyms of incorporate

amalgamate, blend, combine, comingle, commingle, commix, composite, concrete, conflate, fuse, homogenize, immingle, immix, integrate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mix
Words Related to incorporate

add, admix, beat (in), cut in, fold, stir, toss

coalesce, compound, emulsify

conjoin, join, knit, link, unite

intertwine, interweave, weave
Near Antonyms of incorporate

cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder

disperse, dissolve, scatter

detach, disengage, split
Antonyms of incorporate

break down, break up, separate, unmix

3 to represent in visible form

  • the one-of-a-kind house incorporates the architect's fundamental belief that a structure should be fully integrated into its setting
Synonyms of incorporate

body, embody, epitomize, express, externalize, incarnate, instantiate, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiate
Words Related to incorporate

actualize, concretize, realize

exemplify, illustrate, image, objectify, symbolize, typify
Antonyms of incorporate

disembody

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