SOCIALIZES Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

socializes

verb

present tense third-person singular of socialize

as in mingles

to take part in social activities he likes to socialize with his coworkers after work ends

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Recent Examples of socializes The town also hosts community get-togethers and socializes throughout the neighborhood's plazas, courtyards and other hangout areas. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 In fact, road-tripping with your pup strengthens your bond and socializes them in ways that staying home doesn’t. — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026 We are being billed based on an obsolete business model that privatizes the profits and socializes the costs. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental condition that manifests differently from person to person but commonly affects how a person communicates, socializes and interacts with the world. — Joshua Anbar, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

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After the presentations, the audience mingles with anyone who caught their attention.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
Julianne Hough mingles with the crowd, as does Arian Moayed; Anna Wintour daughter Bee Carrozzini, who hosts her own cake-happy theater party every year, holds court with Fiona Rudin.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 June 2026

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The Carnaby expertly mixes Ramsay’s reputation for Michelin star culinary excellence with a 1960s British Invasion rock n’ roll vibe that’s retro hip, energetic and just a bit irreverent.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 July 2026
On Thursday afternoon, in New York’s Jacob Javits Center, the world of Disney collided with the world of the NFL, all in service of an unusual new consumer product line, one that mixes some of Disney’s characters with all 32 NFL teams.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Definition of mixes

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The productivity boom everyone associates with the personal computer didn’t actually show up in the macro data until 15 years after the PC was commercialized.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
The two-time Oscar winner, who was born in Concord and grew up in the East Bay, associates that sign with some of his favorite Bay Area childhood memories.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

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