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Synonyms for assimilate

verb

  1. To absorb

    take up, digest, osmose; see absorb 1.

  2. To understand

    grasp, learn, sense; see learn 1, understand 1.

  3. To adjust

    adapt, acclimatize, accustom; see conform.

See assimilate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


verb
  1. To take in and incorporate, especially mentally:

    absorb, digest, imbibe, take up. (Informal) soak (up). See accept
  2. To represent as similar:

    analogize, compare, equate, identify, liken, match, parallel. See same

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