Synonyms for acclimate
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Verb
1. Acclimatize
acclimatize, acclimatise UK, accustom, adjust, habituate, season, accommodate, naturalize, naturalise UK, toughen, harden, compensate, conform, adapt, inure
Definitions
- v. 1
To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
Related words
- Word family
- acclimation acclimatize
Forms
- Past participle
- acclimated
e.g. acclimated → acclimatized, accustomed, adjusted, habituated…
Example sentences
- adjust Tom tried to adjust the temperature of the shower.
- accustom It took a long time to accustom myself to the noise.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| acclimate | rising | |
| adjust | steady | |
| accustom | steady | |
| acclimatize | rising | |
| habituate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- adapt2, inure2
- 6 letters
- season2, adjust2, harden2
- 7 letters
- conform2, toughen2
- 8 letters
- accustom3
- 9 letters
- habituate, acculture, climatize, climatise
- 10 letters
- compensate3, naturalize4, naturalise
- 11 letters
- accommodate4, acclimatize, acclimatise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adapt2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- acclimater
- Italiano
- acclimatare
- Español
- aclimatar
- Deutsch
- akklimatisieren