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Synonyms for accommodate

Most common

adapt suit adjust conform reconcile harmonize hold contain

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Adapt — to render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt

adapt, suit, adjust, conform, arrange, serve, compensate, acclimate US, settle, accustom, square, attune, compose

3. Admit

hold, admit

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.

    to accommodate ourselves to circumstances

  2. v. 2

    To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

    to accommodate differences

  3. v. 3

    To provide housing for.

    to accommodate an old friend for a week

  4. v. 4

    To provide sufficient space for.

Related words

Word family
accommodation accommodative accommodator

Forms

Past participle
accommodated
e.g. accommodated → adapted, suited, adjusted, conformed…

Example sentences

  • suit It seems that Alice is very pleased with the suit.
  • adjust Tom tried to adjust the temperature of the shower.
  • adapt We must adapt our plan to these new circumstances.
  • conform I often felt pressured to conform, but I resisted.
  • furnish It will cost me a lot to furnish my new apartment.
  • oblige The laws oblige all citizens to pay taxes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
accommodatesteady
suitsteady
adjuststeady
adaptrising
conformfalling
furnishfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
fit1
4 letters
take1, hold1, suit1
5 letters
house1, serve1, admit2, favor2, lodge1, adapt2
6 letters
square1, supply2, settle2, favour2, harbor2, adjust2, oblige2, attune2
7 letters
support2, quarter2, contain2, arrange2, harbour2, conform2, compose2, furnish2
8 letters
accustom3
9 letters
reconcile3, harmonize3, acclimate3, harmonise
10 letters
compensate3, conciliate
11 letters
convenience3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (admit2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
accommoder
Italiano
predisporre
Español
acomodar
Català
acomodar