Synonyms for adapt
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Verb
1. Adjust
adjust, conform, modify, alter, fit, prepare, accustom, turn, suit, compensate, modulate, attune, set, harmonize, harmonise UK, reconcile, arrange, naturalize, naturalise UK, qualify, temper, square, acclimate US, regulate
Other
accommodate, proportion, addict, contemporize, contemporise UK, fashion dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- adapted
e.g. adapted → adjusted, conformed, modified, altered…
Example sentences
- adjust Tom tried to adjust the temperature of the shower.
- alter As the artist grows older his paintings may alter.
- modify We want to modify the regulations of our school.
- conform I often felt pressured to conform, but I resisted.
- accommodate He can't accommodate himself to his circumstances.
- addict We can say that Mrs. Smith is a television addict.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adapt | rising | |
| adjust | steady | |
| alter | steady | |
| modify | steady | |
| conform | falling | |
| accommodate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, fit1
- 4 letters
- turn1, suit1
- 5 letters
- alter2
- 6 letters
- square1, adjust2, modify3, temper2, addict2, attune2
- 7 letters
- fashion2, prepare2, qualify3, arrange2, conform2
- 8 letters
- regulate3, modulate3, accustom3
- 9 letters
- reconcile3, harmonize3, harmonise, acclimate3
- 10 letters
- proportion3, compensate3, naturalize4, naturalise
- 11 letters
- accommodate4
- 12 letters
- contemporize, contemporise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alter2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- adapter
- Italiano
- adattare
- Español
- adaptar
- Deutsch
- angleichen
- Català
- adaptar