Synonyms for assimilate
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
Related words
- Word family
- assimilatable assimilative assimilatory
Forms
- Past participle
- assimilated
e.g. assimilated → absorbed, incorporated, consumed, ingested…
Example sentences
- consume Giraffes consume copious amounts of acacia leaves.
- incorporate He has to incorporate Berber in his everyday life.
- absorb The glass can't absorb water, but the curtain can.
- ingest Don't ingest antibiotics without a medical prescription.
- integrate Algeria should integrate into the global economy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| assimilate | steady | |
| consume | rising | |
| incorporate | rising | |
| absorb | steady | |
| ingest | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- blend1, liken2
- 6 letters
- absorb2, digest2, ingest2, imbibe2
- 7 letters
- process2, compare2, consume2, swallow2, engross2
- 9 letters
- integrate3
- 11 letters
- appropriate4, incorporate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liken2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- assimiler
- Español
- asimilar
- Deutsch
- assimilieren
- Català
- assimilar