1. Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
   - assimilative, assimilatory

1. Take up mentally
   - absorb, ingest, take in 
2. Become similar to one's environment
   "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" 
3. Make similar
   "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" 
4. Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
   - imbibe 
5. Become similar in sound
   "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"

See also: absorbent, absorptive, assimilation, assimilator

Type of: absorb, acquire, adapt, adjust, alter, change, conform, larn, learn, modify

Antonym: dissimilate

Encyclopedia: Assimilate

• on hand
• on hold
• on ice
• on it
• on occasion
• on one hand
• on one's guard
• on paper
• on purpose
• on request
• on tap
• on tenterhooks
• on that
• on that point
• on the average
• on the ball
• on the button
• on the coattails
• on the contrary
• on the dot
• on the face of it
• on the fence
• on the fly
• on the go
• on the hook