Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become adjusted, adapted |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen |
| Main Entry: | habituate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare, accustom |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, addict, adjust, break in, condition, confirm, devote, discipline, endure, familiarize, harden, inure, make used to, school, season, take to, tolerate, train |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accustom |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjust, blunt, brutalize, callous, callus, case-harden, climatize, coarsen, conform, deaden, develop, discipline, dull, embitter, habituate, indurate, inure, make callous, numb, paralyze, render insensitive, roughen, season, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stun, stupefy, teach, train |
| Antonyms: | be intolerant, indulge, spoil |
| Main Entry: | inure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accustom |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, familiarize, habituate, harden, make ready, season, toughen, train |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acclimatize, prepare |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accustom, anneal, climatize, discipline, fit, habituate, harden, inure, mature, qualify, school, steel, temper, toughen, train |
| Main Entry: | toughen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harden |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, anneal, brutalize, climatize, develop, inure, make difficult, season, strengthen, temper |
| Antonyms: | flex, soften, tenderize |
| Main Entry: | weather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, bear the brunt of, bear up against, become toughened, brave, come through, expose, get through, grow hardened, grow strong, harden, make it, overcome, pull through, resist, ride out, rise above, season, stand, stick it out, suffer, surmount, survive, toughen, withstand |
| Notes: | a wether is a neutered ram; weather is climactic and atmospheric conditions; while whether simply means 'if' or 'either' |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | naturalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confer citizenship upon |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, accustom, adapt, adopt, conform |
| Notes: | nationalize means to put under state control or ownership, while naturalize means make into a citizen or adopt to another place |
| Main Entry: | naturalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | habituate |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adopt, conform, familiarize |
| Notes: | nationalize means to put under state control or ownership, while naturalize means make into a citizen or adopt to another place |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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