"adapt" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

is a type of: alter, change, vary - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
subtypes:
- adjust - make correspondent or conformable
- gear, pitch - set the level or character of
- fit - insert or adjust several objects or people
- anglicise, anglicize - make English in appearance
- shoehorn - fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
- orient, tailor - adjust to a specific need or market
- domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
- christianize - adapt in the name of Christianity
- naturalise, naturalize - adopt to another place
- electrify, wire - equip for use with electricity
- transcribe - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
same as: accommodate
is a type of: get used to - get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience
subtypes:
- readapt, readjust - adjust anew
- readapt - adapt anew
- assimilate - become similar to one's environment
- focalise, focalize, focus - become focussed or come into focus
- acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize - get used to a certain climate
- match - be equal or harmonize
- obey - be obedient to
- square - cause to match, as of ideas or acts
same as: adjust, conform