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Antonyms for adapt
əˈdæptadapt

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. adapt

    Antonyms:
    misfit, misconform, misapply

    Synonyms:
    fit, accommodate, suit, adjust, conform, admeasure, harmonize, attune

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Princeton's WordNet1.2 / 5 votes

  1. adapt, accommodateverb

    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

    "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

    Synonyms:
    oblige, admit, lodge, accommodate, fit, suit, reconcile, adjust, conform, hold, conciliate

  2. adjust, conform, adaptverb

    adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

    "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

    Synonyms:
    set, accommodate, align, aline, adjust, correct, line up, conform

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 3 votes

  1. adaptverb

    Synonyms:
    adjust, conform

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ADAPT

    Synonyms:
    Neurology Alzheimer's Disease Anti-inflammatory Prevention Trial Psychiatry Adolescent Depression Antidepressant and Psychotherapy Rheumatology Arthritis, Diet and Activity Promotion Trial

How to use adapt in a sentence?

  1. Naomi Graham:

    The military teaches you to be adaptable in any situation, and I believe I take that into the ring, because any style I see, I immediately adapt as soon as I see something that needs to be adjusted.

  2. Lucas Braathen:

    You have everything from aggressive to pure ice, shaky, salty, whatever. He’ll adapt, it doesn’t matter the conditions and visibility. I admire him for that. That’s a place I want to end up myself in GS one day.

  3. Michel Milinkovitch:

    Elephants have sort of a toolkit of simple movements, and they can combine these simple movements to complex trajectories, they can adapt to the object you give them.

  4. Rose Goodhall:

    A good model isn't just about being pretty or even beautiful, it's the ability to be a chameleon and change and adapt to the situation or setting of a photo shoot.

  5. Michael Berenbrink:

    This type of metabolism is really unheard of among mammals, there are some fish that have similar tricks... but they are also an exception. It really broadens our mind in terms of what evolution can do -- how metabolic pathways can adapt.

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