accommodate

Verbs

  • (v) be agreeable or acceptable to
    • This suits my needs
    fit, suit,
  • (v) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    • Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country
    adapt,
  • (v) provide with something desired or needed
    • Can you accommodate me with a rental car?
  • (v) have room for; hold without crowding
    • This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
    • The theater admits 300 people
    • The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people
    admit, hold,
  • (v) provide housing for
    • We are lodging three foreign students this semester
    lodge,
  • (v) provide a service or favor for someone
    • We had to oblige him
    oblige,
  • (v) make (one thing) compatible with (another)
    • The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
    reconcile, conciliate,

Synonyms

fit suit adapt admit hold lodge oblige reconcile conciliate

Antonyms

disoblige

See also

lodge in occupy reside

Words of close approximity