naturalize

Verbs

  • (v) make into a citizen
    • The French family was naturalized last year
    naturalise,
  • (v) explain with reference to nature
  • (v) adopt to another place
    • The stories had become naturalized into an American setting
    naturalise,
  • (v) make more natural or lifelike naturalise,
  • (v) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
    • domesticate oats
    • tame the soil
    domesticate, tame, cultivate, naturalise,

Synonyms

naturalise domesticate tame cultivate

Antonyms

denaturalise denaturalize

Words of close approximity

naturalise naturalism naturalist
naturalized