adapt

Meaning

Verb

1. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
2. To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
3. To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
4. To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.

Adj

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

Synonyms

adjust

accommodate

fit

conform

modify

assimilate

acclimatize

alter

apply

match

change

arrange

acclimate

regulate

gear

⚙️

turn into

key

🔑

transpose

attune

suit

square

tune

make practical use

become accustomed to

coordinate

reconcile

settle

fashion

grow accustomed

make over

transfer

transcribe

join

joint

mesh

modulate

mount

naturalise

orientate oneself

parody

place

prepare

process

put

put right

readjust

realise

reconstruct

relate

relocate

remake

remold

remould

renovate

rewrite

select

set

settle in

socialise

socialize

toe the line

transplant

treat

try

try on

make suitable

orient oneself

move into place

put into place

be adaptable

be able to be adapted

readapt

accommodate to

accomodate

accustom

adaptable

adaptation

adapt oneself

adjustment

adopt

affix

agree

array

atone

comply

conciliate

concord

configure

conformability

conformation

conform to

connect

convert

corrupt

defer

enforce

familiarize

fit in

fix

fix up

formulate

install

integrate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdæpt/

Etymology

From Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt.