| verb | take up mentally “he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe” |
| verb | become similar to one's environment “Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly” |
| verb | make similar “This country assimilates immigrants very quickly” |
| verb | take (gas, light or heat) into a solution |
| verb | become similar in sound “The nasal assimilates to the following consonant” |
| absorption | noun | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
| assimilation | noun | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
| assimilator | noun | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs |
| assimilative | adjective | capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance |
| assimilatory | adjective | capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance |
| imbibition | noun | (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel |