Meanings
adjectiveassimilative (comparative more assimilative, superlative most assimilative)
comparative more assimilative · superlative most assimilative
- Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinassimilātīvus
- Frenchassimilatif
- Englishassimilative
From the French assimilatif, assimilative, from the Late Latin assimilātīvus; equivalent to assimilate + -ive.
More words from French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan assimilatiu, assimilatori
- assimilatiucharacterised by assimilation
- assimilatoricharacterised by assimilation
French assimilateur
- assimilateurcharacterised by assimilation
Greek αφομοιωτικός
- αφομοιωτικός (afomoiotikós)characterised by assimilation
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APA
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“assimilative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assimilative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assimilative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assimilative.
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