NATURALIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does naturalize mean?
• NATURALIZE (verb)
The verb NATURALIZE has 5 senses:
1. make into a citizen
2. explain with reference to nature
3. adopt to another place
4. make more natural or lifelike
5. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Familiarity information: NATURALIZE used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• NATURALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Make into a citizen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
naturalize; naturalise
Context example:
The French family was naturalized last year
Hypernyms (to "naturalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
"Naturalize" entails doing...:
immigrate (come into a new country and change residency)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
denaturalize (strip of the rights and duties of citizenship)
Meaning:
Explain with reference to nature
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "naturalize" is one way to...):
explain; explicate (make plain and comprehensible)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Adopt to another place
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
naturalise; naturalize
Context example:
The stories had become naturalized into an American setting
Hypernyms (to "naturalize" is one way to...):
accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make more natural or lifelike
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
naturalise; naturalize
Hypernyms (to "naturalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
denaturalize (make less natural or unnatural)
Meaning:
Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
domesticate; tame; cultivate; naturalise; naturalize
Context examples:
domesticate oats / tame the soil
Hypernyms (to "naturalize" is one way to...):
accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)
Domain category:
flora; plant; plant life (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
