English dictionary

naturalize

/'n/&//tS//@/r/@/,l/aI/z/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

make into a citizen

verb.change

Examples
The French family was naturalized last year.

Synonyms naturalise

Antonyms denaturalise denaturalize

Source: WordNet 3.0
explain with reference to nature

verb.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
adopt to another place

verb.change

Examples
The stories had become naturalized into an American setting.

Source: WordNet 3.0
make more natural or lifelike

verb.change

Source: WordNet 3.0
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

verb.change

Synonyms cultivate domesticate naturalise tame

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make natural; as, custom <i>naturalizes</i> labor or study.

verb

Source: webster1913
To become as if native.

verb

Source: webster1913