Dissimilate: Definition with Dissimilate Pictures and Photos

1. Verb. Become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities. "These consonants dissimilate"

Category relationships: Phonetics
Generic synonyms: Change
Antonyms: Assimilate
Derivative terms: Dissimilation

2. Verb. Make dissimilar; cause to become less similar.

Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Antonyms: Assimilate

3. Verb. Become dissimilar or less similar. "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"

Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Differentiate
Antonyms: Assimilate
Derivative terms: Dissimilation

1. v. t. To render dissimilar.

1. Verb. (rare transitive) To make dissimilar or unlike. ¹

2. Verb. (rare intransitive) To become dissimilar or unlike. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]

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