accommodate

Definition of accommodate

verb:

• be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs". Synonyms: fit, suit.
• make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country". Synonyms: adapt.
• provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?".
• have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests", "The theater admits 300 people", "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people". Synonyms: admit, hold.
• provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester". Synonyms: lodge.
• provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him". Synonyms: oblige. Antonyms: disoblige.
• make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories". Synonyms: conciliate, reconcile.

Related words

adjust, anglicise, anglicize, barrack, billet, canton, cultivate, domesticate, electrify, fit, gear, house, keep, naturalise, naturalize, orient, pitch, quarter, seat, shoehorn, sleep, tailor, tame, transcribe, wire.

Rhymes with accommodate

abbreviate, abdicate, abrogate, accelerate, acclimate, accumulate, acetate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, adulate, adulterate, advocate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, aguacate.

Start with accommodate

accommodates, accommodated.