Socialize

//ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz//

Synonyms for "socialize" (78 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

acculturate advance ameliorate amend annex associate attach better boost bring forward civilize collectivize commandeer communalize communize

Verb(1 words)

acculturate

Strong matches (23)

confiscate democratize distrain edify educate elevate emend enhance enlighten enrich expropriate fatten favor forward foster fraternize garnish get get out get together

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go go out go straight

Related words (39)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

11 entries

alter change educate fix gear up interact modify prepare ready set set up

derived

4 entries

resocialize socializable socialization unsocialized

derived from

1 entries

social

has first_subevent

5 entries

approach interact with other beings meet another person open mouth smile

has last_subevent

2 entries

say goodbye take clothes off

has prerequisite

33 entries

around people brush teeth call friend chose carefully company find friends find group of people go somewhere where there people go to club go to clubs go to party go to pub go to quilting bee hang around people have friends have friends to socialize with hit bars

Showing 16 of 33 words.

has subevent

15 entries

beer drinking get lucky get new friend getting drunk have snacks learning about people make friends meet new people small talk smile talk to friends talk to people talk with others talking talking to people

manner of

4 entries

change educate fix interact

motivated by_goal

18 entries

alleviate feelings of loneliness around other people companionship company entertainment friends friends to like friendship get date have fun with friends humans socail beeings input lonely make friends meet new people popular

Showing 16 of 18 words.

related to

6 entries

collective etiquette governmental instruct interact ownership

Translations

61 translations across 21 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

sosialiseer verb (to interact with others)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

elləşdirmək verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
ictimailəşdirmək verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)

Bulgarian

1 entries

общувам verb (to interact with others)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎨᎳᏗᏙᎭ verb (to interact with others)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

交往 verb (to interact with others)
交際 /交际 verb (to interact with others)
應酬 /应酬 verb (to interact with others)
與 /与 verb (to interact with others)

Czech

1 entries

stýkat se verb (to interact with others)

Finnish

4 entries

seurustella verb (to interact with others)
sopeuttaa yhteiskuntaan verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)
sosiaalistaa verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)
sosialisoida verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)

French

4 entries

développer l'aspect social verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)
fréquenter des gens verb (to interact with others)
socialiser verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)
voir des gens verb (to interact with others)

Galician

4 entries

sociabilizar verb (to interact with others)
socializar verb (to interact with others)
socializar verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)
socializar verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)

German

4 entries

gesellig sein verb (to interact with others)
sozialisieren verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)
vergemeinschaften verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
vergesellschaften verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)

Japanese

4 entries

交際する verb (to interact with others)
付き合う verb (to interact with others)
応対する verb (to interact with others)
社交的にする verb (to interact with others)

Kazakh

1 entries

қоғамдастыру verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)

Māori

4 entries

takahoahoa verb (to interact with others)
taunekeneke verb (to interact with others)
tautūtakitaki verb (to interact with others)
whakahoahoa verb (to interact with others)

Polish

1 entries

socjalizować verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)

Portuguese

4 entries

sociabilizar verb (to interact with others)
socializar verb (to interact with others)
socializar verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)
socializar verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)

Romanian

2 entries

naționaliza verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
socializa verb (to interact with others)

Russian

4 entries

води́ться verb (to interact with others)
обобществля́ть verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
обща́ться verb (to interact with others)
подгота́вливать к жи́зни в о́бществе verb (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

podruštveniti verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
socijalizírati verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
подруштвенити verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
социјализи́рати verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)

Spanish

4 entries

alternar verb (to interact with others)
codearse verb (to interact with others)
mezclarse verb (to interact with others)
relacionarse verb (to interact with others)

Swedish

2 entries

socialisera verb (to take into collective or governmental ownership)
umgås verb (to interact with others)

Tagalog

1 entries

saulnungin verb (to interact with others)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In addition many groups have been formed so that the elderly can socialize with one another and remain active participants in American life.

Source: tatoeba (54000)

I play board games just to socialize.

Source: tatoeba (355665)

My new job leaves me little time to socialize.

Source: tatoeba (694044)

Had I started to socialize with people in the past, maybe I would be a different person now, but, because of the shy disposition I had at that time, now I really have few friends.

Source: tatoeba (1724657)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.