socialize

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: so=cial=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

socialize, v. t. 

•  To render social.  [1913 Webster]
•  To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

socialize, v. (also -ise)
1 intr. act in a sociable manner.
2 tr. make social.
3 tr. organize on socialistic principles.

Idiom

socialized medicine US the provision of medical services for all from public funds.

Derivative

socialization n.

THESAURUS

socialize

acculturate, advance, ameliorate, amend, annex, associate, attach, better, boost, bring forward, civilize, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, democratize, distrain, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, expropriate, fatten, favor, forward, foster, fraternize, garnish, get out, get together, go out, go straight, impound, impress, improve, improve upon, lard, levy, lift, make an improvement, meliorate, mend, mingle, mix, nationalize, nurture, politicize, press, promote, raise, refine upon, reform, replevin, replevy, republicanize, sequester, sequestrate, straighten out, transfigure, transform, upgrade, uplift