Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb europeanize
2 senses of europeanize
Sense 1
Europeanize, Europeanise -- (make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas)
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 2
Europeanize, Europeanise -- (denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations)
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")