Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb socialize

4 senses of socialize

Sense 1
socialize, socialise -- (take part in social activities; interact with others; "He never socializes with his colleagues"; "The old man hates to socialize")
       => interact -- (act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues")

Sense 2
socialize, socialise -- (train for a social environment; "The children must be properly socialized")
       => educate -- (give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better")

Sense 3
socialize, socialise -- (prepare for social life; "Children have to be socialized in school")
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set -- (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill")

Sense 4
socialize, socialise -- (make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies; "Health care should be socialized!")
       => 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")