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

2 senses of sovietize

Sense 1
sovietize, sovietise -- (bring under Soviet control, of a country)
       => join, bring together -- (cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together")

Sense 2
sovietize, sovietise -- (model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union; "Castro sovietized Cuba")
       => model, pattern -- (plan or create according to a model or models)