Americanized

adjective

Amer·​i·​can·​ized ə-ˈmer-ə-kə-ˌnīzd 

-ˈmər-,

-ˈme-rə-

: adapted or altered to have or conform to typically American characteristics : American in quality or character

As the flock became more educated and more Americanized, they wanted to be seen as real Americans.

—Joseph Nocera

an Americanized city

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Americanized

• adrenalectomized
• editorialized
• hypophysectomized
• immunocompromised
• institutionalised
• operationalized
• ovariectomized
• undercapitalized
• acclimatized
• actualized
• aerosolized
• alphabetized