Americanised

Given American spelling

Americanised is the British spelling of Americanized—made American in character, style, or form.

Something Americanised has been adapted to suit American tastes or conventions: The British sitcom was Americanised for US audiences.

The term can carry a faintly dismissive tone, suggesting dilution or commercialisation of the original.

cultural

anglicised

Made English in form

translated · modified · adjusted · tailored · westernised · globalised · assimilated · naturalised · domesticated · transformed

linguistic

British

Of the United Kingdom

vocabulary · idiom · pronunciation · accent · dialect · usage · grammar · lexicon · terminology · phrasing

spelling

colour

Visual wavelength property

  • favourHelpful act freely given
  • honourEthical standing and dignity
  • theatreArt of staged performance

centre · licence · organise · recognise · behaviour · labour · neighbour · defence · offence · travelled

Opposites
cultural/linguistic influence

AmericanisedEuropeanised

Made culturally Continental

Germanised · Queen's English · Oxford English · internationalized

degree of transformation

Americanisedoriginal

First or inventive

unaltered · unchanged · unadapted · unmodified · authentic

Family

Americanising, Americanisation, Americanism

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G