familiarizes

Introduces someone to

Familiarizes means to make someone acquainted or comfortable with something: The orientation familiarizes new employees with company policies.

You can also familiarize yourself with a subject by studying it: I spent the weekend familiarizing myself with the software.

The British spelling is familiarises.

mastering

learns

Gains new knowledge

drills · reviews · memorizes · internalizes · absorbs · grasps · masters · gets to know · acquires · researches

introducing

acquaints

Makes aware of

presents · introduces · exposes · shows · reveals · describes · explains · enlightens · educates · discloses

acclimating

accustoms

Makes gradually comfortable with

adjusts · conditions · assimilates · integrates · seasons · naturalizes · inures · desensitizes · normalizes · breaks in

Opposites
knowledge acquisition

familiarizesmystifies

Confuses thoroughly

confuses · bewilders · estranges · alienates · perplexes

comfort and ease with subject matter

familiarizesestranges

Causes emotional separation

alienates · disorients · unsettles · disconcerts · destabilizes

Family

familiarize, familiarization, familiarized, familiarizing

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