Synonyms of ingrains

ingrains

verb

variants also engrains

present tense third-person singular of ingrain

1

as in inculcates

to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle

the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inculcates
• infuses
• inoculates
• suffuses
• imbues
• fills
• invests
• instills
• animates
• indues
• endues
• charges
• steeps
• enlivens
• invigorates
• saturates
• permeates
• leavens
• pervades
• plants
• impregnates
• overwhelms
• inundates
• submerges
• floods
• drowns
• implants
• deluges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprives
• divests
• empties
• strips
• removes
• clears
• eliminates
• takes (away)

2

as in etches

to produce a vivid impression of

the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• etches
• engraves
• impresses
• brands
• imprints
• instills
• inculcates
• infuses
• imbues
• infixes
• stamps
• fixes
• sets
• implants
• enroots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• erases
• obliterates
• blots out
• expunges

3

as in roots

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

tried to ingrain traditional values in their children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roots
• entrenches
• embeds
• imbeds
• establishes
• impacts
• beds
• puts
• instills
• intrenches
• lodges
• implants
• infuses
• places
• enroots
• imbues
• fixes
• beats (into)
• drives (into)
• sticks
• settles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eliminates
• roots (out)
• dislodges
• uproots
• removes
• eradicates
• ejects
• expels
• detaches
• disengages
• disconnects