ENSCONCED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

ensconced

verb

past tense of ensconce

as in nestled

to establish or place comfortably or snugly the kids had contentedly ensconced themselves on the couch before the TV happily ensconced in her new home

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as in buried

to put into a hiding place ensconced the spare house key in a place where no intruder would think to look

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Recent Examples of ensconced Except for a few lingerers, the vast majority of migratory birds that nested in Georgia during spring and summer are now ensconced in or well on their way to winter grounds in Central and South America and the Caribbean. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026 By midmorning, Helen, ensconced on a couch in front of the portrait of Andrew, flipped open a laptop and waited. — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026 To be ensconced within a reading cohort is bliss, and falling off the cart can be demoralizing. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Andrew Schulz is a shock comedian firmly ensconced in the Joe Rogan and Kill Tony universes, while Eric Andre is an Adult Swim legend beloved on the opposite side of the alternative comedy spectrum. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026 With some 2,000 tomes ensconced in the Library, passengers can spend hours in a cozy corner. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 At Pace, some are ensconced in the walls or cantilevered à la Donald Judd, while others stand atop steel bases. — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026 Barbara Hutton, née Woolworth and heiress to the Woolworth fortune, is still ensconced in her first-floor suite, packing and unpacking, unsure whether to stay or to go. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Neither of them lives full-time in New York anymore; Kessler spends much of his time in Barcelona, and Banks is pleasantly ensconced in Berlin with his wife and two young children. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

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Their best chance to win the game came with the football nestled inside the 5-yard line for four tries, with three of those tries from the 1.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
The Animal Protection headquarters were right downtown, only a couple of blocks from their building, nestled innocuously beside a Western-wear shop on whose roof a massive neon boot rotated slowly against the dark.

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of nestled

Verb

Auwaerter, who was not part of the study, said the data didn't distinguish consumption from external exposure -- in other words, the hair could have picked up traces of weed simply by being buried together with it.

— Mary Evans, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
Oleksander Haiovyi, 20, looks at his car buried in dirt and debris after a strike on a residential area in Kyiv, on Saturday, Nov 7, 2026.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of buried

Verb

The department also confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer for Gomez-Alberto on Tuesday following his arrest.

— Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026
Another case set to go to trial in 2027 involves a lawsuit by a customer who claims to have fallen and been injured after her foot got lodged in an asphalt crack in the parking lot.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of lodged

Verb

The Orb’s mechanical architecture are purposefully not concealed beneath a dial but becomes part of the visual composition — creating a sense of depth and movement that changes with the angle of observation.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
The company allegedly concealed malicious software during testing.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of concealed

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When visiting the office, the writers perched on Jane’s sofa and chatted all afternoon, happy to find a way to avoid writing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2026
The building that collapsed had been perched at the edge of a lot where another one-story building had been torn down for a construction project.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of perched

Verb

Quinn Sullivan started the sequence with a cross in front of goal that Indiana Vassilev settled and pulled goalkeeper William Yarbrough out of his area to find Cavan Sullivan for a close-range finish into an empty net.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Meta, TikTok and YouTube previously settled with the plaintiffs in the same suit.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026

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