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 The grounds are ensconced in swaying palm trees and lotus ponds that offer panoramic vistas of the ocean from nearly every angle. —

Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026 Shortly after, Canyon bought a patch of desert in Utah’s red-rock-canyon country and, in 2009, Henkel’s vision of a minimalist retreat ensconced in the sandstone landscape materialized as Amangiri, whose nightly room rates start at about $5,000. —

Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026 From upon high, ensconced in the McCovey Suite, Bochy and Baker watched it, too. —

Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026 Once ensconced in California after establishing himself as a Silicon Valley tech executive, Hilton hosted the Fox News Sunday night show, The Next Revolution. —

David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026 While he was ensconced in the Top 10, Sedaka continued to write hits for other artists, remaining a regular composer for Francis but also reaching the charts with Jimmy Clanton. —

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 And making connections with their food once ensconced. —

Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026 The backstory Greenwich, for the unfamiliar, is a prosperous city ensconced in Connecticut’s little panhandle. —

Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026 Only a nerd takes pleasure in responsibility, and we are firmly ensconced in an anti-nerd epoch. —

Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026

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Known as 40 Duke, the locale is nestled in the upper floors of its historic flagship—with only those at the tippy top of Selfridges’s loyalty program gaining full access.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
In the photo, Hat Rack is seen nestled within the weblike Sculpture for Traveling (1918), a net of rubber shower caps cut up and glued together that Duchamp took on a trip to Buenos Aires.

— Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026