IMBEDDED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

variants also imbedded

Definition of embedded

as in implanted

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verb

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past tense of embed

as in rooted

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls

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Recent Examples of embedded

Adjective

Native culture is an imbedded fact of Minnesota’s history and now the Indian – a brave, a scout, God forbid somebody’s friend — is gone from the flag. — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026 The device receives a video feed captured by external smart glasses with an embedded camera. — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Verb

Sources include defectors, informants and individuals who remain embedded within movements while passing information to outsiders. — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 Scott Quigley, then embedded with the Middlesex DA’s office, crashed his cruiser into a wheelchair van in December 2023, injuring a man inside who died at the hospital a month later. — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for embedded

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embedded

Adjective

For clients like Edward White, who is on a fixed income, the service is a critical lifeline.

— Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Importantly, all of these rhythms stack on top of each other and interact, meaning that resilience is never a fixed state but rather more of a dynamic balance between a person’s mental and physical capacities and the demands placed on them.

— Masha Remskar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of fixed

Verb

After three or four weeks, a gentle tug on the stem should meet resistance, indicating that the cutting has rooted.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
The Quilceda Creek vineyards are also non-grafted and own-rooted, which Golitzin believes enables each clone to express its character more directly.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of rooted

Adjective

The strategy seeks to slow China's technological advancement through attrition rather than a complete ban, acknowledging the inherent challenge of policing cross-border digital services.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Although none of these trails are terribly technical, there’s still an inherent risk that comes with hiking.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of inherent

Verb

Despite surgery, however, the bullet lodged inside his abdomen was not found, and his condition suddenly deteriorated.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Castro is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, striking Sosa-Celis in the leg with a bullet that lodged in a child’s bedroom wall.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of lodged

Adjective

The Financial Times has argued that the astronomical prices of top modernist paintings are less about intrinsic artistic value than wealth, scarcity, and the concentration of buying power among billionaires.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Repurchases can create significant value when a company's shares trade below management's estimate of intrinsic value, because each remaining shareholder owns a larger percentage of the company afterward.

— Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of intrinsic

Adjective

Generally, in high-altitude environments such as mountain ranges, permafrost—basically, frozen soil—holds sediment and rocky material together.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Egg freezing is a fertility-preservation procedure in which eggs are retrieved from the ovaries, frozen and stored for possible future use.

— Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of frozen

Adjective

Blockchain, despite being popularly associated with cryptocurrency, can be applied to any industry, especially with its technology, which makes the input data immutable.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
Confidential computing supports that trust through capabilities such as immutable access logging and consent management.

— John Pettit, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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