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implant

verb

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1 to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
  • a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
Synonyms of implant

breed, enroot, inculcate, infix, inseminate, instill, plant, sow
Words Related to implant

drive, hammer, pound

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), fix, lodge, root

imbue, infuse, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse
2 to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
  • The gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out.
Synonyms of implant

bed, embed (also imbed), enroot, entrench (also intrench), fix, impact, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root
Words Related to implant

imbue, infuse, instill

beat (into), drive (into)

establish, place, put, settle, stick
Near Antonyms of implant

eliminate, eradicate

eject, expel

detach, disconnect, disengage, remove
Antonyms of implant

dislodge, root (out), uproot

Synonym Discussion of implant

implant, inculcate, instill, inseminate, infix mean to introduce into the mind. implant implies teaching that makes for permanence of what is taught.
    • implanted a love of reading in her students
inculcate implies persistent or repeated efforts to impress on the mind.
    • tried to inculcate in him high moral standards
instill stresses gradual, gentle imparting of knowledge over a long period of time.
    • instill traditional values in your children
inseminate applies to a sowing of ideas in many minds so that they spread through a class or nation.
    • inseminated an unquestioning faith in technology
infix stresses firmly inculcating a habit of thought.
    • infixed a chronic cynicism

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