Synonyms of inculcates

inculcates

verb

present tense third-person singular of inculcate

1

as in suffuses

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

dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in plants

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set

a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plants
• breeds
• instills
• embeds
• roots
• sows
• lodges
• implants
• inseminates
• infixes
• drives
• enroots
• entrenches
• infuses
• invests
• imbues
• inoculates
• suffuses
• hammers
• pounds
• ingrains
• steeps
• fixes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inculcates

City finished 17 points behind Chelsea when Chelsea won their most recent title, and maybe after a while that inculcates a sense of shakiness, or not-quite-worthiness. — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Because there’s something about the college environment that really inculcates hierarchy. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026