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
• engrains
• ingrains
• floods
• instills
• animates
• steeps
• endues
• indues
• enlivens
• overwhelms
• invigorates
• plants
• pervades
• charges
• drowns
• permeates
• leavens
• saturates
• impregnates
• submerges
• inundates
• 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
• lodges
• sows
• implants
• inseminates
• infixes
• drives
• enroots
• imbeds
• entrenches
• invests
• infuses
• imbues
• inoculates
• suffuses
• hammers
• pounds
• ingrains
• engrains
• intrenches
• steeps
• fixes