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present participle of inculcate
Synonyms & Antonyms of inculcating
1
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 for inculcating
- enduing
- (or induing),
- imbuing,
- infusing,
- ingraining
- (also engraining),
- inoculating,
- investing,
- steeping,
- suffusing
Words Related to inculcating
Near Antonyms for inculcating
2
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
- a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority
Synonyms for inculcating
Words Related to inculcating
- embedding
- (also imbedding),
- entrenching
- (also intrenching),
- fixing,
- lodging,
- rooting
- imbuing,
- infusing,
- ingraining
- (also engraining),
- inoculating,
- investing,
- steeping,
- suffusing
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“Inculcating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcating. Accessed 23 Jan. 2022.
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