Synonyms of indulged

indulged 1 of 2

adjective

as in spoiled

Related Words

• spoiled
• pampered
• coddled
• wealthy
• moneyed
• affluent
• successful
• opulent
• loaded
• rich
• well-to-do
• propertied
• comfortable
• fortunate
• well-heeled
• lucky
• well-off
• blessed
• prosperous
• privileged
• flush
• advantaged
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering

Dissimilar Words

• deprived
• depressed
• disadvantaged
• underprivileged
• poor
• broke
• needy
• impoverished
• destitute
• impecunious
• penniless
• indigent
• penurious
• unprivileged
• bankrupt
• beggared
• insolvent
• poverty-stricken
• bankrupted

indulged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of indulge

1

as in humored

to give in to (a desire)

the grandparents indulged the child's wishes to an extent that they never did with their own children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humored
• gratified
• pleased
• spoiled
• catered (to)
• reveled
• delighted
• satisfied
• basked
• luxuriated
• pampered
• wallowed
• coddled
• satiated
• pleasured
• sated
• mollycoddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• checked
• restrained
• constrained
• inhibited
• stifled
• curbed
• bridled

2

as in surrendered

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

conventioneers who were obviously eager to indulge themselves in all of the vices that Las Vegas might offer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrendered
• abandoned
• yielded
• delivered
• gave up
• reveled
• overindulged
• basked
• overdid
• luxuriated
• wallowed
• rolled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denied
• eschewed
• refrained (from)
• abstained (from)
• restrained
• checked
• inhibited
• forbore
• forwent

3

as in nursed

to treat with great or excessive care

you indulge those grandkids in ways you never did with your own kids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spoiled
• nursed
• pampered
• pleased
• satisfied
• coddled
• babied
• appeased
• cosseted
• dandled
• delighted
• mollycoddled
• mothered
• humored
• cockered
• obliged
• contented
• gratified
• wet-nursed
• soothed
• placated
• catered (to)
• gladdened
• mollified
• pacified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlled
• abused
• restrained
• misused
• mistreated
• disciplined
• neglected
• oppressed
• manhandled
• violated
• maltreated
• mishandled
• overlooked
• ill-treated
• ill-used
• slighted
• outraged
• molested
• hurt
• injured
• harassed
• harmed
• tormented
• tortured
• victimized
• persecuted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of indulged

Adjective

But the partner being indulged will be none the wiser to the other’s true feelings. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

Verb

In Salzburg, Dudamel indulged the Vienna Philharmonic’s incomparable lushness, those plush strings, glowing winds, golden brass, voluminous timpani. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Night Seven indulged Bon Jovi’s love for sports, with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and tennis legend John McEnroe mingling backstage. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Within the home, the dogs were indulged to an unusual degree, holding status as nearly full members of the family. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Portugal, as our crew wrote, indulged Ronaldo and paid the price. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 7 July 2026

At the same time, centrists swung against a left that had indulged its purist tendencies. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 27 June 2026

This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms. — Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026