Synonyms of ingrained

ingrained 1 of 2

adjective

ˈin-ˌgrānd 

variants also engrained

as in inherent

being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing

her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inherent
• intrinsic
• integral
• essential
• hereditary
• innate
• indigenous
• constitutional
• ingrain
• inherited
• inborn
• inbred
• natural
• native
• inner
• constitutive
• hardwired
• fundamental
• immanent
• congenital
• basic
• elemental
• distinctive
• built-in
• internal
• characteristic
• in one's blood
• deep-rooted
• peculiar
• habitual
• interior
• typical
• normal
• inveterate
• inmost
• regular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• foreign
• extraneous
• extrinsic
• alien
• adventitious
• accidental
• incidental
• surface
• superficial
• coincidental
• acquired
• external
• exterior
• adscititious

ingrained

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verb

variants also engrained

past tense of ingrain

1

as in suffused

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

the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffused
• inculcated
• imbued
• steeped
• infused
• inoculated
• invested
• flooded
• filled
• instilled
• charged
• planted
• permeated
• overwhelmed
• animated
• endued
• saturated
• implanted
• enlivened
• pervaded
• drowned
• invigorated
• impregnated
• submerged
• inundated
• leavened
• deluged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprived
• stripped
• removed
• cleared
• divested
• eliminated
• took (away)
• emptied

2

as in etched

to produce a vivid impression of

the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• etched
• engraved
• imprinted
• branded
• impressed
• instilled
• inculcated
• imbued
• infixed
• infused
• implanted
• enrooted
• stamped
• fixed
• set

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• erased
• obliterated
• expunged
• blotted out

3

as in rooted

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

tried to ingrain traditional values in their children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rooted
• embedded
• lodged
• entrenched
• implanted
• impacted
• bedded
• put
• instilled
• enrooted
• placed
• fixed
• imbued
• infused
• established
• stuck
• beat (into)
• drove (into)
• settled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eliminated
• rooted (out)
• dislodged
• eradicated
• uprooted
• removed
• ejected
• expelled
• disconnected
• detached
• disengaged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ingrained

Adjective

How did you get started with a chip company after being so ingrained in the music world? — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 27 May 2026

There are few garments more ingrained in the preppy aesthetic than short-sleeve polo shirts. — Lucía Tejo, Glamour, 25 May 2026

Verb

Deeply ingrained into the English footballing psyche is a fear of failure. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Director Paul Weiland, who lived out the exact same bar-mitzvah scenario his protagonist does, nails the specifics of a summer that, for better and for worse, remains ingrained into the national psyche. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026