Synonyms of inoculating

inoculating

verb

present participle of inoculate

as in suffusing

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

inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suffusing
• infusing
• inculcating
• investing
• imbuing
• filling
• steeping
• flooding
• planting
• charging
• ingraining
• enduing
• implanting
• animating
• instilling
• saturating
• impregnating
• drowning
• enlivening
• leavening
• invigorating
• permeating
• submerging
• overwhelming
• inundating
• pervading
• deluging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripping
• depriving
• removing
• emptying
• eliminating
• clearing
• taking (away)
• divesting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inoculating

The effectiveness of the standard flu shot typically ranges from 22% to 56% in inoculating the population against the illness, according to Mayo Clinic. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Soldiers were self-inoculating without quarantine—which led to rampant rates of infection. — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026

Louvered windows are opened to allow outside air in, cooling the wort and inoculating it with microbes that will magically start fermentation. — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

Similarly, white Americans are nearly four times as likely to skip or delay vaccinating their children compared to Asian Americans, with 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively, forgoing or putting off inoculating their kids, according to the poll. — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025

Creating the haze is a delicate science, one that usually involves using higher-protein grains like oats and wheat, inoculating with a yeast strain that produces fruity aromas, and adding hops just the right moment during fermentation. — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2024