INSCRIBED Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

inscribed

verb

past tense of inscribe

as in etched

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface paid a jeweler to inscribe their names and wedding date on their wedding rings

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as in enrolled

to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member inscribed the couple in the society of sustaining donors to the museum

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as in listed

to put (someone or something) on a list inscribed his name on the list of those to be executed

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Recent Examples of inscribed Nearly every Giant who saw the field wore the cap, but three Giants inscribed a message on their hats, while one player avoided the Pride cap entirely. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 June 2026 The tradition started when the artists inscribed each victim’s name on a ribbon and then sent them to Orlando in the months following June 12, 2016. —

Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026 From that process came three creatures, sensorially inscribed on aluminum screens like fossils. —

Pablo Larios, Artforum, 10 June 2026 There’s no point postulating a soul that might rise beyond the reach of artificial illumination, because the very vault of the Universe is inscribed with radiant diagrams. —

Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026 Archaeologists have previously identified mudbrick and limestone burial structures, fragments of coffins, inscribed limestone blocks, and a Roman-period coin. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026 Jean Racine inscribed upon the scroll of his own life the rhythm of a tragedy, albeit an intellectual one. —

Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Or Quigley somehow stumbled upon the charred book and inscribed her name inside. —

Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Tower Bridge was inscribed in the history books in 1982, when it was inducted into the National Register of Historic Places. —

Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026

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The movie took place in a galaxy far, far away, but it was etched into my young mind for good.

— Brijesh Prabhakar, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
But after a virtuoso 33-point performance in Game 4, which included a block on San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox with less than six seconds left and a game-winning tip-in on his team’s last possession, Anunoby has etched his place in the franchise’s lore, and his popularity is soaring.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026