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 Minnesotans whose names were also inscribed at the memorial and who are being recognized this week are Anoka County Sheriff’s Detention Deputy Richard Legler, who was ambushed nearly 40 years ago, and Red Lake tribal police officer Jesse Branch. —

Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026 Finally, Branwell’s friend John inscribed his name on the family memorial plaque. —

Literary Hub, 12 May 2026 In 2025 DeepMind released Aeneas, a program that can help historians analyze ancient engravings and determine when and where they were inscribed. —

Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 May 2026 In total, Azerbaijan boasts five properties inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, including one added as recently as 2023. —

Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 It's always inscribed with cultural values and ideas. —

Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Tate — a Chicago native who started his high school career at Marist before transferring to IMG Academy in Florida, then starred as a receiver at Ohio State — wore a jacket with his mom’s name, Ashley Griggs, inscribed on the inside. —

Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 These conditions are deeply inscribed in her work, which repeatedly returns to ideology, mourning, sacrifice, communism, ancestry, and the politics of the body. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 They are often inscribed with messages specific to the occasions at hand. —

Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026

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The rare drawing, etched into the desert floor much like Peru’s Nazca Lines, was created on a lava field in what is now the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

— Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
The Jays didn’t know last year that Bo Bichette’s home run in Texas in May or that a benches-clearing incident in Cleveland in June would end up etched in the lore of a spectacular season.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 14 May 2026