INSTAL Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

install

verb

in-ˈstȯl

as in to inaugurate

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies installed her as the new principal of the high school

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as in to lodge

to establish or place comfortably or snugly installed herself in an easy chair by the fireplace and remained there for the rest of the afternoon

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Recent Examples of install The 4-by-8-foot panels, which cover 32 square feet, are easy to install and are sold at home centers and lumber yards. —

Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026 Following launch, astronauts aboard the International Space Station will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Cygnus and install the spacecraft to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026 The original concept resembled a patchwork blanket, but the team ultimately designed separate detachable panels that are much easier to install. —

Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2026 Models with adjustable temperatures can be harder to install, so keep this in mind as well. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for install

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The bloc doesn’t have a mechanism to expel a wayward member, but Western diplomats told me that brazen electoral theft would inaugurate a perilous new era.

— Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
The museum is the most recent of a string of outposts inaugurated in recent years by the Pompidou, which operates branches in Metz, France, and Málaga, Spain.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Apr. 2026