INSTALLED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

installed

verb

past tense of install

as in inducted

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 lodged

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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Leeper became the first woman and Black person inducted into the Charlotte Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2015.

— Chase Jordan October 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026
The pair will be inducted into the 2026 Silver Circle later this year along with other leaders in the television industry.

— WBZ-News Staff, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of inducted

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Alongside Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, Netflix has lodged an appeal with France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’État, challenging new sub-quotas for investment in documentaries and animation.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
The protests being lodged against that decision provide some comfort, and Louise would have been grateful for them.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of lodged

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The change comes a year after Pullin was formally inaugurated with high expectations for TCU’s growth.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Green created the organization’s annual awards ceremony and inaugurated the Circle of Champions.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of inaugurated

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Teddy bears and trains, baseballs and dolls dance through the air into Santa's enormous sack, which sits at Santa's feet, or rather Harry's, who is perched high on the throne at the back of the float, magnificent in white whiskers and red velvet.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Every transformer on the grid—from the cylinders perched on utility lines to the big spiky devices at substations—trades voltage for current at a fixed ratio.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of perched

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On the first night of Southern California’s fires Thursday, the crescent moon was the only source of light across homes nestled beneath Boney Mountain in Ventura County and across much of the Santa Monica Mountains due to the ongoing outages.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Each building at the luxe 15-acre Russian River resort, which is nestled amongst the towering redwoods in the petite town of Guerneville, California, is linked to a different era of the property’s past.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of nestled

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Benton settled in 1841, then incorporated 60 years later, expanding outward from the planting of a hickory tree.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
No one who later testified before the grand jury said who first proposed sending settlement money to Hope Florida, but the amount going to the foundation settled at $10 million.

— Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

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