INTERNE Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈin-ˌtərn

Definition of intern

as in to jail

to put in or as if in prison some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II

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intern

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noun

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as in resident

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Recent Examples of intern

Noun

After working as an intern and on the football staff at KU, Potts was asked to apply for an open role with the Royals. — Pj Green october 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 Kim started as an intern in the summer of 2019 and has been with the company ever since. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 The character’s clinical authority and fraught romance with intern Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo, defined much of the drama’s early appeal. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 Purdue Northwest student Jaelysa Bracey hugs her grandmother, Carrolle Bracey, after being sworn in as an intern with the Lake County Prosecutor's Office High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intern

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intern

Verb

Americans in the nation's early days could be jailed for failing to repay debts — and some argue that debtors' prisons persist.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Davis anti-transgender activist and school board candidate Beth Bourne was briefly jailed on trespassing charges Tuesday after her arrest outside a Sonoma high school, the Sonoma newspaper reported.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of jail

Noun

José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, a Mexican national and West Adams resident, appeared in court wearing a reflective vest with the name of a landscaping company, blue jeans and boots with the American flag on them.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
California weighs factors like time spent in the state and business ties when deciding who counts as a resident.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of resident

Noun

In my disturbance—whether witnessed by a fellow cinema patron or a reader of this essay—I am exposed a second time.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Singletary has used her own life experiences including raising her kids, helping take care of her disabled brother and planning her estate to help her readers navigate their financial journeys.

— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of reader

Verb

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Monday that 2,513 people had been taken into custody amid the recent protests, with 67 people imprisoned.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Otero Alcántara, who was released into exile three months ago after five years in prison, said he had been arrested several times before he was imprisoned in 2021.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of imprison

Noun

Social workers, nurses, therapists, and home health aides provide care that depends not simply on technical skill, but on empathy, dignity, and compassion.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
The high amount of overtime at the mental health department is related mainly to nurses working at the state’s mental health hospitals, Whiting and Connecticut Valley Hospital, which are both in Middletown.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of nurse

Noun

Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
After more than a year of negotiations and a proposal from the CSU to increase salaries by 3%, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lecturer

Noun

Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome's Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations.

— Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of surgeon

Noun

The preacher was arrested in 2023 after police received a tip-off, and weeks later authorities began uncovering bodies in shallow graves in the Shakahola Forest near the coast in southeastern Kenya.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
In the background of a gut-wrenching new album from Teller Bank$, there’s a preacher who sees himself in the biblical parable of Noah’s ark.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026