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

variants also interne

as in resident

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Recent Examples of intern

Noun

An intern at the food pantry filled out countless job applications. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Pace Prints will operate under the leadership of company president and CEO Jacob Lewis, who got his start as a print shop intern in 2001 before rising to his current position in 2019. — News Desk, Artforum, 17 Sep. 2026 Well, that’s a nod to a Southampton intern being spotted filming a Middlesbrough training session from behind a tree — the incident which sparked an investigation that revealed Southampton’s misbehavior. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 Phelps started out as Garelick’s assistant back in 2014, and Hall began as a creative intern back in 2022. — Matt Minton, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intern

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intern

Verb

Ratliff was arrested in September on murder charges and has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed without bond.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
In Bolivia, Yllanes was a divisive political figure during his lifetime, who was even jailed for his provocative artworks.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of jail

Noun

Hawaii residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which produced heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and government leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep a railroad from falling into the sea.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of resident

Noun

Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
The anecdote is dramatic, the science is real but incomplete, and the practice is moving from fringe biohacking toward a supervised clinical tool, with major caveats readers should understand before trying anything similar.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of reader

Verb

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political rival, has been imprisoned since March of last year and is on trial on corruption charges.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
The state has charged as much as $347 per day, meaning anyone who was imprisoned for a year in Connecticut racked up a tab of nearly $127,000.

— Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of imprison

Noun

One day in 1997, in walked Debbie, a travel nurse from London, England, working in Little Rock.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
To understand the effect of insurance coverage, consider Michele Metz, a 34-year-old nurse from Murrieta who spent nearly $100,000 for unsuccessful IVF treatments four years ago after a history of multiple miscarriages and endometriosis.

— Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of nurse

Noun

Prior to his career in politics, Gray was a small business owner and assistant lecturer at UC Merced.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Working to fight back the tears The calls, text and social media messages have come nonstop since about an hour after the accident, said Chapman University lecturer Peter Weitzner, who served as an advisor and teacher to Moreno in several classes.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of lecturer

Noun

With bow and arrow in hand, Anghba finds his hunt for a wild boar across a riverbank interrupted by a raft floating downstream, as former tribespeople surround a jovial American preacher (Douglas Henshall), much to the chieftain’s chagrin.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Among the line-up are several Black Americans, one of whom is Oscar Rankin, a Black prizefighter and preacher, well known in the Black community.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026