Synonyms of lodged

lodged 1 of 2

adjective

as in stuck

firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge

the rusty, old bolts were so well lodged that a power wrench was needed to extract them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stuck
• jammed
• tight
• glued
• frozen
• wedged
• embedded
• attached
• clamped
• firm
• set
• anchored
• cemented
• secured
• bonded
• bound
• fast
• snug
• fastened
• implanted
• entrenched
• impacted
• immovable
• unyielding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loose
• insecure
• detached
• unsecured
• freed
• unattached
• movable
• undone
• unbound
• dislodged
• yielding
• loosened
• unfastened

lodged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of lodge

1

as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter

the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housed
• accommodated
• sheltered
• boarded
• camped
• domiciled
• roofed
• billeted
• harbored
• roomed
• quartered
• encamped
• chambered
• bestowed
• bivouacked
• bunked
• secured
• ensconced
• homed
• took in
• put up
• tented
• stabled
• roosted
• shedded
• bedded (down)
• barracked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejected
• evicted

2

as in nestled

to establish or place comfortably or snugly

our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nestled
• perched
• positioned
• parked
• settled
• planted
• installed
• ensconced
• located
• housed
• situated
• stationed
• anchored
• deployed
• roosted
• camped
• emplaced
• fixed
• set
• camped (out)
• burrowed
• curled up
• harbored
• dug in
• bivouacked

3

as in embedded

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embedded
• rooted
• implanted
• placed
• entrenched
• bedded
• put
• impacted
• ingrained
• fixed
• stuck
• established
• imbued
• enrooted
• infused
• instilled
• drove (into)
• beat (into)
• settled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eliminated
• rooted (out)
• dislodged
• expelled
• removed
• ejected
• uprooted
• eradicated
• detached
• disconnected
• disengaged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lodged

Adjective

If pellets remain lodged inside, the group warned that an infection could, in the worst case, become life-threatening. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Verb

That same month, another whale, this one a juvenile, was found lifeless and lodged among woody debris in a Washington State river, miles from the ocean. — Ainslie Cruickshank, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

Atlanta drivers were left shocked late Sunday night after a driver's legs were seen dangling from a vehicle lodged under an overpass. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

After the broadcast went out, the PCB lodged a formal complaint with Sky Sports while Pakistan’s players briefly threatened not to return to the field for the afternoon session. — James Wallace, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The complaint was one of more than 40 lodged by current and former Carleen students over a five-year period. — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

After his initial amusement, a vague concern lodged itself in his throat, coloring his words. — Hisham Matar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed three unfair labor practice charges the Teamsters have lodged against Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in the last year. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Despite surgery, however, the bullet lodged inside his abdomen was not found, and his condition suddenly deteriorated. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

This case and others lodged against social media giants have been compared to transformative litigation against big tobacco companies in the 1990s. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026