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

The career included its hiccups, a not-yet-ready-for-primetime quarterback thrust into a starting role as a freshman, an on-campus protest in which the football team was lodged and, well, not as many wins as anyone involved would have liked. — Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Thompson lodged criticisms for Jones’ Silicon Valley donors, shifting policy positions and associations with healthcare companies that were fined for denying care. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

She was shot twice; one bullet grazed the top of her head, and another lodged in her back. — Meagan Harris, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

The bullet lodged in the victim's spine, court documents said. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

The Cook County medical examiner’s report found that Villegas González was shot in the left side of his neck by a bullet that traveled downward and lodged in his lower-right chest. — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

It’s lodged between the other slices of sticky pop-rock thatmade Crow an inescapable presence on pop radio for nearly 15 years. — Ethan Beck, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

He has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and still has a bullet lodged in his brain, according to family. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026

Following an October 2025 weapon charge, ICE lodged a detainer against Bautista, but local officials declined the request under New York City's sanctuary policies. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026