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 decision also dismissed all claims against Morris’ wife, Deborah, and all but one claim lodged against Robert Morris personally. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026

Castro, 52, is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, striking Sosa-Celis in the leg with a bullet that lodged in a child’s bedroom wall. — Mark Vancleave, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

At least one bullet went through the home's front window and lodged into a wall, though no one inside the home was hurt. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

At least two or three projectiles appear to have passed straight through the fin, while others may still be lodged inside, according to the group. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

One day, while washing a wooden cutting board, a splinter lodged in my left index finger. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026

These are among the roughly 2,000 complaints consumers have lodged with US auto safety regulators describing problems with glitchy rearview camera systems, a figure that’s surged recently. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

The Other is not modern; its features are to be regarded as lodged in an era that is over and done with. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

After a snail gets lodged in her exhaust pipe, Ingerborg’s kleptomania screws her during a subway trip to the office. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026