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implant - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | implant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insert |
| Synonyms: | embed, fix, inculcate, instill, root |
| Main Entry: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant |
| Synonyms: | base, embed, establish, fix, found, implant, insert, set up, settle |
| Main Entry: | enclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put inside, surround |
| Synonyms: | blockade, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, cover, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, hedge, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, pen, restrict, veil, wrap, block off, box up, close in, encase, fence off, hem in, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, set apart, shut in, wall in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hold, hook, implant, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, moor, nail, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stick, strengthen, string, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld, freeze to, hitch on, hook up, infix, make firm, mortise, rivet, stay put, tack on |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unfasten, unlock, unchain, unlink |
| Main Entry: | graft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transplant, splice |
| Synonyms: | affix, implant, insert, join, plant, propagate, unite, ingraft |
| Notes: | a graft is one thing attached to another by insertion or implantation so it becomes part of it; a splice is the joining of two things end-to-end to make a new whole |
| Main Entry: | impregnate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, fill; make pregnant |
| Synonyms: | charge, conceive, drench, fertilize, implant, inoculate, inseminate, leaven, overflow, percolate, permeate, pervade, procreate, produce, reproduce, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, souse, steep, suffuse, fecundate, imbrue, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | deplete, take out |
| Main Entry: | indoctrinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brainwash |
| Synonyms: | convince, drill, ground, imbue, implant, inculcate, influence, initiate, instill, instruct, plant, program, school, teach, train, break down, work over |
| Antonyms: | neglect, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | infuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; soak |
| Synonyms: | animate, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse, breathe into |
| Main Entry: | insert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put, tuck in |
| Synonyms: | admit, embed, enter, fill in, implant, include, infuse, inject, inlay, insinuate, instill, interject, interpolate, interpose, introduce, intrude, obtrude, place, root, set, stick, drag in, imbed, infix, intercalate, interlope, lug in, pop in*, shoehorn, shove in, squeeze in, work in |
| Antonyms: | remove, withdraw, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw in; interrupt |
| Synonyms: | add, fill in, implant, import, include, infiltrate, infuse, ingrain, inject, insert, insinuate, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, intrude, splice, force in, intercalate, parenthesize, put in, squeeze in |
| Main Entry: | sow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, disseminate, drill, fling, grow, implant, inseminate, lodge, pitch, propagate, raise, scatter, seed, strew, toss, disject, put in |
| Antonyms: | dig, harvest, reap |
| Main Entry: | teach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | educate; instill knowledge |
| Synonyms: | advise, brainwash*, break in*, brief, catechize, coach, communicate, cram, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, expound, fit, form, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, train, tutor, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, improve mind, open eyes, polish up, pound into, show the ropes |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make inroads |
| Synonyms: | anchor, confirm, define, dig in, embed, ensconce, fence, fix, fortify, found, ground, hole up, implant, ingrain, install, lodge, plant, protect, root, seat, set, settle, strengthen, infix |
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
| Synonyms: | authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, root, secure, settle, stabilize, start, station, stick, domiciliate, lay foundation, ring in, rivet, set down, start ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | destroy, invalidate, ruin, unsettle, disestablish |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make firm |
| Synonyms: | affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down*, pin, place, plant, position, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie, freeze to, infix, rigidify, rivet, stay put |
| Antonyms: | change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | graft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transplant |
| Synonyms: | bud*, implant, scion, shoot, slip, splice, sprout, union, hybridization, jointure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in, introduce |
| Synonyms: | add, imbue, implant, impregnate, include, infuse, insert, instill, interject, drag in, force into, interjaculate, place into, squeeze in, stick in, throw in |
| Antonyms: | take out |
| Main Entry: | lodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become fixed or wedged |
| Synonyms: | abide, catch, embed, entrench, fix, implant, ingrain, install, plant, remain, root, stay, stick, come to rest, imbed, infix |
| Antonyms: | dislodge, get out |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in the ground for growing |
| Synonyms: | bury, cover, farm, grow, implant, pitch, pot, raise, scatter, seed, sow, start, stock, transplant, seed down, set out |
| Antonyms: | harvest, reap |
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