| Main Entry: | inculcate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, infuse information |
Synonyms: |
brainwash*, break down, communicate, drill, drum into, educate, hammer into, impart, impress, indoctrinate, inseminate, instill, instruct, plant, program, shape up, teach, work over |
| Notes: | one inculcates an idea or habit into people by persistent instruction; one indoctrinates people with certain values or beliefs through repeated instruction |
| Main Entry: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
Synonyms: |
acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, cause to understand, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, guide, illume, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspirit, instruct, let in on, open up, persuade, preach, put on to, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift |
Antonyms: |
be vague, bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle |
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
Synonyms: |
authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, settle, stabilize, start, start ball rolling, station, stick |
Antonyms: |
destroy, disestablish, invalidate, ruin, unsettle |
| 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, freeze to, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, infix, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie |
Antonyms: |
change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | imbue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuse, saturate |
Synonyms: |
bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse |
Antonyms: |
drain, take out |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize |
Synonyms: |
bring home, drive home, establish, fix, get into head, inculcate, instill, press, set, stress |
Antonyms: |
neglect |
| Main Entry: | indoctrinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brainwash |
Synonyms: |
break down, convince, drill, ground, imbue, implant, inculcate, influence, initiate, instill, instruct, plant, program, school, teach, train, work over |
| Notes: | one inculcates an idea or habit into people by persistent instruction; one indoctrinates people with certain values or beliefs through repeated instruction |
Antonyms: |
leave alone, neglect |
| Main Entry: | infuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | introduce; soak |
Synonyms: |
animate, breathe into, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse |
| Main Entry: | instill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, introduce |
Synonyms: |
brainwash*, catechize, diffuse, disseminate, engender, engraft, force in, imbue, impart, impregnate, impress, inculcate, indoctrinate, infiltrate, infix, infuse, inject, inoculate, inseminate, insert, insinuate, inspire, interject, intermix, program, propagandize, put in head, suffuse, transfuse |
Antonyms: |
dislodge, halt, stop, uproot |
| 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, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, improve mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, open eyes, polish up, pound into, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, show the ropes, train, tutor |
Antonyms: |
learn |