Synonyms for immerse
Definitions
- v. 1
To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).
Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water.
- v. 2
To involve or engage deeply.
The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies.
Related words
- Word family
- immersion
Forms
- Past participle
- immersed
e.g. immersed → absorbed, submerged, engaged, engrossed…
Choose the right word
Dip is Saxon, while immerse is Latin for the same initial act; dip is accordingly the more popular and commonplace, immerse the more elegant and dignified expression in many cases. Baptists now universally use the word immerse.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- engage I'd like to engage in foreign trade in the future.
- absorb The glass can't absorb water, but the curtain can.
- submerge An osprey can completely submerge itself when it dives after a fish.
By length
- 3 letters
- dip1
- 4 letters
- sink1, duck1, bury2, soak1, dunk1
- 5 letters
- steep1, merge1, swamp1, drown1, douse1, souse
- 6 letters
- engage2, absorb2, plunge1, engulf2, drench1
- 7 letters
- involve2, swallow2, engross2, immerge
- 8 letters
- submerge2, inundate3
- 9 letters
- overwhelm3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bury2 = 2 syllables).