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Synonyms for imprint

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

engrave inscribe

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

stamp, mark, impress, engrave, inscribe, form, forme US, grave, inculcate, strike, print slang

Noun

1. Imprimatur — the name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher…

imprimatur, colophon

2. Impression

impression, depression

Other

hall-mark, masthead, printer, embossment

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

    For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.

  2. n. 1

    The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands.

    Near-synonyms: colophon, imprimatur

  3. n. 2

    An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark.

    The day left an imprint in my mind.

Related words

Word family
imprimery

Forms

Plural
imprints → imprimaturs, colophons, impressions, depressions…
Past participle
imprinted
e.g. imprinted → stamped, marked, impressed, engraved…

Example sentences

  • engrave I can engrave that on a ring.
  • inscribe I asked the jeweler to inscribe my initials on the back my watch.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
imprintrising
engravesteady
inscriberising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
form1, mark1
5 letters
print1, grave1, stamp1, forme
6 letters
strike1
7 letters
impress2, printer2, engrave2
8 letters
masthead2, inscribe2, colophon
9 letters
inculcate3
10 letters
depression3, impression3, imprimatur4, embossment

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impress2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
empreindre
Deutsch
drucken