Synonyms for instill
- verb
- American English
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
- v. 2
To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.
- v. 3
Australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.
Related words
- Word family
- instillment
- Other spellings
- instil UK
Forms
- Past participle
- instilled
e.g. instilled → impressed, ingrained, implanted, dinned…
Example sentences
- impress Tom seems to be trying to impress the new manager.
- din Babur's full name was Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur.
By length
- 3 letters
- din1
- 5 letters
- teach1, infix
- 6 letters
- infuse2
- 7 letters
- impress2, implant2, ingrain
- 8 letters
- tincture2
- 9 letters
- insinuate4, inculcate3, transfuse2
- 10 letters
- impregnate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (infuse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- instiller