Synonyms for instill
ɪnˈstɪlin·still

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1. instill

   To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.

   Synonyms:
   discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor

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1. instill, transfuseverb

   impart gradually

   "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"

   Synonyms:
   transfuse, inculcate, ingrain, tincture, infuse, impregnate, impress, instil, cup

2. instill, instilverb

   enter drop by drop

   "instill medication into my eye"

   Synonyms:
   transfuse, inculcate, ingrain, tincture, infuse, impregnate, impress, instil

3. impress, ingrain, instillverb

   produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

   "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

   Synonyms:
   yarn-dye, impregnate, instil, strike, imprint, inculcate, ingrain, tincture, affect, impress, print, move, shanghai, grain, transfuse, infuse

4. inculcate, instill, infuseverb

   teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

   "inculcate values into the young generation"

   Synonyms:
   transfuse, inculcate, ingrain, infuse, steep, impregnate, impress, instil, tincture

5. impregnate, infuse, instill, tinctureverb

   fill, as with a certain quality

   "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

   Synonyms:
   knock up, inculcate, ingrain, saturate, tincture, impress, bang up, infuse, steep, instil, impregnate, prang up, transfuse

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1. • Fill
   • Introduce
   • Lend

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1. List of paraphrases for "instill":

   instil, inculcate

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1. Daniel Webster:

   If we work upon marble, it will perish if we work upon brass, time will efface it if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust but if we work upon immortal minds and instill into them just principles, we are then engraving that upon tablets which no time will efface, but will brighten and brighten to all eternity.

2. Juan Pappier:

   When thousands of Cubans took to the streets in July, the Cuban government responded with a brutal strategy of repression designed to instill fear and suppress dissent, peaceful protesters and other critics have been systematically detained, held incommunicado and abused in horrendous conditions, and subjected to sham trials following patterns that indicate these human rights violations are not the actions of rogue agents.

3. Storyville Gardens developer DeLisa Guerrier:

   Storyville Gardens will provide that option while also helping parents and caregivers instill a love of reading in their children.

4. Keith Rivers:

   How can Keith Rivers instill and stop unrest in the community when Keith Rivers has failed to show any transparency or any level of accountability for Keith Rivers to this community ? how can he effectively carry out the duties of the sheriff with impartiality ? The integrity is gone.

5. Tuesday Mayorkas:

   I was horrified by what I saw, i'm going to let the investigation run its course. But the pictures that I observed troubled me profoundly. That defies all of the values that we seek to instill in our people.