imbue

The word “imbue” has 2 syllables: im-bue

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈbjuː/


What is synonym and antonym for imbue?

In the thesaurus, “imbue” has 32 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for imbue along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for imbue

  • animate
  • bathe
  • charge
  • deluge
  • diffuse
  • drown
  • endue
  • engrain
  • enliven
  • fill
  • flood
  • implant
  • impregnate
  • inculcate
  • indue
  • infix
  • infuse
  • ingrain
  • inoculate
  • instill
  • inundate
  • invest
  • invigorate
  • leaven
  • overwhelm
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • plant
  • saturate
  • steep
  • submerge
  • suffuse

Antonyms for imbue

Meanings of imbue

  • verb
    1. To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
    2. In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

Example Sentences

  • The teacher's enthusiasm helped imbue the students with a love for learning.
  • The artist's use of vibrant colors served to imbue the painting with a sense of joy.
  • Her personal experiences imbue her writing with authenticity and depth.
  • The mentor sought to imbue his apprentices with the values of integrity and hard work.
  • The ceremony was designed to imbue the new members with a sense of tradition and unity.

On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to imbue, such as: animate, bathe, charge, clear, deluge, deprive, diffuse.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

imbed

  • abide
  • admit
  • attach
  • bed
  • berth
  • catch
  • come to rest
  • deposit
  • dock
  • drag in
  • drop
  • embed
  • engrain
  • enroot
  • enter
  • entrench
  • establish
  • fasten
  • fill in
  • fix
  • found
  • imbue
  • impact
  • implant
  • include
  • infix
  • infuse
  • ingrain
  • inject
  • inlay
  • insert
  • insinuate
  • install
  • instill
  • institute
  • intercalate
  • interject
  • interlope
  • interpolate
  • interpose
  • intrench
  • introduce
  • intrude
  • lodge
  • lug in
  • make port
  • moor
  • obtrude
  • park
  • place
  • plank
  • plank down
  • plant
  • plop
  • plunk
  • pop in
  • put
  • remain
  • root
  • secure
  • set
  • settle
  • shoehorn
  • shove in
  • squeeze in
  • station
  • stay
  • stick
  • tie
  • tie up
  • work in

warm-up

  • accustom
  • act
  • action
  • activity
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • anticipate
  • appoint
  • arm
  • arrange
  • assemble
  • assignment
  • background
  • bake
  • barbecue
  • basics
  • bask
  • batten
  • become liquid
  • become seasoned
  • become soft
  • blanch
  • blaze
  • boil
  • brace
  • brainwash
  • braise
  • break
  • break in
  • brew
  • brief
  • broil
  • brown
  • build up
  • buildup
  • burn
  • calisthenics
  • call
  • calorify
  • care for
  • chafe
  • chalk talk
  • char
  • clear the decks
  • coach
  • coaching
  • coddle
  • concoct
  • condition
  • conditioning
  • constitutional
  • construct
  • contrive
  • cook
  • countdown
  • cultivate
  • cultivation
  • curtain lifter
  • curtain warmer
  • curtain-raiser
  • daily dozen
  • daily workout
  • decoct
  • deep fry
  • defrost
  • deliquesce
  • depict
  • describe
  • develop
  • discharge
  • discipline
  • dispose
  • dissolve
  • do again
  • do over
  • doctor
  • domestication
  • draft
  • draw up
  • dress
  • dress rehearse
  • drill
  • drilling
  • drum into
  • dry run
  • educate
  • education
  • endow
  • enflame
  • enkindle
  • enlighten
  • equip
  • escallop
  • examination
  • exercise
  • exercising
  • exert
  • exertion
  • experiment
  • fabricate
  • fashion
  • fill in
  • fire
  • fit
  • fit out
  • fix
  • flame
  • flow
  • flush
  • flux
  • forearm
  • form
  • formulate
  • fortify
  • foster
  • foundation
  • frame
  • french fry
  • fricassee
  • frizzle
  • fry
  • furnish
  • fuse
  • gather
  • gear up
  • get
  • get a workout
  • get in shape
  • get ready
  • get set
  • gird
  • glow
  • go over
  • go through
  • grill
  • groom
  • ground
  • grounding
  • groundwork
  • grow hot
  • grow strong
  • grow warm
  • guidance
  • guide
  • gym
  • habituate
  • harden
  • heat
  • hold a reading
  • homework
  • hone
  • ignite
  • imbue
  • improve
  • inaugural
  • incandesce
  • incinerate
  • incline
  • indoctrinate
  • indoctrination
  • inflame
  • instruct
  • instruction
  • inure
  • iterate
  • keep posted
  • kickoff
  • kindle
  • labor
  • lay the groundwork
  • lead-in
  • learning by doing
  • lesson
  • let in on
  • lick into shape
  • limber up
  • liquefy
  • loosen
  • loosen up
  • make
  • make provision
  • make ready
  • make up
  • maneuver
  • maneuvers
  • marching
  • melt
  • microwave
  • modify
  • mold
  • mollify
  • mount
  • movement
  • narrate
  • nuke
  • occupation
  • open up
  • opener
  • opening gun
  • opening shot
  • operation
  • order
  • organize
  • outfit
  • overture
  • oxidate
  • oxidize
  • panfry
  • parboil
  • pave the way
  • percolate
  • perfect
  • performance
  • perspire
  • physical jerks
  • plan
  • ply
  • poach
  • polish
  • post
  • practice
  • preamble
  • predispose
  • preliminaries
  • preliminary
  • prelude
  • prep
  • preparation
  • prepare
  • pressure-cook
  • preview
  • prime
  • principles
  • problem
  • produce
  • program
  • prolog
  • prologue
  • provide
  • psych up
  • pump iron
  • pursuit
  • put in order
  • put on the fire
  • put on to
  • put out
  • put through grind
  • put through mill
  • put together
  • qualify
  • raise the temperature
  • ready
  • readying
  • rear
  • recapitulate
  • recitation
  • recite
  • recount
  • reduce
  • reenact
  • rehearsal
  • rehearse
  • reheat
  • reiterate
  • relate
  • relax
  • relent
  • repeat
  • repetition
  • reskill
  • review
  • roast
  • routine
  • run
  • run lines
  • run through
  • run-up
  • scald
  • school
  • schooling
  • schoolwork
  • scorch
  • sear
  • season
  • seasoning
  • seethe
  • session
  • set
  • set on fire
  • settle
  • shake down
  • shakedown
  • shape
  • shape up
  • sharpen
  • sharpening
  • show the ropes
  • simmer
  • singe
  • sizzle
  • smelt
  • smooth the way
  • soften
  • spread
  • start
  • steam
  • steel
  • steep
  • stew
  • strain
  • strengthen
  • study
  • sun
  • supply
  • swelter
  • take from the top
  • tame
  • task
  • teach
  • teaching
  • tell
  • tepefy
  • test
  • thaw
  • theme
  • toast
  • toil
  • tone up
  • toughen up
  • train
  • training
  • try out
  • tryout
  • tuition
  • tune up
  • tune-up
  • turn out
  • tutelage
  • tutor
  • unbend
  • upbringing
  • update
  • upskill
  • walk through
  • walk-up
  • warm
  • warm over
  • warmup
  • whip into shape
  • wise up
  • work
  • work out
  • work over
  • work-out
  • workout
  • zap

wash

  • ablution
  • agitate
  • asperse
  • bath
  • bathe
  • be acceptable
  • be plausible
  • be reasonable
  • bear scrutiny
  • beat
  • bedew
  • bedraggle
  • bog
  • brush up
  • bubble
  • carry weight
  • churn
  • clean up
  • cleaning
  • cleanse
  • cleansing
  • coat
  • coating
  • convince
  • damp
  • dampen
  • deluge
  • dip
  • dirty clothes
  • do the dishes
  • do the laundry
  • douche
  • douse
  • dowse
  • drench
  • dribble
  • drip
  • drizzle
  • drop
  • drown
  • duck
  • dunk
  • ebb and flow
  • eddy
  • endure
  • engulf
  • fen
  • film
  • float
  • flood
  • flow
  • flush
  • fly
  • fresh up
  • freshen up
  • get through
  • go down
  • go over
  • go through
  • gook
  • guck
  • guggle
  • gurgle
  • gush
  • heave
  • hold up
  • hold water
  • hose
  • humidify
  • hydrate
  • imbue
  • immerse
  • impregnate
  • inundate
  • irrigate
  • jet
  • lap
  • lapping
  • launder
  • laundering
  • lave
  • layer
  • lip
  • marsh
  • marshland
  • mire
  • mist
  • moisten
  • moisturize
  • moor
  • morass
  • muck
  • mud
  • murmur
  • muskeg
  • ooze
  • overflow
  • overlay
  • paddle
  • pass
  • pass muster
  • plash
  • play
  • purl
  • quagmire
  • reel
  • rehydrate
  • rewash
  • rewet
  • rinse
  • ripple
  • roll
  • rush
  • saturate
  • scour
  • scrub
  • shake
  • shampoo
  • shine
  • shower
  • slew
  • slime
  • slop
  • slosh
  • slough
  • sludge
  • slue
  • sluice
  • slush
  • soak
  • soap
  • sodden
  • sop
  • souse
  • spew
  • splash
  • sponge
  • spout
  • sprinkle
  • spurt
  • squirt
  • stain
  • stand up
  • starch
  • steep
  • stick
  • stir
  • stream
  • submerge
  • suffusion
  • surge
  • surging
  • swab
  • swale
  • swamp
  • swampland
  • swash
  • sweep
  • swell
  • swirl
  • swish
  • swishing
  • swoosh
  • take
  • take a bath
  • take a shower
  • trickle
  • tub
  • undulation
  • wash out
  • wash up
  • washing
  • water
  • water-soak
  • waterlog
  • wet
  • wet down
  • wetland
  • wheel
  • whip
  • whirl
  • whish
  • whisk
  • wipe
  • work

impact

  • affect
  • afflict
  • agitate
  • allure
  • appeal
  • appulse
  • attract
  • attraction
  • authority
  • bang
  • bang into
  • bash
  • bashing
  • battering
  • bed
  • bewitch
  • bias
  • blow
  • bludgeoning
  • bother
  • bounce
  • brunt
  • brush
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump
  • burden
  • captivate
  • carom
  • carry away
  • charm
  • clash
  • clobbering
  • clout
  • clunk
  • cogency
  • collide
  • collision
  • color
  • command
  • concern
  • concussion
  • consequence
  • consequences
  • contact
  • crack up
  • crash
  • crunch
  • crush
  • dazzle
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • domination
  • dominion
  • effect
  • effectiveness
  • embed
  • enchant
  • encounter
  • engage
  • engrain
  • enrapture
  • enroot
  • enthral
  • enthrall
  • entrance
  • entrench
  • establish
  • fascinate
  • fascination
  • fix
  • fluster
  • force
  • forcefulness
  • full force
  • get to
  • glance
  • graze
  • hammering
  • harass
  • harry
  • hit
  • imbed
  • imbue
  • impinge
  • impingement
  • implant
  • importance
  • impress
  • impression
  • imprint
  • influence
  • infuse
  • ingrain
  • inspire
  • instill
  • interest
  • intrench
  • involve
  • jar
  • jolt
  • jostle
  • jounce
  • kick
  • kiss
  • knock
  • lambasting
  • land
  • licking
  • lodge
  • mark
  • mastery
  • meaning
  • meeting
  • move
  • muscle
  • nudge
  • payoff
  • penetrate
  • percussion
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pierce
  • place
  • plague
  • point
  • pound
  • pounding
  • power
  • press
  • prestige
  • pull
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • push
  • put
  • quake
  • quiver
  • ram
  • rap
  • ravish
  • reach
  • rebound
  • register
  • repercussion
  • ricochet
  • root
  • scrape
  • settle
  • shake
  • shave
  • shock
  • significance
  • skim
  • skip
  • slam
  • slap
  • smash
  • smash up
  • smash-up
  • smite
  • sovereignty
  • sovranty
  • stick
  • stir
  • strain
  • stress
  • strike
  • stroke
  • supremacy
  • sway
  • sweep
  • swipe
  • thrashing
  • thrust
  • thud
  • thump
  • touch
  • transport
  • tremble
  • tremor
  • trouble
  • try
  • upset
  • wallop
  • weight
  • worry
  • wrack up
  • wring

lave

  • bath
  • bathe
  • brush up
  • bubble
  • clean up
  • cleanse
  • dip
  • do the dishes
  • do the laundry
  • douse
  • drench
  • float
  • fresh up
  • freshen up
  • gurgle
  • hose
  • imbue
  • immerse
  • lap
  • launder
  • lip
  • moisten
  • plash
  • rinse
  • ripple
  • scour
  • scrub
  • shampoo
  • shine
  • shower
  • slosh
  • soak
  • soap
  • splash
  • sponge
  • starch
  • swab
  • take a bath
  • take a shower
  • tub
  • wash
  • wash up
  • wet
  • wipe

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