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.

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Related Words

imbed

  • abide
  • admit
  • attach
  • bed
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  • catch
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  • deposit
  • dock
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  • enter
  • entrench
  • establish
  • fasten
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  • imbue
  • impact
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  • shoehorn
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  • station
  • stay
  • stick
  • tie
  • tie up
  • work in

imbedded

  • abiding
  • accustomed
  • bedded
  • bred-in-the-bone
  • chronic
  • confirmed
  • customary
  • deep
  • deep-rooted
  • deep-seated
  • enduring
  • engrained
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  • entrenched
  • established
  • firm
  • fixed
  • frozen
  • habitual
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  • hard-core
  • imbued
  • immutable
  • impacted
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  • inborn
  • inbred
  • inculcated
  • infused
  • ingrained
  • inherent
  • innate
  • instilled
  • integral
  • intrenched
  • intrinsic
  • inveterate
  • irradicable
  • lifelong
  • lodged
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  • persistent
  • persisting
  • placed
  • put
  • regular
  • rooted
  • set
  • settled
  • stuck
  • typical
  • unalterable
  • unchangeable
  • usual

imbeds

  • beds
  • engrains
  • enroots
  • entrenches
  • establishes
  • fixes
  • imbues
  • impacts
  • implants
  • infuses
  • ingrains
  • instills
  • intrenches
  • lodges
  • places
  • puts
  • roots
  • settles
  • sticks

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
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  • supremacy
  • sway
  • sweep
  • swipe
  • thrashing
  • thrust
  • thud
  • thump
  • touch
  • transport
  • tremble
  • tremor
  • trouble
  • try
  • upset
  • wallop
  • weight
  • worry
  • wrack up
  • wring

impacted

  • affected
  • afflicted
  • agitated
  • allured
  • anchored
  • attached
  • attracted
  • banged
  • bashed
  • bedded
  • bewitched
  • biased
  • biassed
  • bonded
  • bothered
  • bounced
  • bound
  • brushed
  • bulldozed
  • bumped
  • captivated
  • caromed
  • carried away
  • cemented
  • charmed
  • clamped
  • clunked
  • collided
  • colored
  • concerned
  • contacted
  • crashed
  • dazzled
  • deep-seated
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • embedded
  • encapsulated
  • enchanted
  • enclosed
  • engaged
  • engrained
  • enraptured
  • enrooted
  • enthralled
  • entranced
  • entrenched
  • established
  • fascinated
  • fast
  • fastened
  • firm
  • fixed
  • flustered
  • frozen
  • glanced
  • glued
  • got to
  • grazed
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hit
  • imbedded
  • imbued
  • immovable
  • impinged
  • implanted
  • impressed
  • influenced
  • infused
  • ingrained
  • inserted
  • inspired
  • installed
  • instilled
  • interested
  • intrenched
  • involved
  • jammed
  • jostled
  • kissed
  • knocked
  • landed
  • lodged
  • moved
  • muscled
  • nested
  • nudged
  • penetrated
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • pierced
  • placed
  • plagued
  • planted
  • pressed
  • pushed
  • put
  • rammed
  • ravished
  • reached
  • rebounded
  • ricocheted
  • ricochetted
  • rooted
  • scraped
  • secured
  • set
  • set in
  • settled
  • shaved
  • skimmed
  • skipped
  • slammed
  • smashed
  • smote
  • snug
  • stirred
  • strained
  • stressed
  • struck
  • stuck
  • swayed
  • swept
  • swiped
  • thudded
  • tight
  • touched
  • transported
  • tried
  • troubled
  • unyielding
  • upset
  • wedged
  • worried
  • wrung

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