All instil synonyms
in·stil
I i verb instil
- impart — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- implant — to put or fix firmly: to implant sound principles in a child's mind.
- inculcate — to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- teach — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- drill — a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
- school — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- diffuse — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- disseminate — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- engender — Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
- imbue — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
- inject — to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue: to inject a medicine into the veins.
- inspire — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- brainwash — If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly.
- catechize — to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
- engraft — To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant.
- impregnate — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- impress — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- indoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- infiltrate — to filter into or through; permeate.
- infix — to fix, fasten, or drive in: He infixed the fatal spear.
- infuse — to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill (usually followed by into): The energetic new principal infused new life into the school.
- inoculate — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- inseminate — to inject semen into (the female reproductive tract); impregnate.
- insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- insinuate — to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
- interject — to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
- intermix — Mix together.
- programme — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- suffuse — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- drip — to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
- pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.