instill

Verbs

  • (v) impart gradually
    • Her presence instilled faith into the children
    • transfuse love of music into the students
    transfuse,
  • (v) enter drop by drop
    • instill medication into my eye
    instil,
  • (v) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
    • Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
    ingrain, impress,
  • (v) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
    • inculcate values into the young generation
    inculcate, infuse,
  • (v) fill, as with a certain quality
    • The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
    impregnate, tincture, infuse,

Synonyms

transfuse instil ingrain impress inculcate infuse impregnate tincture

Words of close approximity

instil
instillation instillator instilling instillment