Meanings
verbinstill (third-person singular simple present instills, present participle instilling, simple past and past participle instilled)
present singular third person instills · participle present instilling · participle past instilled · past instilled · alternative instil
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Latinstīria?
- Latinstīlla
- Latinstīllō
- Latininstillō
- Englishinstill
Borrowed from Latin instillō.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian внушавам, вливам на капки
- внушавам (vnušavam)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- вливам на капки (vlivam na kapki)to pour in drop by drop
Catalan suscitar, inculcar
- suscitarto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- inculcarto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Chinese Mandarin 灌輸 /灌输
- 灌輸 /灌输 (guànshū)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Czech vštípit, nakapat
- vštípitto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- nakapatto pour in drop by drop
- vkapatto pour in drop by drop
Dutch bijbrengen
- bijbrengento cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Finnish iskostaa, juurruttaa
- iskostaato cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- juurruttaato cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- valuttaato pour in drop by drop
- tiputtaato pour in drop by drop
French inculquer, instiller
- inculquerto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- instillerto pour in drop by drop
German anerziehen, einimpfen
- anerziehento cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- einimpfento cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- beibringento cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- einflößento pour in drop by drop
Greek ενσταλάζω
- ενσταλάζω (enstalázo)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Irish cuir isteach
- cuir isteachto pour in drop by drop
Italian suscitare, inculcare
- suscitareto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- inculcareto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- instillareto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Latin indō
- indōto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Polish wpajać, wpoić
- wpajaćto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- wpoićto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- wkraplaćto pour in drop by drop
- wkroplićto pour in drop by drop
Portuguese inculcar, instilar
- inculcarto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- instilarto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Romanian insufla
- insuflato cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Russian внуша́ть, внуши́ть
- внуша́ть (vnušátʹ)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- внуши́ть (vnušítʹ)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- вселя́ть (vseljátʹ)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- всели́ть (vselítʹ)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- привива́ть (privivátʹ)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- приви́ть (privítʹ)to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- влива́ть по ка́пле (vlivátʹ po káple)to pour in drop by drop
- влить по ка́пле (vlitʹ po káple)to pour in drop by drop
Scottish Gaelic teagaisg
- teagaisgto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Spanish insuflar, infundir
- insuflarto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- infundirto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- instilarto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- instilarto pour in drop by drop
Swedish ingjuta
- ingjutato cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
Turkish aşılamak, damlatmak
- aşılamakto cause a quality to become part of someone's nature
- damlatmakto pour in drop by drop
- damla damla akıtmakto pour in drop by drop
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with instill
willstilluntilbillhillbrazilkilltillillskillphilpillgrilllilmiltilnilrefillfulfillchillspillgillgoodwillthrill
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
instill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instill
MLA
“instill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instill. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instill.
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