Synonyms for infuse
ɪnˈfyuzin·fuse

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. infuse

   Synonyms:
   steep, soak, water, instil, infiltrate, insinuate, breathe into, introduce, inspire, impart

   Antonyms:
   strain, dry, drain, unteach, retract, divert

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1. inculcate, instill, infuseverb

   teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

   "inculcate values into the young generation"

   Synonyms:
   transfuse, inculcate, ingrain, instill, steep, impregnate, impress, instil, tincture

2. impregnate, infuse, instill, tinctureverb

   fill, as with a certain quality

   "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"

   Synonyms:
   knock up, inculcate, ingrain, saturate, tincture, impress, bang up, steep, instil, impregnate, prang up, transfuse, instill

3. infuseverb

   undergo the process of infusion

   "the mint tea is infusing"

   Synonyms:
   inculcate, instill, impregnate, tincture, steep

4. steep, infuseverb

   let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse

   "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol"

   Synonyms:
   plunge, inculcate, instill, immerse, engulf, steep, soak up, engross, impregnate, absorb, tincture

5. infuseverb

   introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes

   "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"

   Synonyms:
   inculcate, instill, impregnate, tincture, steep

Matched Categories

1. • Drill
   • Inject
   • Medicine
   • Soak
   • Steep

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. infuseverb

   Synonyms:
   instil, engraft, implant, inspire, breathe into, introduce, inculcate

2. infuseverb

   Synonyms:
   steep (in liquor), macerate

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1. List of paraphrases for "infuse":

   instil, inject

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How to use infuse in a sentence?

1. Rey Anthony Lastre:

   What diplomacy is going to happen if the Castros aren't promising anything and we're going to go ahead and infuse them with more cash? that just makes the regime stronger and the people weaker.

2. Frank Connor:

   It's amazing, in the last few days, you had Raul Castro making demands of the U.S. for normalization of relations, including closing Guantanamo Bay, when we're the most powerful nation on earth. We shouldn't be taking demands from Cuba to basically infuse life-saving capital into their country; it should be going quite the opposite.

3. Todd Gilbert:

   Any group that comes to Richmond to spread white supremacist garbage, or any other form of hate, violence, or civil unrest isn't welcome here, house Republicans reject any attempt by any group to infuse any kind of twisted or extreme worldview into this fundamentally democratic exercise.

4. Joe Heron:

   We really wanted to be in the heart of American distilling, our reference points are much more American whiskey and American music. We wanted to infuse brandy with the character and personality of American whiskey.

5. Erin Hanlon:

   We know that you can infuse endocannabinoids into specific regions of animals' brains and make them eat, they will eat specific things, more palatable things. They will choose sucrose over saccharin, despite the fact that in theory both taste the same, but the sucrose has more carbs.