inducted
Brought into membership
Inducted is the past tense of induct, meaning formally admitted or introduced into a position, organization, or group.
Someone is inducted into the military when they begin service, inducted into an honor society through ceremony, or inducted into a hall of fame: She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.
The word carries a sense of official ritual or recognition.
Signed up formally
- conscriptedInvoluntarily enlisted for duty
- draftedEnlisted by requirement
- recruitNew member sought
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
bootcamp · oath · service · duty · deployment · platoon · regiment · squad
Formal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
commencement · convocation · ritual · procession · oath · pledge · vows · coronation
Inexperienced beginner
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- pledgeBinding promise given
- recruitNew member sought
initiate · probationer · entrant · apprentice · trainee · rookie · fledgling · hazing
Offering of respect
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- enshrinementFormal preservation as sacred
laureate · honoree · legacy · achievement · prestige · esteem · commemoration · immortalized
Spirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- brotherhoodKinship among men
sisterhood · lodge · order · chapter · fellowship · club · association · organization
enlisted
Signed up formally
- conscriptedInvoluntarily enlisted for duty
- draftedEnlisted by requirement
- recruitNew member sought
enlistment · bootcamp · oath · service · duty · deployment · platoon · regiment · squad · barracks
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
swearing-in · commencement · convocation · ritual · procession · oath · pledge · vows · coronation · enthronement
neophyte
Inexperienced beginner
recruit · initiate · probationer · entrant · apprentice · trainee · rookie · fledgling · hazing · orientation
tribute
Offering of respect
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
enshrinement · laureate · honoree · legacy · achievement · prestige · esteem · commemoration · immortalized · venerated
fraternity
Spirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
brotherhood · sisterhood · lodge · order · chapter · fellowship · club · association · organization · league
- shipping statusdelivered, in transit, out for delivery, shipped, pending
inductedrejected
Refused or turned away
excluded · blackballed · expelled · barred · ousted
inducteddischarged
Officially let go
released · demobilized · mustered out · decommissioned · exempted
inductedexcluded
Shut out, denied entry
shut out · kept in the dark · uninitiated · left out · ignored
- induction stoveMagnetic-field heated cooktop
- electromagnetic inductionVoltage from field changes
- induction cookingMagnetic field heats pot
- induction coilDevice producing high voltage
- labor inductionArtificially starting childbirth
- Hall of Fame inducteePerson formally honored for excellence
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