instilling
Planting within someone
Instilling is the act of gradually implanting ideas, feelings, or habits in someone's mind.
The word suggests patient, repeated effort rather than sudden change: Years of instilling discipline in her students had made her a respected teacher.
You instill values, confidence, fear, or respect—abstract qualities that take root over time.
Proceeding by small additions
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- cumulativeIncreasing by successive additions
- patientAble to wait calmly
methodical · deliberate · measured · subtle · continuous · slow · persistent · consistent
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- instructionGuidance for action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
lessons · education · pedagogy · tutor · parenting · role model · wisdom · enlightenment
Self-assurance or trust
- fearEmotional response to threat
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- doubtLack of firm belief
- courageFortitude facing danger
pride · trust · motivation · inspiration · enthusiasm · passion · curiosity · awe
Principles of right conduct
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- virtuesPositive moral traits
character · integrity · discipline · respect · honor · traditions · customs · ideals
incremental
Proceeding by small additions
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- cumulativeIncreasing by successive additions
patient · methodical · deliberate · measured · subtle · continuous · slow · persistent · consistent · repeated
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- instructionGuidance for action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
training · lessons · education · pedagogy · tutor · parenting · role model · wisdom · enlightenment · curriculum
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
courage · pride · trust · motivation · inspiration · enthusiasm · passion · curiosity · awe · wonder
morals
Principles of right conduct
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
virtues · character · integrity · discipline · respect · honor · traditions · customs · ideals · standards
- infusinginfusing, steeping, brewing, permeating, imbuing
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- placingplacing, positioning, putting, inserting, setting
instillingeradicating
Removing completely and permanently
extracting · removing · uprooting · eliminating · purging
instillingsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
stifling · crushing · squelching · quashing · smothering
instillingimposing
Impressively grand in scale
forcing · coercing · indoctrinating · drilling · compelling
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