embedded

The word “embedded” has 3 syllables: em-bed-ded

It's pronounced as /ɛmˈbɛdɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for embedded?

In the thesaurus, “embedded” has 62 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for embedded along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for embedded

  • abiding
  • accustomed
  • bedded
  • bred-in-the-bone
  • chronic
  • confirmed
  • customary
  • deep
  • deep-rooted
  • deep-seated
  • encapsulated
  • enclosed
  • enduring
  • engrained
  • enrooted
  • entrenched
  • established
  • firm
  • fixed
  • frozen
  • habitual
  • hard
  • hard-and-fast
  • hard-core
  • imbued
  • immutable
  • impacted
  • implanted
  • inborn
  • inbred
  • inculcated
  • infused
  • ingrained
  • inherent
  • innate
  • inserted
  • installed
  • instilled
  • integral
  • intrenched
  • intrinsic
  • inveterate
  • irradicable
  • lifelong
  • lodged
  • natural
  • nested
  • persistent
  • persisting
  • placed
  • planted
  • put
  • regular
  • rooted
  • set
  • set in
  • settled
  • stuck
  • typical
  • unalterable
  • unchangeable
  • usual

Antonyms for embedded

  • brief
  • detached
  • disconnected
  • disengaged
  • dislodged
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • ephemeral
  • eradicated
  • expelled
  • fleeting
  • impermanent
  • interim
  • momentary
  • provisional
  • removed
  • short-lived
  • short-term
  • temporary
  • transient
  • uprooted

Meanings of embedded

  • verb
    1. To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
    2. (by extension) To include in surrounding matter.
    3. To encapsulate within another document or data file.
    4. To define a one-to-one function from (one set) to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.
  • adjective
    1. Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted.
    2. Partially buried in concrete or planted in earth.

Example Sentences

  • The journalist was embedded with the military unit during the conflict.
  • The software has embedded security features to protect user data.
  • Tiny pieces of glass were embedded in the artwork for texture.
  • The chip is embedded in the smartphone’s motherboard.
  • The message was embedded within the hidden code.

On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to embedded, such as: abiding, accustomed, bedded, bred-in-the-bone, brief, chronic, confirmed.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

jammed

  • abounding
  • anchored
  • attached
  • barred
  • bloated
  • blocked
  • bonded
  • bored
  • bound
  • brimful
  • brimmed
  • brimming
  • bulked
  • bulldozed
  • bulled
  • bunged
  • bursting
  • busy
  • caught
  • cemented
  • charged
  • chock-full
  • chockablock
  • chockful
  • choked
  • clamped
  • clogged
  • clotted
  • congested
  • corked
  • crammed
  • crashed
  • crowded
  • crushed
  • dammed
  • deluged
  • drenched
  • elbowed
  • embedded
  • entrenched
  • fast
  • fastened
  • fat
  • filled
  • firm
  • fixed
  • flooded
  • flush
  • fraught
  • frozen
  • full
  • furred
  • glued
  • glutted
  • gridlocked
  • heaped
  • honeycombed
  • humming
  • imbedded
  • immovable
  • impacted
  • implanted
  • intrenched
  • inundated
  • jam-packed
  • jampacked
  • jostled
  • lively
  • loaded
  • lodged
  • malfunctioning
  • matted
  • mobbed
  • multitudinous
  • muscled
  • obstructed
  • occluded
  • out of order
  • overcharged
  • overcrowded
  • overfilled
  • overflowed
  • overflowing
  • overfull
  • overladen
  • overloaded
  • overstuffed
  • overwhelmed
  • packed
  • penetrated
  • populous
  • pressed
  • pushed
  • rammed
  • refilled
  • refreshed
  • reloaded
  • repacked
  • replenished
  • replete
  • rife
  • sandwiched
  • saturated
  • secured
  • set
  • shoehorned
  • shouldered
  • shoved
  • silted
  • snug
  • spiled
  • squashed
  • squeezed
  • stiff
  • stoppered
  • stoppled
  • stuck
  • stuffed
  • swamped
  • swarming
  • swollen
  • teeming
  • thrust
  • tight
  • trammeled
  • unworkable
  • unyielding
  • warped
  • wedged

nailed

  • abducted
  • abiding
  • absolute
  • adjusted
  • affirmed
  • airtight
  • anchored
  • apprehended
  • arrested
  • assured
  • at a standstill
  • at rest
  • attached
  • bagged
  • balanced
  • banged
  • bashed
  • batted
  • battered
  • bayed
  • beaned
  • beat
  • belted
  • biffed
  • blew the whistle on
  • blind
  • blocked
  • bludgeoned
  • bobbed
  • bolted
  • bonked
  • bopped
  • bound
  • boxed
  • braced
  • brained
  • brick-wall
  • buffeted
  • bumped
  • bunged
  • bunted
  • bust
  • busted
  • butted
  • buttoned-down
  • calm
  • caned
  • captured
  • categorical
  • caught
  • cemented
  • choking
  • chopped
  • cinched
  • clapped
  • clapt
  • clarified
  • clasped
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • clinched
  • clipped
  • clobbered
  • clocked
  • closed
  • clouted
  • clubbed
  • clumped
  • clutched
  • collared
  • committed
  • concluded
  • confined
  • conked
  • copped
  • cornered
  • corralled
  • cracked
  • cramping
  • creamed
  • crushing
  • cudgeled
  • cudgelled
  • cuffed
  • cutting
  • debunked
  • decided
  • decked
  • deep-rooted
  • defined
  • demolished
  • demonstrated
  • destined
  • detained
  • determined
  • disclosed
  • discredited
  • disproved
  • distinct
  • divulged
  • drubbed
  • dumped
  • durable
  • embedded
  • emphatic
  • enchained
  • ended
  • enduring
  • enmeshed
  • ensnared
  • ensured
  • entangled
  • entrapped
  • equable
  • established
  • even
  • explicit
  • exposed
  • express
  • fast
  • fastened
  • fated
  • felled
  • fettered
  • finished
  • firm
  • fisted
  • fixed
  • flailed
  • flicked
  • flogged
  • floored
  • for sure
  • fortified
  • frozen
  • glommed
  • gloved
  • got
  • grabbed
  • grappled
  • grasped
  • gripped
  • haltered
  • hammered
  • handcuffed
  • held
  • hermetic
  • hermetically sealed
  • hit
  • hitched
  • hooked
  • hung one on
  • illuminated
  • immeshed
  • immobile
  • immobilized
  • immotile
  • immovable
  • immured
  • immutable
  • impenetrable
  • impermeable
  • impervious
  • imprisoned
  • in the bag
  • incarcerated
  • indisputable
  • inert
  • insured
  • interned
  • invariable
  • iron
  • jabbed
  • jailed
  • jostled
  • jugged
  • kicked
  • kidnaped
  • kidnapped
  • kneed
  • knocked
  • knocked down
  • laced
  • lambasted
  • landed
  • lashed
  • lassoed
  • lasting
  • leveled
  • levelled
  • licked
  • located
  • locked
  • made fast
  • manacled
  • mangled
  • mauled
  • meshed
  • moored
  • motionless
  • mounted
  • nabbed
  • nailed down
  • netted
  • nicked
  • nobbled
  • obstructed
  • on ice
  • padlocked
  • parked
  • pasted
  • pat
  • pelted
  • peppered
  • perdurable
  • permanent
  • petrified
  • picked up
  • pinched
  • pinching
  • plugged
  • poised
  • poked
  • pommeled
  • pommelled
  • positive
  • pounded
  • prearranged
  • predetermined
  • prodded
  • pronounced
  • proof
  • proved
  • pulled in
  • pummeled
  • pummelled
  • punched
  • pushed
  • quiescent
  • quiet
  • rabbit-punched
  • ran in
  • rapped
  • rearrested
  • reliable
  • remanded
  • rended
  • rent
  • resolute
  • resolved
  • restrained
  • rigid
  • riveted
  • robust
  • rooted
  • roped
  • roughed
  • runaway
  • safe
  • safe and sound
  • sapped
  • screwed
  • scuffed
  • secure
  • secured
  • seized
  • set
  • set in stone
  • settled
  • shackled
  • short
  • shoved
  • showed
  • showed up
  • shrunken
  • shut
  • situated
  • skintight
  • skulled
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • slashed
  • sledged
  • sledgehammered
  • slogged
  • slugged
  • smacked
  • smote
  • smothering
  • snagged
  • snapped
  • snared
  • snatched
  • socked
  • soldered
  • solid
  • solid as a rock
  • sound
  • speared
  • specified
  • spiked
  • stabbed
  • stabile
  • stable
  • stagnant
  • stalwart
  • stamped
  • standing
  • stated
  • static
  • stationary
  • staunch
  • staying put
  • steadfast
  • steady
  • stiff
  • still
  • stipulated
  • stock-still
  • stolid
  • stopped up
  • stout
  • stroked
  • strong
  • struck
  • sturdy
  • substantial
  • sucker punched
  • sure
  • swatted
  • swiped
  • switched
  • tagged
  • tapped
  • taut
  • tenacious
  • thrashed
  • thumped
  • thwacked
  • tied
  • tied-up
  • tight
  • tightened
  • together
  • told
  • tough
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • trapped
  • unalterable
  • unambiguous
  • unchangeable
  • uncloaked
  • uncomfortable
  • uncovered
  • undeniable
  • undisputed
  • undressed
  • unequivocal
  • unfluctuating
  • uniform
  • unmasked
  • unmistakable
  • unmovable
  • unmoving
  • unquestionable
  • unshakable
  • unvarying
  • unveiled
  • unwavering
  • walloped
  • watertight
  • welded
  • well-built
  • well-founded
  • whacked
  • whaled
  • whipped
  • wrested
  • zapped

lapped

  • babbled
  • bathe
  • bathed
  • blanketed
  • bosomed
  • bowered
  • bubble
  • bubbled
  • burble
  • camouflaged
  • circled
  • circumfused
  • cloaked
  • cocooned
  • cover
  • curtained
  • disguised
  • draped
  • dribbled
  • drink
  • dripped
  • dropped
  • eddied
  • embedded
  • embosomed
  • embowered
  • embraced
  • encased
  • encircled
  • enclosed
  • encompassed
  • enfold
  • enfolded
  • enlaced
  • enshrouded
  • enswathed
  • envelop
  • enveloped
  • enwound
  • enwrapped
  • fold
  • guggled
  • gurgle
  • gurgled
  • gushed
  • imbedded
  • imbricate
  • inclosed
  • invested
  • involved
  • jetted
  • lave
  • laved
  • lick
  • lip
  • lipped
  • mantled
  • masked
  • muffled
  • overlaid
  • overlapped
  • overlay
  • overlie
  • override
  • overspread
  • plash
  • plashed
  • purl
  • purled
  • ride
  • ripple
  • rippled
  • rushed
  • shingle
  • shingled
  • shrouded
  • sip
  • slap
  • sloshed
  • spewed
  • splash
  • splashed
  • spouted
  • spurted
  • squirted
  • sup
  • swaddle
  • swaddled
  • swashed
  • swathe
  • swathed
  • swirled
  • swish
  • swished
  • swooshed
  • trickled
  • turn
  • twist
  • veiled
  • washed
  • whished
  • wrap
  • wrapped

veiled

fast

  • PDQ
  • a mile a minute
  • abbreviated
  • abridged
  • abrupt
  • abruptly
  • absolutely
  • abstain
  • abstinence
  • abundantly
  • accelerated
  • active
  • acute
  • adherent
  • agile
  • alert
  • all
  • all of
  • all over
  • all the way
  • altogether
  • anchored
  • apace
  • appetite
  • apt
  • ardent
  • artful
  • astute
  • at full throttle
  • at full tilt
  • at length
  • at speed
  • attached
  • avid
  • basically
  • bawdy
  • beefy
  • beguiling
  • belly
  • bent
  • blistering
  • blue streak
  • bombproof
  • bonded
  • bound
  • brainy
  • breakneck
  • breathless
  • breathtaking
  • brief
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • brisk
  • briskly
  • by and large
  • by leaps and bounds
  • cagey
  • cagy
  • careless
  • categorically
  • cemented
  • cerebral
  • chiefly
  • chop-chop
  • clamped
  • clean
  • clever
  • close
  • cohesive
  • cold
  • compact
  • compendious
  • completely
  • concise
  • condensed
  • confirmed
  • constant
  • constrained
  • copiously
  • crafty
  • craving
  • creative
  • crisp
  • crooked
  • cunning
  • curtailed
  • cut-back
  • dashing
  • dead
  • debauched
  • deceitful
  • deceiving
  • deceptive
  • dedicated
  • deeply
  • defrauding
  • deluding
  • delusive
  • delusory
  • deny oneself
  • dependable
  • depraved
  • determined
  • devil-may-care
  • devious
  • devoted
  • devout
  • diet
  • discerning
  • dishonest
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dizzy
  • double-dealing
  • double-quick
  • double-time
  • down the line
  • down to the ground
  • down-the-line
  • downright
  • duplicitous
  • durable
  • dutiful
  • dyed-in-the-wool
  • easy
  • educated
  • electric
  • embedded
  • emptiness
  • energetic
  • energetically
  • enough
  • enthusiastic
  • entire
  • entirely
  • entrenched
  • ephemeral
  • epigrammatic
  • erudite
  • even
  • exactly
  • exceptional
  • expeditious
  • expeditiously
  • expeditive
  • extravagant
  • faithful
  • false
  • famine
  • famish
  • famishment
  • fastened
  • fasting
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • firm
  • firmly
  • flashing
  • flat
  • flat-out
  • fleet
  • fleet-footed
  • fleeting
  • fleetly
  • flirtatious
  • flying
  • for fair
  • forbear
  • fortified
  • foxy
  • fraudulent
  • frivolous
  • frozen
  • full
  • full tilt
  • fully
  • furtive
  • gadabout
  • galloping
  • generally
  • generously
  • genial
  • giddy
  • glued
  • gluttony
  • go hungry
  • good
  • gourmandism
  • greatly
  • greed
  • guileful
  • gung ho
  • hairtrigger
  • hands down
  • hard
  • hastened
  • hastily
  • hasty
  • heady
  • heartily
  • held
  • hell-for-leather
  • high-speed
  • highbrow
  • hoggishness
  • hot
  • hunger
  • hunger strike
  • hurried
  • hurriedly
  • hyperintelligent
  • hypersonic
  • imbedded
  • immediately
  • immovable
  • impacted
  • impassioned
  • impermanent
  • impetuously
  • implanted
  • impregnable
  • impulsively
  • in a flash
  • in a hurry
  • in a jiffy
  • in haste
  • in nothing flat
  • in short order
  • in whole
  • incontinent
  • indecent
  • indelible
  • inextricable
  • informed
  • infrangible
  • ingenious
  • insidious
  • insightful
  • intelligent
  • intemperate
  • intent
  • intrenched
  • inventive
  • inveterate
  • irrefragable
  • jammed
  • judicious
  • keen
  • knowing
  • knowledgeable
  • laconic
  • largely
  • lascivious
  • lasting
  • learned
  • lecherous
  • lewd
  • libertine
  • libidinous
  • licentious
  • lickety split
  • lickety-split
  • light
  • lightning
  • like a bat out of hell
  • like a flash
  • like a shot
  • like all get out
  • like crazy
  • like gangbusters
  • like greased lightning
  • like mad
  • like wildfire
  • literate
  • little
  • lodged
  • logical
  • loose
  • loyal
  • lustful
  • mainly
  • malnutrition
  • momentary
  • more or less
  • mostly
  • munchies
  • nimble
  • nippy
  • not eat
  • on the double
  • out
  • overall
  • passionate
  • perceptive
  • percipient
  • perfectly
  • perfidious
  • permanent
  • perspicacious
  • pious
  • pithy
  • plain
  • plumb
  • posthaste
  • predominantly
  • predominately
  • presto
  • primarily
  • principally
  • profligate
  • prompt
  • promptly
  • pronto
  • prudent
  • quick
  • quick-witted
  • quickened
  • quickly
  • quite
  • racing
  • rakish
  • rapaciousness
  • rapacity
  • rapid
  • rapid-fire
  • rapidly
  • rashly
  • rational
  • rattling
  • ravenousness
  • readily
  • ready
  • reasonable
  • reckless
  • recklessly
  • refrain
  • reliable
  • resistant
  • resolute
  • resourceful
  • responsible
  • rogue
  • rush
  • rushed
  • sagacious
  • sage
  • salacious
  • sane
  • sapient
  • savvy
  • scholarly
  • schooled
  • secure
  • secured
  • securely
  • self-gratifying
  • self-indulgent
  • sensible
  • serious
  • set
  • shady
  • sharp
  • sharp-witted
  • shifty
  • short
  • short-lived
  • short-range
  • short-term
  • shortened
  • shortish
  • shrewd
  • skilled
  • slick
  • slippery
  • sly
  • smart
  • snap
  • snappily
  • snappy
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • snug
  • solid
  • solidly
  • soon
  • sound
  • soundly
  • speedball
  • speedily
  • speedy
  • split-second
  • splitting
  • sportive
  • sporty
  • stable
  • stalwart
  • stanch
  • starvation
  • starve
  • staunch
  • steadfast
  • steadfastly
  • steady
  • stomach
  • stone
  • stone-cold
  • strenuous
  • strong
  • stuck
  • sturdy
  • substantially
  • subtle
  • succinct
  • sudden
  • suddenly
  • summary
  • supersmart
  • supersonic
  • sure
  • sweet tooth
  • swift
  • swiftly
  • sworn
  • syncopated
  • tenacious
  • terse
  • thoroughly
  • through and through
  • tight
  • tightly
  • to bits
  • to pieces
  • to the hilt
  • to the max
  • totally
  • tough
  • trained
  • transient
  • transitory
  • treacherous
  • trickish
  • tricky
  • tried
  • tried-and-true
  • true
  • true blue
  • true-blue
  • trustworthy
  • trusty
  • ultrafast
  • ultrarapid
  • ultrasmart
  • unbreakable
  • unchaste
  • unconscionable
  • underhand
  • underhanded
  • undernourishment
  • unethical
  • unfaltering
  • unhesitating
  • unprincipled
  • unqualifiedly
  • unscrupulous
  • unwavering
  • unyielding
  • utterly
  • velocious
  • vigorous
  • vigorously
  • voraciousness
  • voracity
  • wanton
  • wedged
  • well
  • well-read
  • whirlwind
  • wholly
  • wide
  • wild
  • wily
  • winged
  • wise
  • xerophagy
  • zippy

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