instilling

1. 1.

   teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition

   Synonymsinculcationingraining

   Broaderindoctrination

Other forms of instilling

plural

instillings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about instilling

What does instilling mean?

instilling means "teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition".

How many syllables are in instilling?

instilling has 3 syllables: in-stil-ling. The stress falls on "stil". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈstɪlɪŋ/.

What is another word for instilling?

Close synonyms include inculcation, ingraining. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is instilling a common word?

instilling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.