Thesaurus.com
Thesaurus / inset
FEEDBACK

inset

See definition of inset on Dictionary.com
  • as ininlay
  • as ininterlard
  • as inintroduce

synonyms for inset

  • decorate
  • tessellate
  • trim
  • veneer
  • carry
  • enter
  • freight
  • import
  • include
  • infix
  • inject
  • inlay
  • insert
  • insinuate
  • instill
  • intercalate
  • interject
  • interpolate
  • interpose
  • send
  • ship
  • transport
  • fill in
  • inlet
  • put in
  • throw in
  • work in
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
QUIZ
Will These Words Be Your Blazar Of Glory?
START THE QUIZ

How to use inset in a sentence

There was often an inset of a leering, grinning man holding a cigar observing the event.
BEER BOTTLES AND CANS HIDDEN BEHIND THE DRYWALL? I’LL DRINK TO THAT.JOHN KELLYSEPTEMBER 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Its controls are pretty sparse, with buttons for playback control and voice assistant access, and inset into the oh-so-slightly indented rubber top, making me prefer using my phone to adjust it rather than touching the Roam itself.
SONOS’ ROAM IS A PRETTY, PORTABLE AND PRICEY SPEAKER THAT COULD ENHANCE YOUR SUMMER PLANSPATRICK LUCAS AUSTINJULY 6, 2021TIME
The intricate perforations of the lamp were inset with colored glass, and the result was a subdued and warm illumination.
DOPESAX ROHMER
No helicopters swung their blades above; there were only the bulge of a conning tower and the heavy inset glasses of the lookouts.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, MAY, 1931VARIOUS
She was twisting at an inset handle around which faint lines indicated the door edge.
VALLEY OF THE CROENLEE TARBELL
Jason asked, handing the outcast a flat gold case inset with a single large diamond.
DEATHWORLDHARRY HARRISON
Randall saw that it was lit by squares inset in the walls that glowed with crimson light.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, APRIL, 1931VARIOUS
One of the real Cob family; the driving-from-the-sixth-tee, inset-on-the-right, and New-Year's-message-to-the-country touch.
ONCE A WEEKALAN ALEXANDER MILNE
Hems and seams should be small and neatly done with, perhaps, the daintiest beading inset by hand and feather stitched.
TEXTILES AND CLOTHINGKATE HEINTZ WATSON
Coleman took a plastic box out of his pocket and held his thumb over a switch inset into its top.
THE VELVET GLOVEHARRY HARRISON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
Choose the synonym for future
capacitor
lightning
DeLorean

WORDS RELATED TO INSET

  • decorated
  • inset
  • tessellated
  • trimmed
  • veneered
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.