Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb embed

2 senses of embed

Sense 1
implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant -- (fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum")
       => insert, infix, enter, introduce -- (put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text")

Sense 2
embed -- (attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third Division")
       => group, aggroup -- (form a group or group together)

Antonyms of adj embedded

2 senses of embedded

Sense 1
embedded -- (enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp")

INDIRECT (VIA enclosed) -> unenclosed -- (not closed in our surrounded or included; "an unenclosed porch"; "unenclosed common land")

Sense 2
embedded -- (inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause")

INDIRECT (VIA integrated) -> nonintegrated, unintegrated -- (not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole)

Similarity of adj embedded

2 senses of embedded

Sense 1
embedded -- (enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass; "found pebbles embedded in the silt"; "stone containing many embedded fossils"; "peach and plum seeds embedded in a sweet edible pulp")
       => enclosed (vs. unenclosed) -- (closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling")

Sense 2
embedded -- (inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole; "confused by the embedded Latin quotations"; "an embedded subordinate clause")
       => integrated (vs. nonintegrated) -- (formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; "a more closely integrated economic and political system"- Dwight D.Eisenhower; "an integrated Europe")

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