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What is another word for inoculates?

Pronunciation: [ɪnˈɒkjʊlˌe͡ɪts] (IPA)

Inoculates refers to the act of administering a vaccine or immunization to provide protection against a particular disease. Some of the synonyms for inoculates are immunizes, vaccinates, protects, shields, guards, and fortifies. These terms convey the idea of safeguarding against harm by introducing a preventive measure. Other related words include inoculation, which refers to the process of introducing a vaccine, and vaccinate, which also means to provide immunity. All of these words are commonly used in discussions of public health and medicine, as well as in broader contexts where the goal is to protect against certain risks or dangers.
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What are the hypernyms for Inoculates?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    immunizes, vaccinates, inoculate with a virus.

Usage examples for Inoculates

If he inoculates a rabbit with tuberculosis, he cannot help thinking of all the wretched consumptives who are at that moment in the throes of death.
"The Pros and Cons of Vivisection"
Charles Richet Commentator: W. D. Halliburton
This virus of sloth inoculates the entire spiritual being, poisoning the will and making spiritual activity most disagreeable.
"How to Live a Holy Life"
C. E. Orr
I myself might have indulged such thoughts as yours; there were many points alike in our fortunes: but to have followed such a course would be like the wisdom of one who inoculates himself with a deadly malady that he may impart the poison to another.
"The Fortunes Of Glencore"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Inoculates

  • "Sometimes," I said, "it seems to me that a friend might not take in making fun of me as you do." "Dear Odd! If one's friends do not openly at him, they are not, in fact, his . How would one learn to avoid saying those things that would elicit laughter from strangers? The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness."
    Dean Koontz
  • One of the most serious obstacles to happiness is the awkwardness of modern man, with his mind full of doctrines and abstract formulas, when he attempts to re-establish contact with real emotions. Animals and unsophisticated people achieve happiness more naturally, because their desires are simpler and truer. Civilized man, a parrot enslaved by his chattering, ceaselessly inoculates himself with loves and hatreds which he does not actually fee.
    André Maurois

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