Definition for Entrenched:

• established firmly and securely; " the entrenched power of the nobility"

Synonyms for Entrenched:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • entrenched.
  •confirmed (adjective)
  • more valid,
  • deep seated,
  • deeprooted,
  • valid,
  • most long established,
  • deep rooted,
  • more longestablished,
  • most inured,
  • more long established,
  • longestablished,
  • more inured,
  • most long-established,
  • long established,
  • most longestablished,
  • deepseated,
  • in grained,
  • more long-established,
  • in-grained,
  • long-established.
  •deep-rooted (adjective)
  • dyed-in-the-wool.
  •dyed-in-the-wool (adjective)
  • deep-down,
  • the core,
  • deep-dyed,
  • deeply ingrained,
  • out and out,
  • deep down,
  • through and through,
  • well-established,
  • longstanding,
  • to the core,
  • die hard.
  •established (adjective)
  • fixed,
  • firm,
  • dug in.
  •fortified (adjective)
  • most manned,
  • more buttressed,
  • more manned,
  • more secured,
  • more barricaded,
  • most barricaded,
  • more strengthened,
  • most buttressed,
  • most strengthened,
  • most bastioned,
  • most safeguarded,
  • more bastioned,
  • most walled,
  • walled,
  • more bulwarked,
  • most secured,
  • most fortressed,
  • manned,
  • more garrisoned,
  • most garrisoned,
  • most bulwarked,
  • more safeguarded,
  • more walled,
  • more fortressed.
  •hard-shell (adjective)
  • valler,
  • hardshell,
  • vallest.
  •ineradicable (adjective)
  • in eradicable,
  • in-eradicable.
  •inveterate (adjective)
  • hardcore,
  • hard core.
  •rooted (adjective)
  • more grounded,
  • most grounded.
  •set (adjective)
  • pre-scribed,
  • most situate,
  • re-solute,
  • pre determined,
  • hidebound,
  • de-finite,
  • hard fast,
  • more positioned,
  • re solute,
  • un flappable,
  • more well set,
  • most jelled,
  • pre-determined,
  • more wellset,
  • set stone,
  • more stiffnecked,
  • pre-arranged,
  • most arranged,
  • most well set,
  • most wellset,
  • re gular,
  • more jelled,
  • more sited,
  • more stiff necked,
  • well set,
  • more stiff-necked,
  • most stiffnecked,
  • located,
  • wellset,
  • more situate,
  • more prearranged,
  • more agreed,
  • most well-set,
  • most agreed,
  • un yielding,
  • more stipulated,
  • pre arranged,
  • more resolved,
  • pre scribed,
  • most positioned,
  • most stiff-necked,
  • re-solved,
  • Sited,
  • most stiff necked,
  • most concluded,
  • stiffnecked,
  • more concluded,
  • most stipulated,
  • hard and fast,
  • de finite,
  • more well-set,
  • stiff necked,
  • most resolved,
  • un-yielding,
  • in tent,
  • most prearranged,
  • most sited,
  • re-gular,
  • more arranged.

• n.

  •
  • unchanging,
  • irreversible,
  • final,
  • rigid,
  • invariable,
  • for good,
  • constant,
  • whatever happens,
  • unvarying.
  •
  • continue.
  •constituted (noun)
  • constituted.
  •entrenched (noun)
  • invulnerable.

• v.

  •defended (verb)
  • fortified.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • deep-seated,
  • deep-rooted,
  • safe.
  •
  • ingrained,
  • settled.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Infixed,
  • Inserted,
  • impressed,
  • strengthened,
  • well-grounded,
  • unshakable,
  • Trespassed,
  • Encroached,
  • unwavering,
  • Trenched,
  • basic,
  • radical,
  • immovable,
  • deep,
  • imprinted,
  • ingrown,
  • Defended,
  • fundamental,
  • inherent,
  • vested,
  • stabilized,
  • Lodged,
  • incurable,
  • old-line,
  • bred-in-the-bone,
  • fast,
  • stable,
  • sure,
  • Impinged,
  • planted,
  • graven,
  • protected,
  • inbred,
  • fastened,
  • embedded,
  • defined,
  • steadfast,
  • incorrigible,
  • chronic,
  • essential,
  • fenced,
  • seated,
  • embossed,
  • implanted,
  • etched,
  • Intervened,
  • Infringed,
  • engraved,
  • Imbedded,
  • Instilled,
  • sworn,
  • Engrained,
  • secure,
  • permanent,
  • unshakeable,
  • Invaded,
  • Intrenched,
  • intrinsic,
  • Retrenched,
  • secured,
  • Ditched,
  • inbuilt,
  • Intruded.

Paraphrases for Entrenched:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    ingrained.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    well-established, established, long-established, stubborn, tenacious, persistent, diehard, steadfast, pervasive, long-standing, consolidate, obstinate, vested, die-hard, protected, consolidated, secured, unwavering, firm, profound.
  • Verb, past participle
    reinvigorated, strengthened, Furthered, enhanced, Enumerated, encapsulated, reinforced, consecrated, Bolstered, exacerbated, tightened, incorporated, Inserted, Heightened, Enunciated, enrolled, enroled, Entered, attached, fortified, centred, inscribed, Immersed, aggravated, articulated, Created, endorsed, Engrained, Contemplated, Penetrated, domesticated, transposed, dedicated, Underwritten, realigned, implemented, formalized, situated, apportioned, Channelled, augmented, Anchored, deepened, located, encoded, allocated, cultivated, engulfed, intensified, reported, written, mainstreamed, constitution, solidified, safeguarded, correlated, re-enforced, submerged, worsened, Introduced, Predicated, formulated, fostered, codified, Contributed, Appraised, directed, endemic, diverted, hardened, anticipated, Captured, Upheld, identified, invested, Deployed, Amplified, Issued, Envisaged, devoted, recorded, Compiled, Computed, positioned, forged, thrust, Boosted, predicted, Drafted, reflected, embed, embedded, conceded, associated, printed, credited, consumed, Installed, Disbursed, ratified, Tempted, expanded, itemized, committed, scheduled, co-hosted, placed, allotted, upgraded, registered, projected, sanctioned, buttressed, utilized, Domiciled, Emerged, Instituted, forecasted, Comprised, imprinted, Ascribed, produced, trapped, tied, held, related, derived, lent, appropriated, rooted, Grounded, Espoused, featured, mired, destined, elaborated, maintained, contained, bound, aligned, built, absorbed, framed, included, geared, Embraced, implanted, ranked, mounted, embodied, CODED, listed, Stepped, seated, revered, moved, woven, planted, posted, expended, foreseen, titled, stuck, budgeted, Pegged, struck, locked, Accorded, linked, Afforded, Carried, phased, laid, Imbedded, Plunged, Lodged, obligated, Brought, uploaded, put, added, focused, focussed, Earmarked, Shown, Poured, drawn, bonded, spent, wasted, admitted, Bundled, elapsed, compounded, planned, stamped, Viewed, Awarded, Logged, Steeped, seeded, programmed, Fitted, party, booked, Displayed, spread, loaded, felt, founded, based, aided, Dealt, named, established, vested, protected, consolidated, secured.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    deep-rooted, rooted, deep-seated, inherent, intransigent, strong, rigid, inflexible, deep, deepest, intractable.

Antonyms for Entrenched:

• adj.

  • established
    indefinite, changeable, irresolute.
  • Other antonyms:
    fleeting, unestablished, interim, temporary, provisional, short-lived, transient, vulnerable, ephemeral, impermanent, momentary, brief, short-term.

Entrenched Sentence Examples:

• They sent two to Currie's post in the river - bed; they scattered them plentifully about the first, second, and third forts - entrenched posts by which it is hoped to keep back the Boers, should they successfully carry the Cape Boy holes.

• At last we found the brutes entrenched on the banks of the Moskva.

Homophones for Entrenched:

• entranced.