Synonyms of deep-seated

deep-seated

adjective

ˈdēp-ˈsē-təd 

as in deep

firmly established over time

has deep-seated convictions about religion that no one is ever going to change

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deep
• rooted
• entrenched
• deep-rooted
• lifelong
• inveterate
• confirmed
• inherent
• hard-core
• settled
• persistent
• intrenched
• chronic
• intrinsic
• bred-in-the-bone
• persisting
• innate
• natural
• fixed
• unalterable
• immutable
• ingrained
• unchangeable
• embedded
• inborn
• frozen
• enduring
• typical
• inbred
• habitual
• hard-and-fast
• integral
• implanted
• firm
• usual
• abiding
• customary
• imbedded
• engrained
• instilled
• set
• accustomed
• hard
• regular
• inculcated
• irradicable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• transient
• temporary
• short-term
• momentary
• brief
• ephemeral
• fleeting
• interim
• provisional
• short-lived
• impermanent

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of deep-seated

For Cohen, worldly maturity ushered in an altogether different woundedness, a mesmeric—and distinctly not adolescent—sadness, deep-seated and temperamental but intensified by crippling doubts about his gifts, about his singing especially. —Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024

Moral compass Moral fibre One is rational, explicit, and defined by one’s social or professional community; the other is emotional, deep-seated, and dictated by one’s conscience or god. —Hazlitt, 10 Apr. 2024

Grosvenor’s ties to the royal family are deep-seated. —Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 3 Dec. 2023

My husband’s hitherto unknown, but apparently deep-seated, yen to make pizza first revealed itself two summers ago. —Sunshine Flint, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023

By 2019, public distrust of the elite was deep-seated. —Michael C. Desch, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023