Synonyms for embrace
ɛmˈbreɪsem·brace

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1. embrace

   To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.

   See synonyms for AFFRONT.

   Synonyms:
   caress, coddle, court, flatter, fondle, kiss, pamper, pet

   Preposition:
   Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.

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1. embrace

   Synonyms:
   clasp, comprehend, include, hug, comprise, contain, close, embody, incorporate

   Antonyms:
   exclude, reject, except

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. embrace, embracing, embracementnoun

   the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

   Synonyms:
   embracement, bosom, embracing

2. embracenoun

   the state of taking in or encircling

   "an island in the embrace of the sea"

   Synonyms:
   embracement, bosom, embracing

3. embrace, bosomverb

   a close affectionate and protective acceptance

   "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"

   Synonyms:
   heart, bosom, boob, knocker, embracement, tit, embracing, titty, breast

4. embrace, encompass, comprehend, coververb

   include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

   "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

   Synonyms:
   wrap up, compass, get over, hug, insure, plow, espouse, enshroud, dig, compensate, breed, encompass, shroud, continue, sweep up, treat, hatch, adopt, report, extend, cut across, brood, squeeze, deal, grasp, incubate, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, get the picture, traverse, apprehend, pass over, bosom, comprehend, handle, perceive, overlay, cover, savvy, cross, cut through, grok, get across, cover up, track

5. embrace, hug, bosom, squeezeverb

   squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

   "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"

   Synonyms:
   hug, twitch, espouse, rack, pressure, encompass, thrust, press, gouge, sweep up, adopt, force, shove, twinge, compress, tweet, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squeeze, squash, bosom, pinch, wring, hale, mash, coerce, comprehend, cover, wedge, squelch, constrict, crush

6. espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep upverb

   take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

   "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

   Synonyms:
   adopt, hook up with, acquire, marry, sweep, cover, get hitched with, dramatize, wed, hug, take up, comprehend, assume, get married, embroil, take in, encompass, follow, squeeze, sweep up, conjoin, bosom, take, take over, dramatise, drag in, borrow, espouse, take on, drag, tangle

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1. • Clasp
   • Include
   • Inclusion

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1. embraceverb

   Synonyms:
   clasp (in the arms), hug

2. embraceverb

   Synonyms:
   welcome, seize, accept, lay hold on

3. embraceverb

   Synonyms:
   comprehend, include, cover, contain, comprise, enclose, encompass, encircle, embody, take in

4. embracenoun

   Synonyms:
   hug, clasp

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "embrace":

   kiss, adopt, kissing, encompass, behold, accept, hug, cover, include

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1. Jack Petocz:

   On the day of protest, they tried to take away our Pride flags and stop us from distributing them at the event, i resisted, because Pride flags are a symbol of our community, of our embrace of our queerness, and when you have these bills trying to target and silence queer youth, I didn't understand. I thought it was irrational to try to take away our Pride flags at a rally that is about anti-gay legislation.

2. Peter Shankman:

   Sports trends are definitely growing as more sports teams embrace what they can do, when you give people an outlet and order to create something, you’re forgetting that people inherently want to be funny and want to be seen.

3. Brian Leavey:

   I just I battled a lot, my first thought was like, 'Well, my dad was a happy person and I want to be happy,' but also knowing that it was OK to have to cry and to have feelings I think was very important for me. I wish I could tell my 10-year-old self now and embrace that 10-year-old self of mine.

4. Nagameh Abedini:

   My children have desperately missed the loving embrace of their father for the last three years of their lives. They have grown up almost half of their lives without their father, please help us ensure the remainder of their childhood includes both a mother and a father.

5. Ben Lyles:

   We stand for so much more than a girl in a bikini, it's empowering for our baristas to wear a bikini, feel comfortable in their own skin, embrace that, and have a choice to do something they enjoy and love. He continued.