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Synonyms for embrace
ɛmˈbreɪsem·brace

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. embrace

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

    Antonyms:
    exclude, reject, except

Princeton's WordNet1.3 / 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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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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 database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "embrace":

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

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How to use embrace in a sentence?

  1. Andrew Hertzberg:

    We’re speaking to teens, not speaking to adults here, we hope that teens will embrace this messaging, will share it and create their own.

  2. Mike Senerchia:

    In order to be the person you want to be, you must embrace the experiences that have shaped you,and welcome the challenges that face you .

  3. Ted Olson:

    It’s survival, you can either retire and disappear. Or you can embrace the opportunities that you're given by the gift of life in the first place.

  4. Samuel Johnson:

    The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.

  5. Mark Rosekind:

    Fiat Chrysler's pattern of poor performance put millions of its customers and the driving public at risk, this action will provide relief to owners of defective vehicles, will help improve recall performance throughout the auto industry, and gives Fiat Chrysler the opportunity to embrace a proactive safety culture.


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