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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'embrace'

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1. (noun) embrace, embracing, embracement
the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
Synonyms: embracement, bosom, embracing, embrace

2. (noun) embrace
the state of taking in or encircling
Synonyms: embracement, bosom, embracing

3. (verb) embrace, bosom
a close affectionate and protective acceptance
Synonyms: heart, bosom, embrace, boob, knocker, embracement, tit, embracing, titty, breast

4. (verb) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
Synonyms: wrap up, compass, get over, embrace, 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. (verb) embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
Synonyms: hug, twitch, espouse, rack, pressure, encompass, thrust, press, gouge, sweep up, embrace, 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. (verb) espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Synonyms: embrace, 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

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'embrace'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

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

'embrace' - Nearby Entries
embouchure embowered embower embrace embracing embrangle embrasure

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