Antonyms for brace
breɪsbrace

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1. • Dental Appliance
   • Man's Clothing
   • Prepare
   • Punctuation Mark
   • Rope
   • Set
   • Stock
   • Strengthener
   • Support
   • Two

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1. bracenoun

   a support that steadies or strengthens something else

   "he wore a brace on his knee"

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

2. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun

   two items of the same kind

   Synonyms:
   pas de deux, duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, coupling, bridge, yoke, pair, gallus, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, suspender, braces, straddle, twain, duette, couple, span, duo, distich

3. pair, bracenoun

   a set of two similar things considered as a unit

   Synonyms:
   duad, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, bitstock, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

4. bracenoun

   either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

5. bracenoun

   a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

6. brace, suspender, gallusnoun

   elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, genus Gallus, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

7. brace, braces, orthodontic bracesnoun

   an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

8. brace, bitstocknoun

   a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

9. brace, bracingverb

   a structural member used to stiffen a framework

   Synonyms:
   duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, pair, duet, dyad, twosome, gallus, couplet, suspender, braces, yoke, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

10. brace, poiseverb

    prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

    Synonyms:
    stabilize, energize, arouse, energise, stabilise, steady, poise, balance, perk up, stimulate

11. brace, steady, stabilize, stabiliseverb

    support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

    "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"

    Synonyms:
    stabilize, energize, arouse, becalm, calm, energise, stabilise, steady, poise, perk up, stimulate

12. braceverb

    support by bracing

    Synonyms:
    stabilize, energize, arouse, energise, stabilise, steady, poise, perk up, stimulate

13. stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk upverb

    cause to be alert and energetic

    "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

    Synonyms:
    gain vigor, shake up, excite, arouse, put forward, awake, get, shake, come alive, energize, perk up, pick up, enkindle, hasten, wake up, stir, wake, call down, energise, make, fire, elicit, bring up, stabilize, conjure up, cause, perk, induce, raise, waken, turn on, provoke, have, wind up, call forth, kindle, invoke, rouse, percolate, awaken, poise, evoke, sex, rush, stabilise, stimulate, conjure, steady

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1. bracenoun

   Synonyms:
   prop, support, shore, strut, stay, stanchion, tension, pair, two

2. braceverb

   Synonyms:
   prop, support, fortify, buttress, stay, shore, strengthen, invigorate

How to use brace in a sentence?

1. Rabiah Ahmed:

   Here we go, brace yourself everyone.

2. Hikaru Sato:

   The best-case scenario for the market is that the BOJ decides to increase government debt purchases without cutting interest rates further into negative territory, but the BOJ can't save face if it does not cut rates into negative territory after it introduced the negative interest rate policy (in January), so we need to brace for such possibility, too.

3. Timothy Perea:

   Brace yourself. It’s coming, it’s a wave of people seeking a better life.

4. Garrett Dickman:

   After the Castle Fire, I think we have to brace ourselves for something that could be much worse, there's a difference between a 2,000-year-old tree and one that's 15 years old -- like one's a landscaping plant and one is just like a spiritual experience.

5. Zara Tindall:

   So yeah, it was running to the gym, get a mat, get into the bathroom, get the mat on the floor, towels down, brace, brace, brace.

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