brace

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of BRACE

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else <wore a brace for the injured knee>

Synonyms brace, buttress, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, underpinning

Related Words shoring; column, pedestal, pilaster, pillar; arch, bolster, bracket, cantilever, girder; bearing; crutch, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, strut, truss; base, foundation, frame

two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together <bagged a brace of pheasants>

Synonyms brace, couple, couplet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome

Related Words span, yoke; partnership, team; companion, complement, doublet, fellow, half, match, mate, twin; coordinate, counterpart, equal, equivalent, like, parallel, peer, rival

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