Thesaurus
embrace
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of EMBRACE
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to put one's arms around and press tightly <upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son>
2
to surround or cover closely <the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world>
Synonyms bosom, bower, circumfuse, cocoon, embosom, embower, embrace, enclose (also inclose), encompass, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, invest, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, shroud, swathe, veil, wrap
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to take for one's own use (something originated by another) <rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the inner cities where it originated>
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to receive or accept gladly or readily <the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community>
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to have as part of a whole <a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics>
Related Words comprise, consist (of); bracket; have, hold, own, possess; admit, receive; compose, constitute, form, make; assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate
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