Synonyms of braced

braced 1 of 2

adjective

as in armed

Related Words

• armed
• steeled
• fortified
• primed
• conditioned
• ripe
• prepared
• trained
• qualified
• ready
• go
• fit
• set

Dissimilar Words

• unprepared
• unready
• underprepared
• flat-footed
• unqualified
• half-cocked
• untrained
• half-baked

braced

2 of 2

verb

past tense of brace

1

as in stimulated

to give life, vigor, or spirit to

the pep talk braced the team up for the second half

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stimulated
• stirred
• aroused
• provoked
• animated
• electrified
• lifted
• cheered
• awakened
• activated
• energized
• enlivened
• spiked
• inspired
• excited
• invigorated
• triggered
• drove
• fired
• vitalized
• quickened
• strengthened
• raised
• propelled
• revived
• awoke
• roused
• motivated
• charged
• zipped (up)
• rallied
• sparked
• recreated
• filliped
• vivified
• jump-started
• moved
• livened (up)
• boosted
• pepped (up)
• juiced up
• gingered (up)
• jazzed (up)
• amped (up)
• galvanized
• actuated
• renewed
• woke (up)
• refreshed
• impelled
• motived
• buoyed
• resurrected
• steeled
• set off
• incited
• fomented
• fortified
• infused
• emboldened
• instigated
• kindled
• turned on
• fermented
• inflamed
• whipped (up)
• abetted
• heartened
• reinvigorated
• reactivated
• reawakened
• regenerated
• rekindled
• recharged
• revitalized
• rejuvenated
• enkindled
• resuscitated
• reenergized
• reanimated
• refreshened
• reawoke
• restimulated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killed
• damped
• dampened
• deadened
• dulled
• weakened
• exhausted
• wore
• drained
• undermined
• wearied
• burned out
• fatigued
• knocked out
• harassed
• restrained
• sapped
• checked
• washed out
• slowed
• wore out
• enervated
• enfeebled
• debilitated
• suppressed
• inhibited
• did in
• fagged
• stilled
• stunted
• curbed
• quenched
• quelled
• repressed
• discouraged
• jaded
• kayoed
• tuckered (out)
• daunted
• disheartened
• demoralized
• dispirited

2

as in sustained

to hold up or serve as a foundation for

several boards braced the wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sustained
• carried
• supported
• bolstered
• upheld
• stayed
• buttressed
• bore
• underpinned
• trussed
• propped (up)
• steadied
• undergirded
• shored (up)
• underlay

3

as in fortified

to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally

she braced herself for the job interview

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fortified
• readied
• strengthened
• poised
• steeled
• reinforced
• nerved
• armed
• bolstered
• forearmed
• comforted
• rallied
• enforced
• encouraged
• inured
• buttressed
• hardened
• sustained
• supported
• roused
• psyched (up)
• toughened
• stirred
• inspired
• emboldened
• seasoned
• boosted
• heartened
• propped (up)
• cheered (up)
• buoyed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shook
• discouraged
• daunted
• disheartened
• unnerved
• demoralized
• weakened
• softened
• undermined
• tired
• undercut
• dispirited
• sapped
• prostrated
• enfeebled
• debilitated
• psyched (out)
• enervated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of braced

Adjective

Then return the arm and leg to the start position while maintaining your braced core, then repeat on the opposite side. — Jakob Roze, Health, 23 June 2026

The rule went into effect in 2023, requiring owners of these braces to destroy them or register their braced guns with the ATF. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 20 May 2026

The younger guard left his feet before there was even time to think, his body crashing down onto Brunson’s braced shoulders for a foul call. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026

Judging from the scene on the track, many braced for the news to come. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2026

Pasle-Green stresses a focus on proper form; think of a long spine with a braced core when performing a deadlift. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 11 Feb. 2026

In maybe the most successful test of temporary flood walls, Tampa General Hospital escaped massive storm surge damage from Hurricane Milton in 2024 behind a 10 foot tall wall of braced aluminum panels made by AquaFence. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025

He’s blessed with a tense, scrabbling physicality on screen, plus a baby-Brando glower beneath a head of striking blond curls, and Nemes directs him into a stance of braced, vulnerable defensiveness that serves the film’s purposes well — even if his character, too, wants for interior light. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025

Verb

Renewed hostilities in the Gulf region pushed the Brent futures contract above $90 a barrel on Monday, as investors braced for a return to all-out war. — Anniek Bao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 July 2026

Despite gridlocked traffic near the first two closure scenes in southwest Atlanta and some miscommunication and misdirection with trucks using side streets, Atlanta has braced itself handily so far. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 19 July 2026

Outside the dojo, on the soccer sidelines, in a packed subway car, stroller braced between the knees, wherever. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Chinese authorities evacuated more than 1 million people on Saturday and issued high alerts as eastern China braced for Typhoon Bavi, which has brought strong winds and rain to Japan's southern islands and Taiwan. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

The off-limits area was later scaled back after work crews braced the buckling beams. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

Will braced himself for getting through the rest of the conversation. — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

She was braced against a near-vertical gray rock on a steep part of the mountain, with her back unnaturally arched and her face pointed at the sky, eyes open. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Europe’s heat endurance continues as multiple countries are braced for triple digit temperatures Thursday. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 June 2026