EMBRACED Synonyms: 211 Similar and Opposite Words

embraced

verb

Definition of embraced next

past tense of embrace

as in hugged

to put one's arms around and press tightly upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son

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as in wrapped

to surround or cover closely the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world

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as in adopted

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 places where it originated

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as in welcomed

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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as in included

to have as part of a whole a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics

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as in surrounded

to form a circle around a sleepy village embraced by low hills

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Recent Examples of embraced But Stavros believes ownership could spread to multiples of that number if America once again embraced an instrument called the ESOP, for Employee Stock Ownership Plan. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026 Vogue’s Favorite Wedge Mules Street style has already embraced the shoe, where fashion insiders in Paris and Milan paired both classic black leather options and pop of red styles with skirts and mini dresses for subtle lift. —

María Munsuri, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2026 Vera Rubin, an astronomer whose observations of galaxy rotation curves in the 1970s provided the first robust evidence for dark matter's existence, embraced her Jewish faith as a guide to understanding her role in the universe. —

ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026 Smith rounded the bases and embraced his teammates at home plate. —

Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 29 Mar. 2026 Both were writers, and both embraced religious awakenings as adults; Allen embraced Neo-Buddhist philosophy in his 50s and has since become a spiritual coach, while Lamott became a churchgoing Christian in her early 30s and has made her faith a major theme in her writing. —

Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 Her coach never flinched, as Kara Lawson basked in the joy of winning such a big game in a city that has embraced her. —

Joe Davidson march 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026 While peers like Coco Chanel or Christian Dior made clothing that was radically simple or effusively beautiful, Schiaparelli embraced what was surprising, in bad taste or even revolting (a pair of 1938 monkey fur boots, for example). —

Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026 And unlike some of their peers, McDonald and Loggins have both embraced yacht rock as a genre phenomenon, even appearing in a recent documentary on the subject for HBO. —

Devon Ivie, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026

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After the clock struck zero, and Iowa had secured its first Sweet Sixteen berth since 1999, Folgueiras found his mother in the crowd and hugged her.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
The jacket hugged every contour of your torso and never flapped in the wind.

— The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026