Synonyms of embracing

embracing 1 of 2

adjective

as in encircling

Related Words

• encircling
• surrounding
• connecting
• joined
• bounding
• communicating
• connected
• attached
• enclosing
• linked
• united
• marginal
• peripheral
• rimming
• tangential
• interconnecting
• circumjacent
• fencing
• encompassing
• closest
• joining
• approximate
• nearest
• nearby
• next-door
• tangent
• immediate
• ambient
• nigh
• adjacent
• near
• touching
• contiguous
• adjoining
• juxtaposed
• close
• abutting
• flanking
• neighboring
• fringing
• conterminous
• verging
• skirting
• bordering
• flush

Dissimilar Words

• discrete
• separate
• isolated
• single
• apart
• detached
• unconnected
• disconnected
• noncontiguous
• removed
• isolate
• unattached
• distant
• free-standing
• unlinked
• nonadjacent
• remote
• far
• away
• farthest
• divided
• discontinuous
• resolved
• split
• broken up
• parted
• severed
• far-off
• dissociated
• uncoupled
• divorced
• ramified
• noncontinuous
• faraway
• disunited
• sundered
• disjoined
• dissevered
• unyoked

embracing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of embrace

1

as in hugging

to put one's arms around and press tightly

upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hugging
• clasping
• clinging
• cradling
• enfolding
• grasping
• grabbing
• wrapping
• holding
• crushing
• bear-hugging
• straining
• enclasping
• encircling
• enveloping
• patting
• clamping
• snuggling
• gripping
• locking
• folding
• entwining
• stroking
• twining
• cuddling
• fondling
• bosoming
• nuzzling
• enwinding
• petting
• embosoming
• nestling

2

as in wrapping

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 & Similar Words

• wrapping
• enveloping
• shrouding
• enclosing
• encompassing
• encasing
• enfolding
• involving
• cocooning
• draping
• embedding
• enshrouding
• encircling
• mantling
• muffling
• enwrapping
• veiling
• swathing
• lapping
• embowering
• investing
• bowering
• bosoming
• embosoming
• enswathing
• cloaking
• circumfusing
• circling
• disguising
• swaddling
• curtaining
• blanketing
• overlaying
• camouflaging
• masking
• overspreading
• enwinding
• enlacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• stripping
• baring
• denuding

3

as in adopting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adopting
• borrowing
• assimilating
• cultivating
• espousing
• utilizing
• following
• incorporating
• imitating
• taking up
• taking on
• using
• copying
• honoring
• absorbing
• usurping
• appropriating
• cherishing
• picking up on
• raising
• quoting
• fostering
• domesticating
• heeding
• nurturing
• taking over
• affecting
• treasuring
• simulating
• naturalizing
• arrogating
• pretending
• assuming
• prizing
• rearing
• bringing up
• putting on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandoning
• relinquishing
• forsaking
• surrendering
• giving up
• rejecting
• disowning
• renouncing
• repudiating
• spurning
• discarding
• abjuring
• jettisoning
• abnegating
• throwing away
• throwing out
• junking

4

as in welcoming

to receive or accept gladly or readily

the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community

Synonyms & Similar Words

• welcoming
• enjoying
• greeting
• hailing
• adopting
• liking
• eating (up)
• drinking (in)
• lapping (up)
• choosing
• preferring
• espousing
• selecting
• taking
• taking up
• picking
• electing
• naming
• culling
• deciding (on)
• singling (out)
• opting (for)
• handpicking
• cherry-picking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• refusing
• declining
• turning down
• passing up
• spurning
• objecting (to)
• balking (at)
• throwing over
• demurring (to)

5

as in including

to have as part of a whole

a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• including
• encompassing
• involving
• containing
• carrying
• entailing
• subsuming
• comprehending
• comprising
• numbering
• taking in
• receiving
• incorporating
• possessing
• having
• owning
• consisting (of)
• admitting
• embodying
• integrating
• holding
• forming
• constituting
• composing
• bracketing
• assimilating
• making

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluding
• leaving (out)
• preventing
• omitting
• prohibiting
• denying
• rejecting
• precluding
• refusing
• banning
• eliminating
• barring
• missing out
• excepting
• losing
• debarring
• ruling out
• misplacing
• mislaying

6

as in surrounding

to form a circle around

a sleepy village embraced by low hills

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrounding
• encircling
• encompassing
• circling
• enclosing
• ringing
• environing
• girding
• girdling
• wreathing
• circumscribing
• compassing
• walling
• entrenching
• besieging
• swarming
• closing in
• fencing (in)
• besetting
• investing
• hemming (in)
• cordoning (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of embracing

Adjective

The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive. — Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025

Verb

Bella Hadid, Beyoncé, Zendaya, and Rihanna are just a few of the famous faces embracing this season’s sweetest alternative to ice. — Emma-Jade Stoddart, Glamour, 20 Aug. 2026

The Ferrari driver was seen shirtless while wearing black swim trunks in the first photo, sweetly wrapping his arms around the Kardashians star embracing him from the front. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Then, Bell takes over her own introduction to champion the idea that confidence lies in embracing the complex reality of ourselves. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026

State socialism is something very different, has historically been associated with countries moving toward or embracing communism, and is not endorsed by any candidate in the Democratic Party. — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2026

Softening rather than stiffening when moving through space requires embracing your body’s natural sway and tiny micro-movements, like an ankle wobbling or knee jiggling. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

In an ever-evolving business climate, especially within an AI frontier, embracing this key tool will be critical for C-suite leaders to fully understand and embrace. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Connecticut deserves credit for embracing decades of scientific research demonstrating that adolescent brains continue developing well beyond age seventeen. — Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

By the book’s end Yossarian finds his heroism, but not through embracing the war. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026