INTERLACED Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of interlaced

as in integrated

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verb

past tense of interlace

as in twisted

to cause to twine about one another interlaced strands of her hair for a new look

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as in interspersed

to scatter or set here and there among other things interlaced jokes between the serious passages in the speech

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as in knotted

to twist together into a usually confused mass I've interlaced the cables on my audio-video system so confusingly that I've no idea what connects what

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Adjective

Viewers can’t look away from the juicy details, but those same dramatics get interlaced with memories from watching the long-running network show. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 3 June 2026 The steady, unwavering empathy of her gaze encompasses a universe of tiny, interlaced incidents in which the zany entwines the plaintive, or the tragic the comic. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026

Verb

Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interlaced

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Adjective

The acquisition enriches Rule42’s portfolio for athlete discovery by combining 64 Analytics’ transfer portal data and real-time NCAA player rankings into an integrated Rule42 coach’s tool for overall player talent management.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Its integrated de-icing system automatically heats the propellers when icing conditions are detected.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of integrated

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The nearly 289,000-acre forest is interspersed with private property, farms, communities and roads, creating a patchwork of public and private lands across southern Illinois.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Inside, mannequins dressed in different looks from the collection were interspersed around the bookstore’s 7,000-square-foot space.

— Donna Kim, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of interspersed

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In knitting, loops from the middle of an entangled yarn are slipped through one another so the yarn holds its position but isn’t knotted together.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
There weren’t many in Saturday’s lockdown defensive effort, but Grade-A scoring opportunities still emerged, the most dangerous arriving midway through the final period, with the score knotted 1-1.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of knotted

Adjective

That question of provenance and a lot of the vocabulary—scarcity, craftsmanship, raw materials—has become interwoven with the language of luxury fashion today.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
One of that film’s many interwoven strands involves an alternate universe in which the characters played by Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis move through their days, experiencing life and love, with frankfurters for fingers.

— Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of interwoven

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The heel of the shoe and its tongue tag also feature co-branding with Nigo and j-hope’s names on them and, instead of standard cotton laces, the sneakers have braided, multicolor ropes that pick up on the overall color scheme.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026
While both goddess braids and boho braids are knotless styles with loose human or synthetic curls braided into some or all of the plaits, the amount of loose hair and where it’s placed is usually what’s up for debate.

— Eden Stuart, Allure, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of braided

Verb

For now, the reception to the finding has been mixed, largely because of Tsiokos’s significant use of generative AI in the proof.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
It was painted using a technique in which pigments are mixed with molten wax, and restorers were able to recover the features of the brother on the right.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of mixed

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Besides the challenge of rebuilding the tunnel, the railroad has been tangled for several years in legal disputes with the city of Fort Bragg and the California Coastal Commission.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
But ordinary matter, which interacts using all four fundamental forces, would get all tangled up.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

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