INTERLACES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

interlaces

verb

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present tense third-person singular of interlace

as in weaves

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

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as in intersperses

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 knots

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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Recent Examples of interlaces All were active in Los Angeles — Williams, for instance, was a pivotal designer on the LAX Theme Building — and Smith interlaces decorative flourishes in varying styles that twist around one another to work up the Legacy Tower’s pointed spheres. —

Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 The series interlaces flashbacks to Kay and Pete investigating a serial killer a quarter of a century earlier, a grisly case which may have dire consequences for their work in the present. —

Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

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Another great trail in the area is the DuPont Waterfalls run in DuPont State Recreational Forest, a six-mile route that weaves by Hooker Falls, Triple Falls, and High Falls.

— Kristine Thomason, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
Extremely tight ponytails or other styles, heavy tracks of hair extensions, weaves and cosmetic heat treatments that pull on our hair can also attribute to hair loss, according to American Academy of Dermatology Association.

— Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026