INTERLACES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

interlaces

verb

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 The adventure interlaces Le Guin’s signature sociological observations about our own culture with the discoveries of an alien world in a way that still resonates today. — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 12 June 2026 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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Verb

The 1-minute video then weaves together actual clips of Uecker, who died at age 90 in 2025 after calling Brewers games on the radio for 54 years.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
The Basketmaker—whose skills go far beyond furniture making—weaves her a match, Fiddler on the Roof-like, and the Fisherwoman, after an awkward matrimonial moment, takes Wicker Husband home to her funky little cottage.

— Valerie Monroe, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of weaves

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The visual intersperses footage from a trip the pair took to Iceland with clips of their Upstate New York home, a fitting backdrop to Sprague’s spectral vocals and wandering synth arcs.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
Captured over four back-to-back performances in Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena in July 2025, the nearly two-hour movie intersperses most of her set list with endearing snippets of behind-the-scenes footage from the day leading up to the show.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026

Definition of intersperses

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No matter how many knots a lawyer ties themselves in to get there, legality is not legitimacy.

— Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
Stories like these usually lurch from one contrivance and complication to the next, but Chad Powers knots itself into a genuinely thorny conflict by the finale.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of knots

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The authentication process combines human expertise and AI integration to flag any suspicious activity and ensure that listings follow commercial industry standards.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Made from cast iron, opal glass and decorative gold leaf, the clock combines Victorian and late-1930s elements.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of combines

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Drawing on home movies, street-protest footage, newspapers, sketches, photographs, and recorded voices, Ahangarani intertwines her life story with more than four decades of political upheaval.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
The latter reached the Billboard 200 with its spacious and deep dreamy sound that intertwines guitar melodies and gentle Latin pulses driven by subtle percussion.

— Cata Balzano, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of intertwines

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Day to day, as the city grows, there’s also the question of traffic, which snarls the city as public transit initiatives have repeatedly struggled.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026

Definition of snarls

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With powerful visual storytelling, the film interweaves groundbreaking science and personal testimony to offer a radical and profound examination of maternal metamorphosis.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Greene’s film interweaves scenes from the family’s movies, footage of them being filmed, moments from real life, interviews; watching Too Much Sugar is like being rolled around inside a kaleidoscope of documentary images.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

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